Premises and principles for business system modelling (Part 3)
From the Editor: Graham Berrisford from Avancier Ltd has provided…
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Premises and principles for business system modelling (Part 2)
From the Editor: Graham Berrisford from Avancier Ltd has provided…
Premises and principles for business system modelling (Part 1)
From the Editor: Graham Berrisford from Avancier Ltd has provided…
Open Group on business-capabilities – a quick review
You might perhaps describe this piece as “praising with faint damns” – but oh, it’s so nice to be able to say something nice for once about The Open Group! Okay, yeah, maybe a bit unkind to start this that…
Open Letter to TOG #7
Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a few … Continue reading →
Open Group San Francisco 2016
We are happy to announce that after a brief hiatus, we will be presenting again at the Open Group Conference, this year in San Francisco, January 25-27. Ben Sommer and I will be presenting in the Architecture Methods and Techniques track. The theme of this conference is “How Enterprise Architecture is empowering companies to build […]
A tale of application rationalization (not)
Don’t you just love buzzwords and silver bullets? My first post on InfoWorld was about the cloud as a silver bullet. And Scott Adams from Dilbert catches painful realities as well: see this strip. Now, cloud is a real phenomenon (even if it … Continue reading →
Open Letter to TOG #6
Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a few … Continue reading →
A new direction?
It was a good chat, that serendipitous meeting with an IT-recruiter on the crowded homebound train. We’d managed to grab one of the rare table-seats, so I was able to show her my slidedeck ‘Attracting, retaining and getting the best…
Ten notable books from 2015
One of my routines around New Year is to look back at the books brought to the market in the last year that caught my attention. In this blog post, I will share my thoughts about the ten most notable books of the year. Notable 2015 additions to the enterprise architect’s bookshelf: Business Architecture Management:…
Modeling Virtual Data
Enough discussing proposed fixes and improvements for ArchiMate (here, here, here, here and here). Time for a ‘normal’ modelling post. This time about the concept of virtual data. Most of you will know what a virtual machine is, so what … Continue reading →
Visualizing IT at DHS
By Iver Band Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Information…