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I am generally a happy client with my personal bank here in Australia. Their online services are good, they have excellent phone service, always reply to my enquiries with a smile, and service fees are kept at a minimum. However, two weeks ago I had an…
This one is mainly about enterprise-architectures, but also applies to just about any other usage of models – visual, mathematical or whatever – in pretty much any other discipline.
There’s a common perception that a model represents some kind of reality, either in the present, the past, or some intended future.
To my mind, though, it more […]
This week, I gave my last keynote speech as Chief Architect in the Ministry of Finance on enterprise architecture and strategy. As already revealed on Twitter and Facebook, I am taking a leave of absence from the public sector to … Continue reading →
In 1989 Walt Disney Pictures released a popular comedy with the title of “Honey, I shrunk the kids”. It was early days for animation and graphics wizardry in the movies. Jurassic Park was still four years away; the first Harry Potter movie was elev…
In December, I posted Hans Rosling’s Joy of Stats video in which Rosling “tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers – in just four minutes.”
The video is a terrific example of combining statistics, dat…
Another week and – here in southern Australia at least – one of extreme contrasts, with very heavy rainfall followed by blistering sunshine. Not sure if the same is true of the week’s collection of Tweets and links, but find it for yourself, anyway. Usual categories, of course.
Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy, innovation and suchlike:
business_design: Capitalism2.0: 1) […]
More enterprise-architecture stuff, this time about the relationship between trust, value and money.
This starts from a Tweet by Swedish consultant Oscar Berg, which triggered off a back-and-forth flurry:
oscarberg: The main currencies of business have always been information & trust. They let us exchange favors, goods/money […]
That’s not the most appropriate title. My intention is not to dub another type of Enterprise Architecture (least of all one that sounds like a holiday package). That would defy the points I’m trying to make. Yet I couldn’t help it. The concept of Enterprise Architecture (EA) as I understand it – and luckily I’m […]
Print PDF 2011 CIO Agenda Podcast Transcript Listen to the podcast or read the summary below. The interview was conducted by Best Review Editor Lynna Goch. LYNNA: Chris is here today to talk about the results of a survey conducted with 724 senior business and IT executives from large companies that he wrote about in his article Cloudy Future (requires free subscription) that appears in January’s issue of Best’s Review. So Chris, in your article […]
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I’m not saying that TOGAF™ can save the universe, but from where I’m sitting, it looks like our best bet at the moment! Continue reading →
Here’s an example / template for applying VPEC-T to a large scale business transformation ( like a post M&A situation).
Steps:
Start with any of the four inner columns – usually Events or Values and capture the various stakeholder perspectives (usually a Post-It on brown paper exercise).
Stand back and discuss the relationships between the four columns and note any points.
Lastly, look at the final wrap-around Trust dimension in the context of the discussion around the inner four columns.
Nigel Green
5Di Ltd.
Web: www.5dinnovation.com
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I will be delivering a speech at the next Open Group Conference in San Diego on the subject of Architecting the Cloud, February 9, 2011.
Taking place at 9:45am, “Cloud Computing requires Enterprise Architecture and TOGAF™ 9 Can Show the Way “
Abstract: Most companies doing Enterprise Architecture are wondering how to approach Cloud Computing and how does it fits in TOGAF 9. This presentation is a suggested approach which has been used by some companies.
Key takeaways:
For further information on the event, please visit:
http://www.opengroup.org/sandiego2011/
I’m also excited to be on the program at the upcoming Enterprise Architecture Management Forum in Frankfurt, Germany, February 22-23, 2011.
I will be presenting at the conference on the subject of EA Governance. This event is one of the leading conferences for Information Technology in Germany, with speakers and participants representing companies such as Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Post, Heidelberger Druck and others.
Taking place at 2:30pm on February 22, “Enterprise Architecture Governance – Why? A need for transparency and better control” addresses:
The conference also features several additional topics high on the importance list of technology professionals:
For further information on the event, please visit: http://www.iir.de/eam.