Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
In my last post about GLUE Delivery I have put some focus on the delivery which is from my point the key for everything I do. Deliver, Getting things done, create something, add something. You name it.“Trifles make perfection, and perfection is …
I’m putting together my presentations for TechEd New Zealand, one of which is titled “Business Architecture for Non Architects.” In that presentation, I need to provide a good, SHORT, definition of business architecture. S…
Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? At first glance…
#entarch Following a series of blogposts from @tetradian under the general heading “No Jobs for Generalists”, @ruthmalan chips in to ask whether the labels “generalist” and “specialist” represent useful stereotypes, or whether they merely reflect anoth…
Way back in April, I announced the first of two podcasts with the Canadian Information Processing Society. I just realized this weekend that I had not announced the availability of the second of those podcasts. Error corrected.
The second podcast, once again hosted by the inimitable Stephen Ibaraki, focuses much more on the growth and progress of the Enterprise Architecture profession itself. Specifically this podcast reflects upon:
For full details, and a link to the podcast, visit the Canadian IT Manager’s Connection, a TechNet site.
In my last posts I have explored the GLUE Space and looked into GLUE Domains and how to tailor them.“Without labour nothing prospers.”,Sophocles (496 BC – 406 BC)The GLUE Space in itself is a static construct and allows me to organize and understan…
In my last posts I have explored the GLUE Space.And looked deeper into GLUE Domains. One example domain is the Application Life Cycle Management:“Caress the detail, the divine detail.”,Vladimir Nabokov (1899 – 1977)By looking closer some problems b…
Why is it so hard for enterprise-architects and other generalists to get employment as generalists – despite the evident very real need for such skills in the workplace? And what part do current business-paradigms play in this problem? [[This post has been…
To find an answer to my GLUE Vision I have developed over my last posts the GLUE Space, which is the intersection of the three GLUE Dimensions.GLUE DisciplinesGLUE DecksGLUE Divisions“Divide and Conquer.”,Julius Caesar (100BC – 44BC)I use the GLUE …
It’s like the EA prefix is added to any other IT profession we know. In reality, the demand is for a multitude of roles housed selfishly under the EA banner.
In my last posts I started to explore GLUE to formulate a common approach to all forms of engineering:General Process Framework withLoose Coupling of Process Components using aUnified Approach forEngineering in all fields.The GLUE Space is the complete…
Service Oriented Architecture has been around for more than a decade and has steadily matured over the years with increasing levels of adoption. Cloud computing, a paradigm that is founded upon the fundamental service oriented principles, has fueled SO…