Configuring the EA approach

I often don’t like when EA discussions take the route into meta concepts. Enterprise architects – as the abstract thinkers they often are – have a tendency to discuss meta concepts. “What does the meta model of that method look like?”, “What do you mean when you say capability?”, “How do you define enterprise architecture?”. […]

IT-centrism, business-centrism and business-architecture

This one continues the recent theme of IT-centrism and why it’s such a problem for enterprise-architecture, but extends it into a slightly different direction, courtesy of a Tweet yesterday by Ron Tolido: rtolido: interesting stuff coming soon around a global Business Architect certification standard by The Open Group #ogsfo Important to say here that I […]

Active Info: Software Architect lessons, Data-driven problem solving

My latest posts on Active Information. It’d be fair to say I’m more focused on raising ideas than hit counts.

Software Architect Lessons from Amazon’s DynamoDB

I took a bit of a tangent (shocking!) on the DynamoDB announcement, pulling lessons from Werner Vogels’ recounting of the DynamoDB genesis that every software architect should embrace.

More data, more collaboration, more power.

In another showing of me being me, I ferret out a counter intuitive idea on the human change of data-driven decision-making.

The official excerpt:

“When you think about the human resistance in adopting data-driven decision-making, or really any change, at the root is the me question. What is the impact on my job, my span of control, my future opportunities?”

Gaming the Hire Process

Allow me to apologize for the length of this narrative as I need to provide a direct quote before launching into the actual subject. Imagine a universe in which video games were invented before books. Because books would come later (i.e they would b…

Modelworld – Free Online modelling Tool

Modelworld is an interesting model that I discovered just sometime back. It’s completely browser supported so no need to install or have a repository.
 It’s still in beta it’s elegant and is a quick and easy tool to draw a few diagrams.
Features:

Co…

Gaming the Hire Process

Allow me to apologize for the length of this narrative as I need to provide a direct quote before launching into the actual subject. Imagine a universe in which video games were invented before books. Because books would come later (i.e they would b…

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Setting Expectations and Working within Existing Structures the Dominate Themes for Day 3 of San Francisco Conference

By The Open Group Conference Team Yesterday concluded The Open Group Conference San Francisco. Key themes that stood out on Day 3, as well as throughout the conference, included the need for a better understanding of business expectations and existing …

San Francisco Conference Day 2 – Enterprise Transformation: The New Role of Open Standards

By The Open Group Conference Team The Open Group Conference in San Francisco has brought together a plenary of speakers from across the globe and disciplines. While their perspective on enterprise architecture is different, most seem to agree that ente…