Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
What data do we use to make decisions? Do we rely on the most up to date information possible? Do we use rough approximations? How do we reason about our decision thinking. Taking a concrete example first, I will then look for further insights and, of …
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A consideration that is now growing in many markets is how outsourcing and off-shoring has been affected by the emergence of Cloud Computing as a kind of alternative option to hosting services. Continue reading →
The word ‘value’ has too many meanings and sometimes it masks a real problem. I had a conversation with a very smart customer recently, where their IT division is going through a transformation to help their business compete. I asked …
Are you ready to move to the Cloud? Risk management and cost control are two key issues facing CIOs and CTOs today. Both these issues come into play in Cloud Computing, and present an interesting dilemma for IT leaders at large corporations. Continue r…
Architecture Considerations around Fabric Computing
The fabric concept has been around since 1998, and computing fabrics using commodity hardware and software are now starting to come into fruition. The fabric system provides a set of interc…
Architecture Considerations around Fabric Computing
The fabric concept has been around since 1998, and computing fabrics using commodity hardware and software are now starting to come into fruition. The fabric system provides a set of interc…
I’ve come to think that a BIG problem that stops organizations from actually harvesting the benefits from all the fantastic knowledge, services and products of its change suppliers is the fact that they are forced to act as integrators of domains outside of their defined business model. This is especially true when it comes to […]
This makes it sound as if requirements are like mushrooms in the forest – you take a small basket, go to some secret place and pick all the things that you hope are edible, bring them home, cook them, eat them and, you hope, not die of food poisoning.
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This makes it sound as if requirements are like mushrooms in the forest – you take a small basket, go to some secret place and pick all the things that you hope are edible, bring them home, cook them, eat them and, you hope, not die of food poisoning.B…
Following a Twitter chat over the weekend with Alec Sharp, Chris Bird et al, I thought I’d put together this table to show how one company sees the 5W+H focus the main roles involved in designing business change. We had a fair debate about the focus…
This post is an early draft of a much larger writing. I’m not sure I’ll find the time to elaborate on this part so I’m brain dumping it here as is… I love to ride my MTB and I love to race. Another thing I do is deal with architects of different types (enterprise architects, […]