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The May number of the Journal of Enterprise Architecture is now available to AEA members. This number contains a good blend of fine articles: Editor’s Corner: John Gøtze Architect in the Spotlight: Chris Bird Towards Enterprise Architecture-Infused Organizations By Bjorn Cumps, Stijn Viaene, Pascal Dussart, Joachim Vanden Brande The EARScorecard – An Instrument to Assess the Effectiveness […]
How do we use an narrative approach in enterprise-transformation? What’s different about it, in real-world practice? How does it work? In the first post in this series, I introduced the core ideas for NOTES – Narrative-Oriented Transformation of Enterprise (and)…
This is Part 2 of a discussion started in my last post. The discussion is around the need for Agile, Resilient and Robust systems within an Enterprise Architecture. This post is a detailed response to Adrian Apthorp’s comments and, more generally…
This is Part 2 of a discussion started in my last post. The discussion is around the need for Agile, Resilient and Robust systems within an Enterprise Architecture. This post is a detailed response to Adrian Apthorp’s comments and, more generally…
How much have you paid for your last home phone? Probably 10 euros, dollars, or whatever is your currency. It is likely that 20 years ago you would have paid a higher amount, even without taking into account the inflation. Still, imagine a world where you are the only phone owner, what would be the …
Business Activity is absolutely central to how a business operates: supporting what a business does by delivering on business capability. It is imperative that the business has a real understanding of how activities are structured; what information they require; what … Continue reading →
Digital Disruption Lesson #1: Unleash the IQ of your employees. This is the first in a five part series on Digital Disruption.
What does it take to be smart? Are you born smart? Are some people just brighter than others? How can a 10-year veteran co…
If – as we’re often told – business-design is about the relationships between people, process and technology, what is it that links all of themes together? Answer: a story. Okay, yes, this is a theme I’ve explored a lot here on…
By Allen Brown, President and CEO, The Open Group I recently wrote that I had heard and read the opinions of a number of people about what is Business Architecture, as I am sure many of us have but I wanted to understand it from the perspective of people who actually had Business Architect in … … Continue reading →
There is probably no time when there are not competing forces influencing the direction in which a business travels and how it operates. The response that a business makes to these competing influences is a measure of its maturity. When … Continue reading →
Risk-Driven Audit, Risk-Driven Design, Risk-Driven Project Management… Being “risk-driven” is expected from many functions or activities of the organization. Functions that used to be regarded as mainly “performance-driven” now have to explicitly combine performance and control. Obviously, this can be … Continue reading →
It is extremely tempting when designing the framework supporting an Enterprise Architecture to embed functionality that requires the inclusion of so much detail that it makes its application within the business nonviable. An Enterprise Architecture, when used effectively, supports the … Continue reading →