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Last week, I accepted a 2 year contract as the Director of Information Technology at the American University of Sharjah in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Sharjah is one of seven emirates that are federated together to form th…
If you are an established business architect you are most likely already doing most of these items. But if you are new to business architecture or are coming from IT or other operationally focused organizations, you should give each of these steps serious consideration. Spend more time with business leaders. You don’t have to corner […]
There are lots of models around describing leadership characteristics and roles. Here is one I have been using for a number of years to introduce the role of the leader. While not a complete model, it does get across some of the more important attributes of excellent leaders. VISION – One of the first roles […]
I just want to be heard. And, OK, maybe understood a little. Agreeing with me would be nice too, but honestly, most of the time I would be content with just being understood. And isn’t that what we all want – to be heard, really heard. The problem is, so few people know how to […]
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I recently completed reading the book Troux Enterprise Architecture Solutions by Richard Reese. First, the disclosure: this book was provided to me by Packt Publishing for the explicit purpose of this review. In addition, Packt is also the publisher of my own book, SOA Governance. I have no relationship with Troux, however, I have had […]
Over the past month, I hit a couple of career milestones. On August 31, 2010, I completed my 18th year of service at British Columbia Institute of Technology. On Sept 4, 2010, I completed 3 years as the Manager, Business Application Services and Ente…
A couple of weeks ago, I asked a simple question on Twitter: Should Enterprise Architects have/get an MBA? That meme made its way to InfoQ, so I figured I should actually post my own thoughts on the subject. First, a full disclaimer: I don’t have an MBA. I do have a MS in Computer Science […]
Tom Graves has summarised the differing roles of architects and designers in his blog What’s the difference between architecture and design?. It is an ongoing irritation to me that the two are confused. This not only devalues both dis…
Tom Graves has summarised the differing roles of architects and designers in his blog What’s the difference between architecture and design?. It is an ongoing irritation to me that the two are confused. This not only devalues both dis…