Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
I had the pleasure to host a session by Dr Tim O’Neill at the British Computer Society’s Enterprise Architecture Specialist Group a few weeks ago. Dr O’Neill is the faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Technology, Sydney, though cur…
Last week was primarily about Cloud Connect for me. However, I did fit in a few other things, including a short rant inspired by enterprise architecture pundits.
As you all know, I believe in the value of enterprise architecture, and even more strong…
Not having a concept for “Location” that stands on its own when creating these EA models will almost certainly create opportunity for misunderstanding. A “usable” Location in any blueprint must always be an instance of the pure logical Location Concept. An instance of a Location as used in an Enterprise context generally carry attributes of […]
Is an Enterprise Data Warehouse Still Required for Business Intelligence? | TheVirtualCircle Colin White, questioning whether ‘the center holds’.
“Why is this discussion important? The main reason is at present business intelligence i…
In work, the Chief Architect receives his instructions from the CEO, collects his team and focuses his resources. When in difficult situations, stay agile and work to seek out possibilities. In situations where high politics intersect, join hands with the stakeholders. Do not stay in dangerously isolated positions, remember it is not your architecture it […]
Yes, it’s another week, hence another set of Tweets and links. A few extra discussions this time, otherwise just the usual categories, of course.
Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, strategy, innovation and other ‘businessy’ matters:
vernaallee: RT @tom_peters: All measurement systems should be chucked/given wholesale renovation every now & then. ALL ARE EVENTUALLY “GAMED” INTO MEANINGLESSNESS. <Ed Catmull gave a […]
Print PDF Written with contributions from Michael Mariani, Tim Mattix, Ryan Finnamore and many others. You might think the word “agile” is synonymous with “paralysis” to see some organizations react to the idea of introducing agile development principles to their traditional systems development lifecycle (SDLC). Concerns about introducing too much change to the organization can stop agility discussions with the business before they start. But if the organization’s goals include increasing the speed of development, […]
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Less blogging, more talking today at Cloud Connect. I did capture the morning keynotes here.
During the keynote, I was so busy listening to Neal Sample of eBay that I stopped typing. However, the good folks at bitcurrent caught the…
I share the sentiment made by other participants about how useful the The Open Group India Conference has been in furthering our knowledge in various exciting fields in such a short time – a day, literally! Continue reading →
I cannot take credit for that aphorism… credit goes to Jan Van Til. He coined the term after reading Tom Graves’ excellent post on the architecture of responsibility. Tom’s post details the philosophical challenges of a responsibility…
I’ve been blogging at Cloud Connect in Santa Clara today. My posts are at elemental cloud computing:
@ Cloud Connect 2011: Colin Clark introduces Cloud Event Processing
@ Cloud Connect: Design Patterns in the Cloud: A Love Story
@ Clo…