Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Enterprise architecture is often perceived as an abstract, conceptual, and somewhat esoteric discipline practiced by ‘high priests’ who provide guidance with their lofty ‘architecture principles.’ It’s true that architects are often concerned with over…
The Open Group hosted its latest event July 23 – 26 in the Lone Star State at Houston’s Westin Oaks at the Galleria. The theme was ‘Digital Transformation in the Energy Industry’. We welcomed over 200 attendees from 13 countries, including Brazil, China, and the Netherlands.
Too often we create architectures to support economic growth… but judged from many perspectives this is unsustainable and unethical. We should be creating architectures that are fair, sustainable, and universally beneficial. Although not directly…
This blog, the third in a series with Marc Lankhorst, Managing Consultant for BiZZdesign, looks at how architecture in general and the ArchiMate language in particular can add a lot of value to agile approaches.
September 2015Lidl is looking to press ahead with standardizing processes worldwide and chose SAP ERP Retail powered by SAP HANA to do the job (PressBox 2, September 2015)November 2016Lidl rolls out SAP for Retail powered by SAP HANA with KPS …
Since I first wrote about digital transformation back in 2012, the term has become wildly over-hyped. Since CEOs are now at least asking about digital transformation, and every technology vendor now claims expertise in digital transformation, it’…
Are you future-ready? Your body contains the secrets to your behavior, including future readiness. Though obvious, most of us fail to recognize this day to day. We think that our brains — our minds — make decisions about how we should feel and what we …
The new version of TOGAF® has probably not made a huge difference to your work as an enterprise architect. The changes are not world-shattering. TOGAF is still far from perfect or complete, but I think that 9.2 is a step in the right direction, and it …
-Fabian Aulkemeier & Marc Lankhorst In our previous blog post, we outlined why Enterprise Architecture and Agile/DevOps are key in becoming an adaptive enterprise. We also described several use cases where EA can strengthen Agile and DevOps practic…
Continuing my theme that EA can make a big difference, I thought you might find “Architecture can change the world” an interesting post. This article is about building architecture, but with a little sidestep it could easily apply to EA. He…
If you’re in any kind of business, you’ll know who your clients are: you deal with them every day. And serving their needs will no doubt take up much of your attention, too. And you, or someone in your organisation,…
Everybody’s favourite internet-book-retailer-cum-cloud-computing-giant is planning for a wide range of outcomes after Brexit.”Like any business, we consider a wide range of scenarios in planning discussions so that we’re prepared to continue serving cu…