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This is the third posting in my series on strategic use of business models. I will pick up where I left off in the previous posting, where I discussed the notion of strategic issues and the need to reconcile them in order to define ones strategy. In t…
I know many of my readers are not officially business architects and might not want to be. They simply want ideas to help them be better leaders and managers. However, I also know there is a large contingent of you who are business architects or are interested in becoming business architects as well as some […]
This is the long-awaiting (or at least long-promised) article on implementing “bought” products; a follow up to our Buy vs. Build Your Software article. Many large organizations rely heavily on external vendors for large scale software implementations of “Off the Shelf” packages – very frequently modified for competitive advantage and/or to align with internal business […]
The terms Goals and Objectives are often used within a business interchangeably. They do however have different attributes and purposes. Scope Goals are expressed in broader terms than objectives. A Goal describes a general intention and is neither specific nor … Continue reading →
I thought this might be a useful guide or overview to think over or discuss the blueprinting process. it’s a decent start anyway. From the ASAP 7.0 Methodology Click for […]
Myself and Mark Dorfmueller from P&G will be discussing the world of business architecture at the Open Group Enterprise Architecture Conference in San Francisco [event program]. This will be followed by a panel discussion of industry experts that Mark and…
There has always been an opinion that, since the environment is so dynamic today, the enterprise management is an art. And that modelling the enterprise does not serve much purpose since it already depicts a past static state.That in contrast…
If we seek to create ‘boundaryless information flow’ in a healthcare context, where is the centre around which that information revolves? And in a healthcare context – or others, for that matter – just how ‘boundaryless’ can, or should, information-flow ever…
By Sreekanth Iyer, Executive IT Architect, IBM It was quite a lot of learning on a Saturday attending The Open Group conference at Bangalore. Actually it was a two day program this year. I could not make it on Friday … Continue reading →
The beginning of the year is always a good time to look ahead at the trends in your profession. In enterprise architecture, the predominant trend is the need to provide business value, and do it now. Companies in general understand the need for archit…
This survey is now closed. Information coming soon. How do you learn about business architecture? Our survey on business architecture education resources is closing on Feb 5th. All participants will receive the research report detailing our findings of what sources business architects find most valuable in learning more about their profession. For free copy […]
Is convenience even more fundamental to an enterprise than either efficiency or effectiveness? That’s the curve-ball that Nick Gall threw to me, in a comment on my earlier post ‘Efficient versus effective‘. It’s quite a long comment (and, unfortunately, quite…