Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Previously, we talked about the ways to achieve a balance between value and risk in order to get the most out of your cloud investments. In that post I identified the methods and tools used to identify value and minimize…
A few of you have noticed (and I guess that is a good thing) that I haven’t posted a blog entry recently. I just returned from a few continuous weeks of vacation. I try to lump my time off together to really decompress from the normal business cycl…
Today I saw a statement on twitter which caused some instant reflex of mine and I answered to that post by linking to my post “Always remember the next larger context”.”If change is happening on the outside faster than on the inside the end is in sight…
In my last post I was writing about Fixing Flows, which was just an example answer to GLUE diseases. What I literally always try to apply is the agile manifesto: Individuals and interactions over processes and toolsWorking software ove…
Alan Kay, in his keynote speech on Oopsla 1997 talked about the primary need for software development to deal with scalability. We develop tools for making models (and software) that are very suitable to build dog houses. The misconception is that building larger structures (scaling up) entails nothing more than scaling up the dog house […]
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What is the theory underlying enterprise-architecture? This was a question that came up in a group email-discussion earlier today, and it’s probably worth bringing out into a more public arena so that other people can come and play with it…
This post will provide a little more exposition and insight into one method I have found useful in practice for quickly defining current state. Done well, it can provide an honest and objective look in the mirror to successfully understand where we truly are as an organization and face the uncomfortable truth in some cases where we need to improve. 
What can we do about skills-shortages – the paucity of people with appropriate skills and experience for the needs of our organisation and enterprise? Is the market-mechanism of scarcity-pricing the right way to resolve this? A quick bit of background:…
Enterprise architecture research is on my agenda these days. I would very much like to hear from scholars with views on things like: Which journals should enterprise architecture researchers read? (apart from JEA) Which journals should enterprise architecture researchers publish in? (apart from JEA) Which conferences should enterprise architecture researchers attend? Other relevant information about enterprise architecture …read more
All people have their own “filters” that they apply unconciously in interactions with other people. This means that two people sharing the same experience can have different opinions on what actually happened. In order to better understand each other we need to realize these differences in perception. As architects we also apply filters to our surrounding […]
We recently peered into the minds of CEOs with operations in Asia Pacific to explore their priorities and pain points as part of this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. The over 370 business leaders who responded to PwC’s 2012 APEC CEO Survey are hungry to harness the growth potential of the region. We asked them where technology and innovation are most needed in their organizations to solve problems and seize opportunities. Following are the […]
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