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Let’s have a variable V representing at this moment an aspect of interest I from the behaviour of a system S. This variable W is changed through transduction of a certain characteristic C of S using a transducer T. Now, which variable are we talking about, V or W? Probably Z? It would be V […]
So, how many times have you listened to someone drone on and on about what they do, without any regard to how it will help YOU solve YOUR problems. Do you have the time or really care about the intricacies and fuel efficiency of the greatest lawn mower…
So, how many times have you listened to someone drone on and on about what they do, without any regard to how it will help YOU solve YOUR problems. Do you have the time or really care about the intricacies and fuel efficiency of the greatest lawn mower…
I introduced an approach to project portfolio managment (PPM) to my IT team at the American University of Sharjah. After 9 months here, I have a real sense that we were doing too many projects for the resources that we had available. The result of trying to do too much was that our planning […]
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An Enterprise Architecture is able to contribute significant value no matter the size or the nature of the business. A business can be anything from a single person operation through to a multinational conglomerate or a government. All have missions … Continue reading →
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Business Architecture (BA) is a really hot topic these days. A few years back it was a topic that people either didn’t talk about or they avoided it. Over the past year or two I have noticed it’s frequency increase…
For several years I have been probing Implicate Order as a way for modeling a system owing to the fact that all systems are probabilistically deterministic. Also, what is evident in a system is – in the method there exists Cartesian dilemma, This means the method used to study the macro behavior and the micro […]
Last month, I came across a post on Fierce Enterprise Communications that cited some interesting statistics pulled from a survey of 200 IT professionals by IT staffing firm TEKsystems. What jumped off the page for me was this: a majority of senior-level IT professionals are expected to be accessible 24 hours per day, seven days per week, 365 days per year. Which, of course, leads to the next stat: one-third of the senior IT survey participants claimed work-life balance as their biggest challenge.
IT professionals never truly get a day off. And as the relationship between IT and the business matures, they’re being asked to weigh-in on high-level decision and strategy. More and more, they are helping organizations to realize their goals of reducing costs, decreasing risk and improving agility by serving as the linchpin of the company’s IT and business portfolios.
There are solutions available that help time-crunched IT pros make accurate, informed decisions. They are collecting data from across the enterprise, wrapping intelligence around it and using the results to answer the important questions—faster. And this is a big win for any organization.
At Troux, we recognize that the value of our solution extends beyond the business. Having accurate, up-to-date visibility across the entire enterprise and its business and IT portfolios gives you the gift of time, which is a win for you. What will you do with all of it? Start by getting out to have some fun on the longest day of the year.
You can learn how Troux’s enterprise technology portfolio can help lighten your load here.
This post is number ten in a series of ten about real life experiences of using business model thinking as a foundation for planning and delivering change. Writing this post I’ve had the help of a true friend and admirable colleague (Eva Kammerfors), whom I’ve shared many of the referred to business model experiences with. […]
I thought I might buy Sketch – a vector drawing application for OS X written by Bohemian Coding. They put a lot of emphasis on ease of use and so do I. This is how they sell it… Sketch is a professional vector graphics app with a beautiful interface and powerful tools. We set out […]
In this is Part 2 article, “Walker on Business Architecture” in the Architecture and Governance Magazine , I continue to explore and answer questions in the business and information architecture discipline. In part 2 of this article we switch the…