Mobilization: The Missing Link between Strategy and Execution

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Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong will. Too many companies fail to anticipate the bumps in the road and to assign leaders who are ultimately accountable for keeping projects on task and budget when the inevitable hiccups happen. As a result, organizations often blow deadlines, overspend and backtrack because they skip the crucial stage: mobilization. Mobilization connects strategy and execution. This is the step where top-performing companies set plans and budgets against […]

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Business Model and Business Architecture: Synonymous or Dissimilar?

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When I read Tom Graves’ (@tetradian) post Who is the customer? published on July 14th, 2011, it was not the first time that I thought: “Hey, wait a minute. Using business model and business architecture interchangeably is not right.”  But did I expect Tom … Continue reading →

2 Enterprise Architecture Jokes

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1.   How many enterprise architects does it take to define “enterprise architecture”?

Answer: Well, that depends on what you mean by “enterprise architecture”.

(credit: Matthew De George [comic genius] – http://www.managewithoutthem.com/kno…

2 Enterprise Architecture Jokes

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1.   How many enterprise architects does it take to define “enterprise architecture”?

Answer: Well, that depends on what you mean by “enterprise architecture”.

(credit: Matthew De George [comic genius] – http://www.managewithoutthem.com/kno…

2 Enterprise Architecture Jokes

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1.   How many enterprise architects does it take to define “enterprise architecture”?

Answer: Well, that depends on what you mean by “enterprise architecture”.

(credit: Matthew De George [comic genius] – http://www.managewithoutthem.com/kno…

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Talking to customers of Enterprise Architecture services

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Today, the wonderfully clever Kevin Smith of PEAF fame began a discussion in
the Australasian Architecture Network LinkedIn Group.

If I understood Kevin correctly, the general ideas of the discussion were
that EA practitioners should be looking at "taking the architecture
[conversation] up the food chain (out of project land and IT and into
management)." I broadly agree with the view that EA

Talking to customers of Enterprise Architecture services

by

Today, the wonderfully clever Kevin Smith of PEAF fame began a discussion in
the Australasian Architecture Network LinkedIn Group.

If I understood Kevin correctly, the general ideas of the discussion were
that EA practitioners should be looking at "taking the architecture
[conversation] up the food chain (out of project land and IT and into
management)." I broadly agree with the view that EA