Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
In discussing how enterprise architecture supports merger, acquisition, partnership, and other evaluation opportunities with some attendees at the Troux 2011 conference this morning, I used two terms: fit and fitness. Fit is how well things align between the two companies/products. for example, what do the capability maps look like? Did things get sliced up in […]
@davidnasser @mingk @leebryant @kaldajani and many others have tweeted the following aphorism.
‘Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.”
Please permit me to quibble with this aphorism. Classify…
Interesting BBC programme In Our Time this morning about The Dawn of the Iron Age. Why and how did people start making ornaments and tools and weapons from copper and tin and lead? Because the ores were shiny, and it was easy to see how they could b…
Following on from my blog on “Beware the new silos!” today I was speaking with a business process analyst who briefed me on how his company, a medium sized financial services organization, is using a leading BPMS together with a collaboration based too…
@davidnasser @mingk @leebryant @kaldajani and many others have tweeted the following aphorism.
‘Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.”
Please permit me to quibble with this aphorism. Classify…
Introduction Enterprise Architecture as a concept can be defined as many different things, shapes and practices. Through my studies of the concept of Enterprise Architecture, I have discovered that there are as many definitions of Enterprise Architecture as there are … Continue reading →
Industry Perspective: Great Performances, Moderated by George Paras, A&G Editor-in-Chief;
Guest speakers: Mike J. Walker, Principal Architect, Microsoft, Aleks Buterman, Founder, SenseAgility, Tim Westbrock, Managing Director EAdirections, Paul P…
Moderator: George Paras, A&G Editor-in-chief Panelists: Mike J. Walker, Principal Architect with Microsoft Aleks Buterman, Founder, SenseAgility Tim Westbrock, Managing Director EAdirections Paul Preiss, CEO, IASA This was a certainly a lively panel, and I don’t envy George’s task of trying to keep it on track. Here’s what I captured. Q: What does top performing […]
From Police to Partner: Transformation of EA at Cummins, Sherry Jordan, Portfolio Management, Enterprise Architecture, Cummins
Session abstract: From once being perceived by business leaders as operational support to now being viewed as business par…
This was a panel discussion with representatives from Forrester (I believe), Troux, HP, and CA. The text below is my attempt to capture the points made by the speakers, and do not necessarily constitute my own opinions on these subjects. I didn’t capture the first couple of questions, but here’s a couple important points that […]
Tannia Dobbins, IT Relationship Manager from Advanced Micro Devices, gave this presentation. She walked through some of the key drivers behind enterprise architecture over the past 5 years at AMD, initially focused on supporting acquisitions and divestitures, moving into reducing complexity and risk when the economy downturn occurred, then to process efficiencies and business enablement, […]
In this session, David Hood, CEO of Troux, talked about Troux’s approach to the market. He began by presenting “Zucca’s Equations”: W2A: Where we are W3TG: Where we want to go HW(GT)2: How are we going to get there He called out that the need for EA is increasing at a rate much higher than […]