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What can we do about the NHS – the UK’s National Health Service? Costs are spiralling, its IT failures are internationally infamous, and after several horrendous scandals, morale is at an all-time low. The British government knows exactly what to…
Some time ago, at a UCISA Enterprise Architecture event, I discussed whether we needed a workshop for Higher Education (HE) sector technical architects to get together and share knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Whilst enthusiastic, colleagues expressed concern at the time that possibly the sector was too immature in this area for any individuals […]
Some time ago, at a UCISA Enterprise Architecture event, I discussed whether we needed a workshop for Higher Education (HE) sector technical architects to get together and share knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Whilst enthusiastic, colleagues expressed concern at the time that possibly the sector was too immature in this area for any individuals […]
By Terence Blevins, Portfolio Manager, The MITRE Corporation The following are simple communication messages responding to two high level questions; what messages are useful when trying to get a company to decide on engaging in a standards effort, and next, … Continue reading →
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Staying organized is getting harder and harder as emerging and disruptive technologies continue to derail our concentration every minute of every day. Our brains can only hold so much, so it’s not a surprise that in today’s technology-driven world we find ourselves misplacing items, forgetting lunch dates, not returning phone calls – the list goes on and on. We simply have too much stimuli.
Just for Fun: Count the number of email pings that interrupt you while you read this. Count the IMs and / or text messages. What about those distracting pop-ups or animated gifs from other sites that might be open. And, that doesn’t even consider social media, mobile apps, and the like. Keep a rough tally, just for some perspective.
Luckily simple to complex workarounds exist to keep us on task. Close your email client for a designated amount of time. Turn your mobile to silent and flip it over (it only hurts for a minute). Close your web browser, your IM, and any other applications that make noise or pop up.
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Yesterday (02 October 2013) the Open Group ran one of its occasional ‘TweetJam’ Twitter-discussions – also known as an #ogChat. This time it was on digital disruption – disruption to existing business-models, typically (but, as we will see, not only) by…
Last time I talked about how to ensure success with Enterprise Architecture. This week I would like to know if you think simplification negatively impacts business value.
Complexity is a part of any organization, but not managing it effectively can …
Strategy is hard to craft and even harder to implement. Executives naively believe because they said it everyone will follow. I wish it were that simple. The innovation diffusion curve, an interesting model used by marketing can help explain how strategy adoption moves through an organization. What is innovation diffusion? The original Innovation diffusion theory […]
I wanted to share with all of you a great learning resource if you’re interested and understanding the Enterprise Architecture modeling notation called ArchiMate. If you follow my blog you have seen me talk about ArchiMate in the past as…
Bezos has a different view — a long view. “Everything we’ve ever done people have said this. People said customer reviews were a bad idea, third-party selling is a bad idea, personalization is a bad idea,” and he does have a point. “In 1994, typing your credit card [info] on the internet is a bad idea. Every single thing that’s new is a bad idea.” And then Bezos repeats one his best rehearsed and most convincing soundbites. “Willingness to be misunderstood is one of our greatest strengths.”
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