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Metaphorum was established in 2003 as an NGO to develop Stafford Beer’s legacy and has organized a series of management cybernetics conferences and workshops over the years. I attended three Metaphorum conferences so far. In Hull, 2015, I shared ideas on how some of the findings of the enactive school of cognitive science can enrich […]
One of the factors driving Netflix success is undoubtedly its recommendation engine, based on an algorithm called CineMatch. I discussed this in my earlier post Rhyme or Reason (June 2017). But that’s not the only way Netflix uses data. According to se…
Exactly a year ago, on 31 December 2019, I wrote a post about ‘changes coming‘, for me and others too. It turned out to be wildly optimistic, of course: but then it’s always easier to achieve 20-20 vision in hindsight… …
This document takes an evolutionary approach to align with and build upon existing or upcoming frameworks, standards, and best-practices, such as the TOGAF® standard, Archimate® Modeling Language, or ISO 9001 for healthcare. All application-related screenshots in this article are based on a prototype, modelled in Enterprise Architect.
Sometimes, as with trees, it takes a while for the results of our hard work to show… Today I took the day off, and went for a drive around the area where I used to live, a few dozen miles …
Social scientists and social historians are naturally keen to produce explanations for social phenomena. Event B happened because of A.Sometimes the explanation involves some form of technology. Lewis Mumford traced the start of the Industrial Revoluti…
[Originally posted at brendamichelson.com in May 2017. Moved here 12.23.2020.] I think best with a marker in my hand. Always have. My workspace, and all paths to and from it, are littered with box and line diagrams, doodles, code snippets, and my (at that moment) best idea ever, on any scrap of paper, notebook or […]
As enterprise architecture has developed as a discipline over the last 25 years, it has borrowed significantly from business strategy. Given this, it is important to recognize and understand the business strategy underpinnings of enterprise architecture. A great example is the “Creating the Corporate Future” written by strategic, systems thinker Russell Ackoff. This article will share some of the key insights from the book that were building blocks of enterprise architecture, so you be an even better enterprise architect and strategic thinker.
Showing people ArchiMate views to leadership is not always a good idea. Today i am looking at PowerPoint! Continue reading →
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In his previous EAPJ article “Application Landscape Views and SOA”…
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There are three kinds of chaos. They’re fundamentally different from each other. Don’t mix them up… (For a quick overview of the themes in this post, see the video ‘Three kinds of chaos‘.) I was going to start this off …