European Interoperability Framework 2.0

This week, the European Commission announced an updated interoperability policy in the EU. The Commission has committed itself to adopt a Communication that introduces the European Interoperability Strategy (EIS) and an update to the European Interoperability Framework (EIF), “two key documents […]

A week in Tweets: 28 November – 04 December 2010

And finally close to catch-up (if I haven’t slipped again) – another week’s worth of Tweets and links. Lots of new stuff, of course, though nothing new as such in the categories, nor in the ‘Read more…’ link:

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, strategy, innovation and suchlike:

CreatvEmergence: Cool 1-min video of complex adaptive systems in action – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCOmBVrnDeA <real-life […]

How to elaborate a Business Model with Enterprise Architecture?

How does an Enterprise Architecture and a Business Model work together? Successful organisations are those that improve and innovate their Business Models to find a profitable niche against their competitors. But a new Business Model alone is not enough. It needs to be implemented and executed. This is where an Enterprise Architecture comes in. If […]

A week in Tweets: 14-20 November 2010

Still somewhat in catch-up, so here’s another somewhat-late collection of Tweets and links – usual categories, after the usual ‘Read more…’ link.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy and all manner of business-related stuff:

oscarberg: RT @dcarli: Investors Don’t Care About Sustainability… Yet Accenture’s recent study w/ the U.N. confirms that CEOs do http://www.bit.ly/aH5dfg <important for #entarch – another side […]

Announcing NEW Architect Resources "IT Strategies from Oracle"

Announcing the availability of free, new reference architecture assets from Oracle. IT Strategies from Oracle is an authorized library of guidelines and reference architectures that will help you better plan, execute, and manage your enterprise architecture and IT initiatives. The…

What does Business and IT alignment mean

What does Business and IT alignment mean? #iCMG Architecture World – Linkedin Group discussion http://ow.ly/39LVW Above, is a link to a very long Linkedin discussion about:   Rajiv What does Business and IT alignment mean? The objective of this discussion is 1) Define what does IT alignment with business means? 2) Define process needed to […]

Modelling Behaviour

I frequently find that there is much confusion about the modelling of Behaviour in an Enterprise Architecture model, specifically between the concepts of Business Capability, Business Function and Business Process. The various enterprise architecture glossaries all differ in their definition of these. For example the TOGAF ADM or ISEB definitions don’t help as much as […]