Industry Cloud models are all very hazy!

I am currently working on extending the CBDI-SAE meta model for Cloud. I started this exercise by making some specific assumptions:1. I am interested in the larger enterprise perspective; enterprises probably need more knowledge of the underlying capab…

Who Drives an Enterprise Architecture Initiative?

Who drives an enterprise architecture initiative? Does it come from an enterprise architect? Maybe it’s a request from IT? Or perhaps it comes from a business unit looking to solve a serious and specific problem… Of course the answer really depends on the problem you are trying to solve. The reality is that any of […]

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Industry Cloud models are all very hazy!

I am currently working on extending the CBDI-SAE meta model for Cloud. I started this exercise by making some specific assumptions:1. I am interested in the larger enterprise perspective; enterprises probably need more knowledge of the underlying capab…

Five Ways to Organize Information

In his book Information Anxiety, Richard Saul Wurman notes that there are five basic ways to organize information:

  • Alphabet: The organizing principle used by dictionaries and telephone books.
  • Category: The segmentation of things by attribute or functionality, such as color (shirts) or capabilities (product line).
  • Continuum: Similar to category, but rather than using discrete buckets, this uses a range of values that are expressed in numbers or units. Examples of these magnitude measures include from small to large or from light to heavy. A list of products ordered by price would be a continuum; at the same time, the products could be categorized as inexpensive, moderate, or expensive.
  • Location: Physical location — in geography, points on a map; in anatomy, muscle groups; in an equipment manual, an exploded drawing.
  • Time: A timeline or a set of eras, useful when describing product or organizational history.

 

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Five Ways to Organize Information

In his book Information Anxiety, Richard Saul Wurman notes that there are five basic ways to organize information:

Alphabet: The organizing principle used by dictionaries and telephone books.
Category: The segmentation of things by attribut…

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Selecting Public Cloud Services – Focus on What’s Different

I had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion last week with a few of my PwC colleagues, Cara Beston and Greg Dupier, during which we talked about both private clouds and also what it takes for businesses to offer public cloud services.  What made this discussion unique for me was that the audience was largely made up of U.S. government contractors, so they were particularly focused on the federal direction and mandates about […]

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Week 22 Enterprise Architecture Summer Camp (Day 2)

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Driving Business Value from EA: Lessons From the Front Lines

 

 
To make sure that your EA program serves the business, design it to quickly answer the toughest questions facing your senior business and IT executives. Give them answers in exactly the form they find most useful. And then market your su…

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