Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Digitization has caused lots of disruption in the financial services industry, with new entrants stealing retail customers and changing customer expectations (see the first post of this two-part series, “How Digitization Is Creating a Fork in the Road for Banks”). Yet it’s only a matter of time before this disruption spreads to more industries. This […]
The digital officer role proposed by the business is the conceptual Enterprise Architect
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Capital allocation, i.e., deciding on investments, is probably the most important responsibility of the top management of any organization. This is no easy matter. Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and probably the most su…
Working with architecture as a way of designing and cataloging the relationships between business and IT has always been a challenge. I recently attended an IASA meeting where we discussed the challenges of designing and maintaining a business architecture. At the meeting I talked about capabilities, what I think they are and how to actually go […]
I never intend to halt my public writing. It just happens. A client invites me to work on interesting problem, which can lead to another interesting problem or client, and before long only the crickets remain here. During this latest, much prolonged, cricket chorus I’ve been helping clients pursue digital agenda items. It is critical to […]
A Solution Architect needs to have a clear understanding of a client’s data architecture. Most – if not all – of the projects to which I’ve been assigned have had the movement of data as a key part of the solution. When it comes to data, operating from a “project-only silo” mindset is a recipe […]
I wrote a post on Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture about ways to look at self-service from an architectural perspective: “I, Robot” – there is no such thing as ‘Customer Self-Service’. In it, I argue that saying that … Continue reading →
Recently, Samuel Holcman published the short Outside-In vs. Inside-Out in Enterprise Architecture document and announced it on LinkedIn. The issue he raises is that the clients of organisations more and more seem to become the ones that perform the organisation’s processes (e.g. self-service), … Continue reading →
By Loren K. Baynes, Director, Global Marketing Communications, The Open Group Day two, February 3, kicked off with a presentation by Allen Brown, President and CEO of The Open Group, “What I Don’t Need from Business Architecture… and What I … Continue reading →
I’ve tried explaining my job as an Enterprise Architect to a number of people, including my parents, and after I’m done I get that “sure, whatever you say” kind of a look.
I’ll not delve into my job description here, except to say that a s…
TOGAF and ArchiMate are two standards managed by The Open Group and are adopted by more than 80% of the world’s leading enterprises. Our poster explains how these two can be used together to support your Enterprise Architecture work. Click here to view this resource.