Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Based on my personal experience of over Eight years of working in Air Travel Transport Industry, I am a firm believer that the Air Travel Transport Industry has been a technology pioneer on a number of fronts. The rest of the world has caught up with…
In case you hadn’t noticed, there are some big changes happening right now in the wider world… Lots and lots of them, at every scale and in just about every major context, from political to social, environmental to technological, and much else besides.
Myself, I look at all of these things with an enterprise-architect’s eye – […]
Pinning Down Cloud Computing – WSJ.com Is Cloud Computing a backlog killer?
“But while improved cost-efficiency and greater business agility are attractive, what really excites cloud enthusiasts are the macro-economic possibilities.
Many …
In work, the Chief Architect receives his instructions from the CEO. Having allocated the people, the Chief Architect must build the team by blending and harmonizing the different elements thereof before marketing their services. After that, comes tactical maneuvering to position the team as a high performing unit within the larger organization. The difficulty of […]
A somewhat skimpy week of Tweets and links this time, as I missed out on most of a couple of days in transit from Australia back to England: hope it’s useful, anyway. Usual categories, of course: over to you?
Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy, innovation and other business-type stuff:
oscarberg: “We must destroy the concept of the CEO. The […]
Introduction of a basic pattern for developing a robust road map for any organization using an example of the adoption of a Master Data Management initiative.
Spent part of this week at the Integrated Enterprise Architecture conference in London. And for me, it was a real refreshing change from the usual banks / insurance / finance / tax focus of most of what passes for ‘enterprise’-architecture these days. Instead of the (literally) imaginary world of money and information, almost all of the […]
In between snow shoveling episodes, I’ve been quietly working on client projects and change-friendly. Before I finally break hibernation and hit the road to attend Cloud Connect and Troux Worldwide, I wanted to share several items.
1. The Process K…
Whatever modeling or tools or methodologies one may adapt for EA, there should be a connect to the fundamental forces that shape the thinking of the enterprise. I think it is very important that we be aware of the forces of influence of our enterprises…
book now Workshop: Managing Complexity Using Enterprise Architecture (April 13th, 2011)
#ukgovit @instituteforgov has just published a report called System Error: Fixing the Flaws in Government IT.
The report recommends a twin-track approach t…
On Twitter, Scott Ambler (@scottwambler) posted: Effective IT governance is based on motivation and enablement, not command and control. At first glance, it would be hard to argue with this statement. In general, most people don’t like command and control, and who wouldn’t prefer the carrot over the stick? Having thought a lot about governance […]
Boeing, Dell, Volkswagen, Cisco Systems and Discover Financial Services are among the world-leading companies getting strategic, real-world results from their EA and Business Technology Management initiatives.Hear how they’re doing it at Troux&rs…