Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Up first: Jeanne Ross of MITSloan School of Business on Evolving EA from IT to Businessnote: I’ve been following her research since publication of “Enterprise Architecture As Strategy”, since I’ve witnessed first-hand the consequences of Bu…
On the tnooz web site there is a whole lot of discussion about the pricing of travel through channels and what the responsibilities of the various players are. Specifically the link poses the question, “Should airlines be forced to disclose equal …
Nick Malik recently gave the Zachman Framework (ZF) a death sentence because it does not have a row for ‘customer’ – making the assumption that any and all EA frameworks that do not recognize the customer as some kind of…
Nick Malik recently gave the Zachman Framework (ZF) a death sentence because it does not have a row for ‘customer’ – making the assumption that any and all EA frameworks that do not recognize the customer as some kind of…
The Fujitsu Executive Discussion Evening (EDE) on the 15th of July 2010 in London certainly lived up to and to a great extent exceeded my expectations. The agenda of 2020 vision focussed on the effects of globalisation, concerns over sustainability and…
A couple of recent conversations have really caused this theme to spike in my head. In my experience, I’ve seen successful enterprise architecture and I’ve seen unsuccessful enterprise architecture. While many may put the blame on a failure to define what architecture is, I think that’s wrong. I think a recipe of failure is a […]
I recommend you read Chris Curran’s excellent blog entry on 16 Enterprise Architecture Strategies Learned The Hard Way http://tinyurl.com/32hfj8s I’ve included his list below with my views and comments following that. 1. An exhaustive enterprise level blueprint is virtually impossible to build – it’s too big and no one will buy-in 2. The best strategy […]
Back in the early 1900s a concept called “Modern Management Practices” or “Self-Control” was all the rage. Originally conceived at DuPont and General Motors it was a way for managers to have detailed control over employee tasks – because bac…
Back in the early 1900s a concept called “Modern Management Practices” or “Self-Control” was all the rage. Originally conceived at DuPont and General Motors it was a way for managers to have detailed control over employee tasks – because bac…
Back in the early 1900s a concept called “Modern Management Practices” or “Self-Control” was all the rage. Originally conceived at DuPont and General Motors it was a way for managers to have detailed control over employee tasks – because bac…
Enterprise Architecture provides an engine to identify where tweaks & amendments need to be made in order to provide valid and coherent IT systems, process and infrastructure that supports business operations.One of the difficulties facing Program…
Enterprise Architecture provides an engine to identify where tweaks & amendments need to be made in order to provide valid and coherent IT systems, process and infrastructure that supports business operations.One of the difficulties facing Program…