Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
This post looks at a specific high level process drawn from the “eating out” industry. It’s origins are from that fine barbecue establishment in Dallas – the original Sonny Bryan’s. The time 1985. The conversation took place in the shack that was as cr…
In 2011, and again in 2012, while preparing to cofacilitate with Ric Phillips1 a workshop about collaboration across an enterprise-architecture community of practice, we were reminded with jarringly clarity that the word collaboration is misunderstood and misused, and that unhelpful behaviours result from this misunderstanding and misuse. Under the banner of collaboration are in fact […]
Each dimension has its own architecture. Each architecture has its own lifecycle. Each architecture is part of the whole. Each architecture can be related to a set of solutions. Each solution can be related to a set of architectures. Careful consideration must be taken to the relative speed to which any one architecture is consumed […]
Withe big data, I sometimes feel like the character Davies in the masterful spy novel, “The Riddle of the Sands” by Erskine Childers. “We laughed uncomfortably, and Davies compassed a wonderful German phrase to the effect that ‘it might come in useful…
Withe big data, I sometimes feel like the character Davies in the masterful spy novel, “The Riddle of the Sands” by Erskine Childers. “We laughed uncomfortably, and Davies compassed a wonderful German phrase to the effect that ‘it might come in useful…
For some time now I have been promoting the idea that the practice of business architecture is not about creating blueprints and models but applying a set of tools and techniques to form broader perspectives, create deeper insight, and solve business problems. If business architecture is a practice then what is its portfolio of services? […]
Whether you are just beginning to deploy solutions in the cloud or if you already have existing cloud solutions deployed, SOCCI can be applied in terms of each organization’s different situation. Where ever you are on the spectrum of cloud adoption, the standard offers a well-defined set of architecture building blocks with specific roles outlined in detail. Continue reading →
What is chaos? What does that word mean, in practice? And how – if at all – can we use chaos in enterprise-architecture? I’ve been having a great email back-and-forth on this with Cynthia Kurtz, co-originator of Cynefin, and – probably more relevant here – originator of the Confluence…
The opportunity to get ahead comes wrapped in the challenge. Nothing new then, it always does! The challenge is both personal and organizational. It is about building cultural proficiency, an intelligence and a skill-set, to thrive in the diversity that … Continue reading →
The EA architect does not replace though the strategist, the business process man, the quality team… The architect just provide the tool, the context, the principles…
I wanted to let my readers know that I will be attending and preseting at the The Iasa World Summit taking place December 6th – 7th in Austin, TX. For those that are going or thinking of going and would…
We all possess the gene to want to solve problems when faced with them. It’s human nature. People form organizations and this gene sometimes manifests itself in organizational titles and roles invented to address organizational challenges. This i…