You can’t always get what you want…

You can’t always get what you want But if you try sometimes well you just might find You get what you need When it comes to systems, you can’t always get what you want, but you do get what you design (intentionally or not), whether it’s what you need or not. In other words, the […]

Enterprise Architecture and Lean Thinking: Part One

Prior to joining Gartner, I was an Enterprise Architect practitioner for a Fortune 100 enterprise that embraced Lean Thinking. The principles of driving both business-outcome driven EA and holistic technology implementations across value streams was something I got really good at. I found joy in enterprise programs that came with big hairy audacious goals (BHAG) for […]

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Enterprise Architecture and Lean Thinking: Part One

Prior to joining Gartner, I was an Enterprise Architect practitioner for a Fortune 100 enterprise that embraced Lean Thinking. The principles of driving both business-outcome driven EA and holistic technology implementations across value streams was something I got really good at. I found joy in enterprise programs that came with big hairy audacious goals (BHAG) for […]

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Dialog versus Discussion

There are subtle differences between a dialog and a discussion that many enterprise architecture and technology professionals may not fully appreciate. For purposes of this discussion, I have included a table that should help provide clarity on their distinction. Dialog Discussion  Starts with listening  Starts with speaking  Is about speaking with  Is about speaking to  Focuses […]

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Dialog versus Discussion

There are subtle differences between a dialog and a discussion that many enterprise architecture and technology professionals may not fully appreciate. For purposes of this discussion, I have included a table that should help provide clarity on their distinction. Dialog Discussion  Starts with listening  Starts with speaking  Is about speaking with  Is about speaking to  Focuses […]

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Looking for Case Studies on Polyglotism

As a Gartner analyst, I have the opportunity to interact with many enterprise architecture teams looking to improve their approach to architecture governance. The one software development trend I am seeing grow without an accompanying architecture viewpoint is the rise of polygotism. In any software development lifecycle, time to develop software is a dominant factor […]

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So, It’s Not That Easy

When EA was first introduced to me, I got my head-bulb lightened. Like ‘ting’. This might be the one I was really looking for. Excitement flourished in my head without entertaining a question at the corner of my mind. What is this?On my previous p…

Open Group’s debate on architecture reuse

Open Group’s User Group’s debate on architecture reuse closed to a draw. Yet, that helps no one. Perhaps, the issue should have been adjudicated once for all in the TOGAF standard rather than in a users debate.
In fact, TOGAF’s Architecture Contin…

All your boards are belong to us

There is a point where unmanaged complexity becomes prionic.At that point a crystalline logic takes over, and every thing that touches the tangle becomes transformed by the tangle to be a new part of the tangle.That includes all attempts to control it….