Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
I have spent the last few days reviewing the most contemporary Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks. As I am trying to establish a common description of the methodology behind EA, my goal is to sketch the intersection of methodological assumptions t…
In a room full of architects, if you were to ask for the definition of enterprise architecture, or the importance thereof, you are likely to get a number of varying view points ranging from, a complete analysis of the digital assets of an organizat…
I am writing this post as I am in an Enterprise Architecture class, specifically on the Oracle Enterprise Architecture Framework (OEAF). I have been a long believer that SOA’s key strength is that it is the first IT approach that blends or unifies …
I am currently in the process of starting my thesis work. With my background in software engineering and software process improvement (SPI), I am aware of how crucially important configuration management is. When working one or more people on a source …
I am currently in the process of starting my thesis work. With my background in software engineering and software process improvement (SPI), I am aware of how crucially important configuration management is. When working one or more people on a source …
Some of the most ominous words I hear from development teams.I will illustrate this with a rather contrived example – but one that I hope makes the point easily. No I am not advocating the writing of yet another date handler, but the problem is neatly …
Read an interesting article in the IEEE Software magazine with the above title:Link to the articleThe author discuss how there can be a balance between agile processes and enterprise architecture and recommend guidelines on how and where to apply them…
Enterprise Architecture is all about tapping synergies
across the enterprise – in a structured and consistent manner. Goes without
saying that different forms and flavors of EA exist dependent upon the starting
point, organizational culture or operat…
I recently took part in a panelist discussion about EA which was interesting in that it was not scripted, nor did we know the topic in advance. Give it a listen, there are some good comments made and this is worth the 12 or so minuets for a listen. …
The Danish Government Business Reference Model – FORM (in Danish) – is an overview of what the Danish public administration does, which services it provides, and which legislation that regulates these services. I have been ‘playing around’ with the dataset FORM makes up. In the blog menu, you will find links to pages about Project NemFORM.
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In the last couple of days a few related ideas came floating by. It started when Madame was bemoaning behavior in her profession (she is a University lecturer). Then I got to thinking about Open Source – at the behest of a customer. This led down the p…