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Common Approach to Federal Enterprise Architecture Published

May 3, 2012 by Jerad Speigel

OMB released both the Federal Shared Services Strategy (more on this later) and the Common Approach to Federal Enterprise Architecture (links below). In the Common Approach to Federal Enterprise Architecture (which replaces the Practical Guide to Federal EA) is the first published overview of the new Collaborative Planning Methodology (CPM) (starting on page 15) … the next generation of the FSAM. The work goes on to get the full CPM assembled and […]

The Open Group Cannes blog series (1/6)

May 3, 2012 by Henry Franken

During the Open Group Conference in Cannes I delivered a presentation on “Successfully implementing EA with TOGAF® and ArchiMate®”.Moreover, I joined as expert into a very interesting ‘ask the expert panel session’ with good questions from th…

Video Highlights of Day 2 at the Cannes Conference

May 3, 2012 by Open Group

Video recap of Day 2 of The Open Group Conference in Cannes by Peter Haviland, E&Y. Continue reading →

On evaluating the communications capability

May 3, 2012 by Jörgen Dahlberg

In most architecture and project methodologies you are asked to create a communications package, naming stakeholders and activities on how you will address their needs. Rarely do I find that they try to secure that communications will go smooth. These are some ways that one can evaluate the communicative capability. – Document the positive and […]

AGILE & CMM : The Marilyn Monroe Connection (Part 2) : Something’s Got To Give

May 2, 2012 by Navin Anand

In the first part of the discussion, drawing upon the genesis of Agile and CMM, we were left wondering if the two are “The Misfits”, and most likely to disappoint the pacifists, or can they become soul-mates after all. The … Continue reading →

ArchiMate core – Framework (2/7)

May 2, 2012 by Bas van Gils & Sven van Dijk

The first post in this series explains how Archimate was introduced as a modeling language for enterprise architecture. The goal was explicitly not to replace existing modeling languages in the business and IT context, such as BPMN and UML. These langu…

Thank you Jeanne Ross

May 2, 2012 by Tom Graves

Hooray hooray hooray! – the message is finally getting through! This from an interview with MIT-CISR‘s Jeanne Ross in the current (29 April 2012) online edition of CIO.com: Myth: CIOs should own enterprise architecture. Not so fast. CIOs often wind up accountable for the entire enterprise architecture, despite not typically having the authority or vantage point […]

And the Winner Is… A Full List of Winners of The Open Cannes Awards

May 2, 2012 by Open Group

Winners of the Open Cannes Awards 2012 at The Open Group Conference in Cannes, France. Continue reading →

What Makes a Platform Open or Closed?

May 1, 2012 by Richard Veryard

#bizarch @nickvitalari sees signs of resurgence at #Microsoft. Everyone Beware: Microsoft is Alive Again and May Become an Elastic Enterprise (April 2012)

Vitalari sees Microsoft’s deal with Barnes and Noble as a promising signal, although he adm…

What Makes a Platform Open or Closed?

May 24, 2012May 1, 2012 by Richard Veryard

#bizarch @nickvitalari sees signs of resurgence at #Microsoft. Everyone Beware: Microsoft is Alive Again and May Become an Elastic Enterprise (April 2012)

Vitalari sees Microsoft’s deal with Barnes and Noble as a promising signal, although he adm…

CIO Priorities for the Next 3 Years

May 1, 2012 by Mike Walker

In my last post, I was examining The Evolution of Today’s CIO and What kind of CIO’s will transform businesses?, and how it has morphed into a more strategic, business-driven role than ever before—one that directly affects top-line business goals….

CIO Priorities for the Next 3 Years

May 2, 2012May 1, 2012 by Mike Walker