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#entarch #systemsthinking A great discussion yesterday between some systems thinkers from SCiO and some enterprise architects. This post is not a record of the meeting, but contains some of my thoughts following the meeting.
Does it make sense to comb…
One of my earliest posts was entitled, “What can SOA learn from RDBMS?” In that posting I was arguing for “Event Triggers” that fire when “interesting” business objects change. Of course, “interesting” needs further definition and so for tha matter do…
One of my earliest posts was entitled, “What can SOA learn from RDBMS?” In that posting I was arguing for “Event Triggers” that fire when “interesting” business objects change. Of course, “interesting” needs further definition and so for tha matte…
#entarch In my previous post, What is Enterprise Architecture (not again)? I identified five interlinked perspectives on the nature of Enterprise Architecture. There is a different class of critique that applies to each perspective.
EA as ins…
The previous post of this blog outlined the Big Society Agenda, its context and the concept. Continuing with the January 2011 theme of the Big Society for this blog, this post will analyse how to make Big Society happen and how Information & …
Security professionals rarely say that things are getting better on the threat side of information security. Underfunding IT security programs is a recipe for disaster. Continue reading →
“Gotta rush! Time equals money, ya know!”
But does it?
More accurately, are they ever actually equivalent?
It’s not a trivial question – because if they’re not equivalent, just how much damage is that metaphor doing to our enterprise-architectures, business-architectures and much else besides?
Closely related to this is another metaphor: “money equals value”. And that one can do […]
Joe McKendrick (@joemckendrick) wrote about Lean IT on ZDNet on Dec 27, 2010 titled Eight steps to achieve lean IT. In his set of steps, Joe mentioned the Toyota A3 Report approach to looking at problems and A3 Thinking. He refers to this site abo…
Taking inspiration from Dogbert, last week I (finally) ended my cloud watch quiescence on elemental cloud computing. Two posts that were popular with the cloud crowd:
Dogbert, Cloud Architect
Changing l…
The Role of CEP in Enterprise Architecture | Complex Event Processing (CEP) Blog Enterprise Architects don’t always take the “event” viewpoint, and instead focus on the process or value chains in the business. However, these high …
Guest Post by Louie Ehrlich, President Chevron Information Technology Company, and CIO, Chevron Corp. Note: This is the third in a series, start with part 1 – The Journey of a Business Strategist CIO I’ve written a couple of posts on what the CIO role can be in the future and the importance of our profession leading the way there. This is my last post on this topic and I want to focus it on […]
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PreludeLet’s start with the tweets.
@RSessions: Enterprise Architecture is a tool, not a solution.
@Cybersal: I agree EA is not a solution; however I prefer to characterise it as a discipline or a practice. A tool seems too mechanistic.
@l…