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25 days ago

ArchiMate – Looking Beyond Diagrams

When looking at ArchiMate diagrams its easy to miss the fact they are part of a model, and not just pictures. This blog addresses the difference and demonstrates some basics around models. Continue reading →
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29 days ago

Low-Hanging Fruit

by Richard Veryard

August comes around again, and there are ripe blackberries in the hedgerows. One of the things I was taught at an early age was to avoid picking berries that were low enough to be urinated on by animals. (Or humans for that matter.) So I have always re…

29 days ago

Setting off Towards the Data-Driven Business

by Richard Veryard

In an earlier post Towards the Data-Driven Business, I talked about the various roles that data and intelligence can play in the business. But where do you start? In this post, I shall talk about the approach that I have developed and used in a number …

30 days ago

John A. Zachman: Agile at 82 (85)

by Gerben Wierda

John Zachman is often called ‘the father of Enterprise Architecture’. Some will characterise his work as irrelevant and John a dinosaur. But he is surprisingly agile, in more ways than one.

1 month ago

The Future Enterprise Architect

by Open Group

Before describing the future Enterprise Architect, we will reflect on the current Enterprise Architect, one of their customers – a current line of business leader – and the strained relationship between them. For the sake of personalization, we will call the current Enterprise Architect ‘Archie’, and current line of business leader ‘Loretta’.

In the future state of Enterprise Architecture, the relationship between the two evolves towards one that is more productive and trusted. We describe what a future Enterprise Architect might look like and summarize the salient differences.

1 month, 1 day ago

7 Reasons I like ArchiMate.

by Owen Richardson

Anyone who knows me, knows I use ArchiMate a lot. I know its not perfect, but here are 7 Reasons why its my modelling language of preference. Continue reading →
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1 month, 6 days ago

Lifecycle Management – Let the Sunshine in

by Gerben Wierda

Standardisation/rationalisation is a tool and a wish of many enterprise and it architects, focused as they are on simplification of the complex. But while superficially you can be very standardised, lifecycle events of all the parts can still turn the …

1 month, 6 days ago

“Architecture in an Age of Agile” is online

by Gerben Wierda

I’ve (finally!) posted the narrated presentation of a slightly adapted version of my keynote at the Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2018: “Architecture in an Age of Agile”. Both Architecture and Agile are important aspects o…

1 month, 8 days ago

ISO Compliance – An Architect’s Perspective

by Owen Richardson

ISO Compliance gets a bad wrap. People roll their eyes, are bored by it, and often don’t see the relevance of it. I wanted to share my perspective on this. Continue reading →
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1 month, 12 days ago

Automation Ethics

by Richard Veryard

Many people start their journey into the ethics of automation and robotics by looking at Asimov’s Laws of Robotics.A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm (etc. etc.)As I’ve said before, I believe …

1 month, 13 days ago

Process Automation and Intelligence

by Richard Veryard

What kinds of automation are there, and is there a natural progression from basic to advanced? Do the terms intelligent automation and cognitive automation actually mean anything useful, or are they merely vendor hype? In this blogpost, I shall attempt…

1 month, 13 days ago

Girl On A Swing

by Roger Evernden

I’m really pleased with my latest piano piece – what do you think? If you like it, please add to your playlists, share, and follow! Thank you!!!