Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
The past few posts in this series have focussed on moving ‘downward’ from the business-model, towards implementation, such as might be modelled in Archimate notation. That’s an aspect of the business-architecture / enterprise-architecture interface that makes immediate and practical sense to most people.
Yet to complete and verify the business-model and its proposed implementation, we also […]
In her great song – Universal Soldier (sung here by Donovan), Buffy Sainte-Marie describes an impossible ideal for a soldier. Sometimes I think we enterprise architects have to have a similar set of impossible and conflicting attributes. We have to be …
In her great song – Universal Soldier (sung here by Donovan), Buffy Sainte-Marie describes an impossible ideal for a soldier. Sometimes I think we enterprise architects have to have a similar set of impossible and conflicting attributes. We have to be …
I have been getting a lot of questions about how to get ready for TOGAF. The 2 previous entries have some good advice about training classes and how to study. I will add (and reiterate) that the single best thing you can do after taki…
Was showing a colleague one of my favourite small books yesterday: Matthew Frederick’s 101 Things I Learned In Architecture School. Briefly flicking through the two-page spreads, one caught my eye. Seems so apposite to enterprise-architecture and the like that it’s worth reproducing here in its entirety:
Two points of view on architecture
ARCHITECTURE IS AN EXERCISE IN […]
Many Enterprise Architecture projects are focused at low levels but should be aligned with Strategic Corporate Planning. Enterprise Architecture is a critical discipline, one Strategic Planning mechanism to structure an enterprise. TOGAF® 9 is without…
I have been getting a lot of questions about how to get ready for TOGAF. The 2 previous entries have some good advice about training classes and how to study. I will add (and reiterate) that the single best thing you can do after taking the training class is to
1) get the book and read it over and over so that you go from familiarity to really knowing the material (I found the physical book better for studying than the electronic book). The smaller study guide was not of as much use other than the fact that it summarizes things well.
2) get the sample tests and quiz a “study buddy” back and forth. My buddy and I blasted questions over instant messaging while we were on the phone talking over our answers
Hope that helps (more)
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Listen to our recorded podcast on how the OTTF is developing an accreditation process for trusted technology, or read the transcript. This podcast was recorded by Dana Gardner of Interarbor Solutions in conjunction with The Open Group Conference, Austi…
For those of you who have been waiting for me to announce the release of the newest version of the Enterprise Business Motivation Model, I’m happy to announce that version 3.5 is available now. To visit a Wordpress site set up to explain the …
Yes, I admit it: I’ve been kinda pouring out the posts lately. Sorry…
But why all this fuss about business-models and enterprise-architecture? What’s the point about the bottom-line not being the baseline to work from? If everyone’s selling something to someone, is there really any difference between a for-profit and a non-profit business-model? And who would […]
Recently, Paul Harmon published an article in BPTrends that discusses his views on the notion of Business Capability, and whether it is a useful concept. He was not particularly kind to the field of Business Architecture in his article. Whi…