Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
If you are an established business architect you are most likely already doing most of these items. But if you are new to business architecture or are coming from IT or other operationally focused organizations, you should give each of these steps serious consideration. Spend more time with business leaders. You don’t have to corner […]
Today, Apple, Inc. released the latest version of the Mac OS X, version 10.8, also known as “Mountain Lion.” In addition to the product’s release, we are pleased to announce that Mac OS X Mountain Lion has achieved certification to The Open Group…
Erroneously, I always believed that Art did not belong in Enterprise Architecture – that what was required were clear, unambiguous, clear and concise designs – that was until I came across the Dragon1 way of approaching Enterprise Architecture www.drag…
Down the years I have advised customers on the use of an Integrity Unit pattern on numerous occasions, yet strangely this incredibly useful pattern seems to remain a best kept secret.It’s pretty simply really. I define it as: A defined group of ca…
The second video of the five-video series from the Jericho Forum on identity management, discussing “Operating with Personas.” Continue reading →
#bizarch #entarch I have been challenged to explain the constructs underlying my Six Viewpoints of Business Architecture (blogpost, draft book), so here is a rough schema. Comments please.
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Key E…
I was a participant in a recent survey facilitated by the Corporate Executive Board’s Enterprise Architect community forum regarding “How do you reward failure?” My response to the survey triggered a bunch of emails from other members…
Jim Hietala, VP of security at The Open Group, provides a summary of The Open Group conference in Washington, D.C. (July 16-18). Continue reading →
I was a participant in a recent survey facilitated by the Corporate Executive Board’s Enterprise Architect community forum regarding “How do you reward failure?” My response to the survey triggered a bunch of emails from other members to me noting how much they liked my response so I thought it might be worthy to share…
Re-reading Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto, to write a book-review for the current edition of the Journal of Enterprise Architecture, it struck me that the SCAN frame provides a useful means to understand and describe the relationship between checklists and…
My latest active information post highlights Bechtel’s case study on implementing an API strategy to satisfy the needs of data consumers without all the heaviness of the current, data creation focused, applications.
It’s a great case, covering the use of APIs at Bechtel, the business and technology drivers, the benefits, the underlying technology, challenges and future plans.
The post: Lessons from Bechtel on making information valuabl… – Input Output.
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With the publication of version 2.0, the ArchiMate standard provides a modeling language that perfectly matches the needs of Business Information Planning. ArchiMate can be used as a common conceptual framework and language to align traditionally disti…