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Sometimes an architect has to change their approach when working with others to build a consensus. Sometimes we have to use these skills outside of a classic “architectural conversation.”
If you’ve never worked in a restaurant, you might not …
As I briefly described in my tale of a 7 year journey in developing software for the enterprise, at Mendix every month we give employees the chance to work on anything they like and deliver it in 24 hours. We call these 24 hour hackathons “FedEx days”: build it and ship it in one day. We normally start on Thursdays at 4pm with a kickoff during which people will team up. Dinner.
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As I briefly described in my tale of a 7 year journey in developing software for the enterprise, at Mendix every month we give employees the chance to work on anything they like and deliver it in 24 hours. We call these 24 hour hackathons &ld…
GRC (Governance, Risk Management, & Compliance) is not new to business. The acronym itself is over a decade old, but organizations have always had some approach to governance, risk management, and compliance. An acronym did not give us GRC it … Continue reading →
In the webinar Business Model Innovation for Architects and their Stakeholders we presented the Business Model Canvas as a relevant tool for Architects in many roles. Changing systems and processes alone is no longer enough in the rapidly changing env…
By Andrew Josey, The Open Group The number of individuals certified in the TOGAF® 9 certification program as of July 1st 2013 was 23,800. This represents 9000 new certifications in the equivalent twelve month period. Today (22nd July 2013) the … Continue reading →
When I was a relatively new manager, I would occasionally get into disagreements with my peers. My CIO would call me into his office and tell me I should go fix the relationship. Being the good employee, I saluted and said, “Yes sir.” The third time this happened I pushed back. “Why are you always […]
“Ten prediction for business architecture in 2020” from Accelare. Are they right?
Looking a bit too far ahead by here it is, point by point.
Points
# 1, “Business architecture will become a vertical function” and
# 2, “Business architects will be distr…
Before the start of the football season, football journalists have little to write about except transfer speculation – wondering which player might be about to transfer from one overpaid job to another overpaid job. This period is known as the Transfer…
Before the start of the football season, football journalists have little to write about except transfer speculation – wondering which player might be about to transfer from one overpaid job to another overpaid job. This period is known as the Transfer…
I got a great question from Bill Cooke about my Technology Governance in a Simple Model post. He brought up questions about how a CIO supports innovation and opportunistic activities. Here is my response to Bill: Bill, Thanks for taking time to read my…
Lets look at the fundamental aspect of creating an Enterprise Architecture brand within your company – Enablement OR Control?In some organizations, the “control” part of EA is given an unhealthy amount of attention. Not that control is not important, b…