Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
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Architecture principles, are they any good?
Architecture principles enable us manage the enterprise complexity by separating concerns, usually by structuring the enterprise in groups of entities which could be developed and …
Principles are in essence Rules for decision making.
At times though, they just recommend best practices.
Principles are the result of experience and abstraction. They help us make judgements, i.e. take decisions without the neve…
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 […]
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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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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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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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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Open Group’s User Group’s debate on architecture reuse closed to a draw. Yet, that helps no one.
Open Group’s debate on architecture reuse
A generic model would act as a Class, on which template any
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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There is a common set of questions burning in peoples’ minds when they think about the business architect role, whether they are new to the discipline or experienced but seeking to compare approaches.
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 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…