Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Business Architecture is a burning hot topic these days. I believe it is a key enabler to get us to a more contemporary or new world of Enterprise Architecture (EA). Continuing the shift from an IT centric Enterprise Architecture to…
Almost every day I talk with smart, capable executives who struggle to bring their strategies to fruition. They want to run a great organization but settle for good… and often less. These executives fully understand their organization’s challenges and have great ideas to address them. Yet they struggle to get the organization focused on the […]
“There’s no way we can do it”, he said with a sigh, brushing back his thinning hair and then resting his hand against his cheek, shaking his head in frustration. “We can’t make the business-case work: there’s no way round…
Need to do a bit of a catch-up on recent activity – a lot’s been going on, but it’s only now that I’m having a few scraps of time to write it all down. Two key items have been a…
This short video explains what The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is and how Enterprise Architects can benefit from this open standard in their architecture work.TOGAF stands for The Open Group Architecture Framework. It is an open standard…
Enterprise Architecture’s fundamental purpose is to enable business outcomes by materializing business strategies into real solutions. As we have discussed in previous posts, there are some important aspects to maturing your Enterprise Architectur…
Enterprise Architecture’s fundamental purpose is to enable business outcomes by materializing business strategies into real solutions. As we have discussed in previous posts, there are some important aspects to maturing your Enterprise Architectur…
A question still often asked today, is why do we need enterprise architecture. It is intriguing though that, more often than not. the architects are asking the question.But first, let me ask and answer a few related questions: Why d…
Even though the architecture is defined as both the structured description of a system and the structure of the system itself, the term “architecture” is mainly used, at least in the “electrical” industries, as the structured description of a sys…
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SCENE 3, MIDMORNING, FADE IN:
IT sits down on the couch. Shaking its head from side to side.
IT: I really thought we had already solved this problem.
Doctor: Is it something that I am familiar with?
IT: We spoke about it before. I’m back in the do…