Architecture Solutions Without Problems
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Data Strategy – Richness
This is one of a series of posts looking at the four key dimensions of data and information that must be addressed in a data strategy – reach, richness, agility and assurance.In my previous post, I looked at Reach, which is about the range of data sou…
Data Strategy – Reach
This is one of a series of posts looking at the four key dimensions of Data and Information that must be addressed in a data strategy – reach, richness, agility and assurance.Data strategy nowadays is dominated by the concept of big data, whatever that…
Turn the Ship Around – Break Free from the Shackles of the Present
Background Across the globe, Enterprise Architecture teams deliver three key organizational functions. Firstly, they provide understanding of their current organization; this enables the organization to effectively control and regulate its existing ope…
What makes a good project manager?
Have you ever asked yourself what makes a good project manager? I know I have. I’ve asked it with respect to good (and bad) project managers I’ve worked with, and I’ve asked it with respect to myself as I manage projects. In conversation with others I’ve batted around obvious talking points like “it’s a combination […]
Why the IT4IT™ Standard is Key to Driving Business Value for CIOs
Forrester predicted that 2019 would be the year of rebuilding foundations and measured innovation for the CIO. As part of this, they suggested that CIOs not put the proverbial ‘cart’ before the ‘horse’, and to focus on providing solid foundations while taking a measured approach to innovation. Yet despite the guidance to focus on practicality, many CIOs still aspire to be seen as a technology evangelist and to work with smart business partners to create major change within the organization. This has left many CIOs at a stalemate in regards to their role and responsibilities, especially as the CEO and CDO roles continue to evolve.
A Leading EA Tool Comes with Extras
The recent release of the annual Gartner MQ Report for Enterprise Architecture Tools provided all of us here at BiZZdesign with a very pleasant piece of news. For the fourth year in a row we were acknowledged as a Leader, and for the second time the ve…
Forest Fire Reduction using Enterprise Architecture
Forest Fire Reduction using Enterprise Architecture By Brian Dobony…
Integration of The Open Group Standards Portfolio
The Open Group released two new bodies of work during The Open Group Denver event in July 2019. The first was a snapshot of what is intended to become The Open Agile Architecture Framework™ (O-AAF). The objective of this document is to cover both Digital Transformation and Agile Transformation of the enterprise, and is valid until January 15, 2020. The second new document was The Digital Practitioner Body of Knowledge™ Standard (DPBoK), Version 1.0, which assists individuals and organizations who wish to create and manage product offerings with an increasing digital component, or lead their organization through Digital Transformation.
Belief #5 Best architectures enable organisational agility
Have you ever experienced that your architecture is limiting your agility? We have indeed and often it is because of no or too much architecture guidance. We have also experienced people stating agility is about fast changes, and therefore contradicts the up-front creation of architecture. We agree that agility is the ability of an organization…
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Belief #5 Best architectures enable organisational agility
Have you ever experienced that your architecture is limiting your agility? We have indeed and often it is because of no or too much architecture guidance. We have also experienced people saying that agility is about fast changes, and therefore contradicts the up-front creation of architecture. We agree that agility is the ability of an…
Beyond Trimodal – Citizens and Tourists
I’ve been hearing a lot about citizens recently. The iPaaS vendors are all talking about citizen integration, and at the Big Data London event this week I heard several people talking about citizen data science.Gartner’s view is that development can be…