Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
By Priya Patra, Sr. Manager at IGATE Global Solutions I have been an Agile Practitioner for years now, have been in many successful Agile executed projects. But as an Enterprise Architect I am somewhat skeptical about the fact how the … Continue reading →
TOGAF certification has become a de-facto baseline for endorsing the skills of an enterprise architect. But how does it really help you? This article looks at 5 things you can do, in addition to becoming TOGAF Certified, that will help you develop as an Enterprise Architect. Read the full article: https://www.goodelearning.com/downloads/enterprise-architecture/what-does-togaf-certification-really-mean-to-you?
Often business cases of architects will contain the rule of reuse, especially if those architects are engineers. However there are two inherit problems in this area. the first is that of a business case. The assumption behind a business case is that we can predict the future and break down all complexities into a simple … Continue reading The lie of reuse →
This little canvas is part of my toolbox for detailing and documenting scenarios. The Scenario Canvas Note: I’m currently in a process of changing my presentation design (the image shows what the new design looks like) for all my work. When I’ve stabilized the design and applied it across all canvases and related material I’ll […]
Agile and Architecture seemed to be, rightly or wrongly, often discussed together today. Should Enterprise Architecture be Agile? This is the question we all ask in fact.
Let’s go back to basics.
Agile is the developer’s way to do more work with…
This #eavoices post is the first in a series of n posts about enterprise architecture today and tomorrow. In this first post, I will dig into the EA Voices database and look for some trends. With 3.2 million words in over 5400 posts, written by 135 authors over the past 5 years, EA Voices is …
Everybody scopes in their daily life at school or work. Mostly this is done without any second thought. Whom is responsible for getting groceries and making dinner? Considering holidays where do I go, with whom and how many days? All these que…
Some of my readers will have noticed that I have two blogs. This one entered on architecture with the other centred on critical thinking. Since many forms of architecture in business and IT were created out of the academic area of system thinking there is a huge overlap between both areas. Now in architecture you … Continue reading Positive critical thinking →
On 5-6 May, at Axelborg in Copenhagen, we hold the QualiWare user community’s annual gathering. The two days are packed with keynotes, thematic sessions, and customer cases. And a game. We have four keynotes: The future of managed business transformation by Kuno Brodersen The Fourth Industrial Revolution: How “Industry 4.0” becomes Smart Production by Professor Charles Møller Expanding […]
Sometimes, Enterprise Architecture efforts fail. This is no surprise to folks in the EA business. This failure occurred slowly, back in 2007 and 2008. But it did occur. It took me a while to realize it.
I had developed a method useful for Application Portfolio Management as well as for Service Oriented Architecture called “Solution Domains”. The method is good. It’s a framework and taxonomy for high level descriptions of software so that generalized services can be created AND so that the portfolio of applications can be rationalized.
The method is good. But I failed to position it’s use in the appropriate enterprise program in the appropriate way. I failed. Not the method. Where we used the method, it worked brilliantly.
I’ve learned from my mistakes, but being unwilling to let a good thing go to waste, I’m sharing the Solution Domain taxonomy with the world. It’s not patentable (I tried). It is useful, however, because it is a part of a business method that supports Application Portfolio Management in a completely technology agnostic manner as well as Middle-Out SOA.
I’ve put the entire taxonomy on my Enterprise Business Motivation Model site at: http://motivationmodel.com/wp/application-portfolio-management-and-solution-domains/
I may return here, at some point, and provide further details on how it can be effectively used. For now, back to work!
By The Open Group On Tuesday, April 21, Allen Brown, President & CEO of The Open Group, began the plenary presenting highlights of the work going on in The Open Group Forums. The Open Group is approaching 500 memberships in … Continue reading →
Sometimes, Enterprise Architecture efforts fail. This is no surprise to folks in the EA business. This failure occurred slowly, back in 2007 and 2008. But it did occur. It took me a while to realize it. I had developed a method useful for Application Portfolio Management as well as for Service Oriented Architecture called “Solution…