EA/ST Meeting Report October 2014

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Perspectives on Enterprise Architecture and Systems Thinking

Unfortunately, I missed this month’s EA/ST group meeting on Tuesday 21st October. But the presentations by @KlausØstergaard, @kvistgaard, @PhilipHellyer and @tetradian are now available.

  • Klaus Østergaard, Value in Utilizing Systemic Thinking in the Field of Enterprise Architecture and Vice Versa (DropBox link)

Den tredje vågen

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Ingen tid har erbjudit så många chanser och möjligheter som vår. Otaliga metoder, ramverk och medium tävlar om vår uppmärksamhet, alla försöker de hålla jämna steg med tidsandan. För några av dem känns det desperat, för andra autentiskt. Den tekniska utvecklingen tar gigantiska kliv och måste åtföljas av konceptuell utveckling. Inför detta möte över generationer […]

Call for Papers: EA in Practice — Shifting Roles and Organizational Considerations

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There are many theories about what Enterprise Architecture is, and there should be. But ultimately, it is not the theory that matters. The make-up of the people, the organizational structure and the circumstances of the enterprise drive what people end up doing, and what architecture looks and feels like. Prefixes are free: The “x” Architect Read more

Call for Papers: EA in Practice — Shifting Roles and Organizational Considerations

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There are many theories about what Enterprise Architecture is, and there should be. But ultimately, it is not the theory that matters. The make-up of the people, the organizational structure and the circumstances of the enterprise drive what people end up doing, and what architecture looks and feels like. Prefixes are free: The “x” Architect …

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How Can You Win in the Digital Economy?

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As more business becomes digital, customers are expecting the ability to interact with companies anywhere and anytime. A recent survey showed that 72% of customers would replace some traditional channels with mobile apps if given the opportunity. This means that companies need to get serious about their digital business models if they are going to […]

Organizations Must Leverage Enterprise Architecture as a Strategic Resource to Advance their Internet of Things Strategies

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You’re probably thinking, “wow that is a bold statement”, and you would be right in thinking so. However, it doesn’t make it any less true. Over the past few months I’ve been working with Gartner IoT experts and listening and observing customers around the world in their usage of IoT technologies. One thing is clear, […]

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Organizations Must Leverage Enterprise Architecture as a Strategic Resource to Advance their Internet of Things Strategies

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You’re probably thinking, “wow that is a bold statement”, and you would be right in thinking so. However, it doesn’t make it any less true. Over the past few months I’ve been working with Gartner IoT experts and listening and observing customers around the world in their usage of IoT technologies. One thing is clear, […]

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Services and Enterprise Canvas review – Summary

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What is a service-oriented architecture – particularly at a whole-of-enterprise scope? How best could we describe that architecture? How do we use that service-oriented approach to help enterprise-architecture break free of the IT-centrism that’s crippled it for the past couple…

Breaking Through Fusion14

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If there’s one thing that we’ve learned over the years, it is that powerful things can be accomplished when people unite for a cause and push through resistance, beyond challenges and BREAKTHROUGH!
In the conversations we had at our booth at Fus…

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Services and Enterprise Canvas review – 6: Exchanges

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What is a service-oriented architecture – particularly at a whole-of-enterprise scope? How best could we describe what passes between services – the Exchanges, or products, that ‘hold the space’ between each service? And how can we use this kind of…

Why Metamodels Matter

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In the process of evolving a business the question of scope arises in my mind often. If I don’t have a boundary to work within, I can get distracted and the project can go sideways. With business design projects that leverage enterprise architecture (EA) the frameworks often supply a metamodel. I believe it is a […]