Organizations as Systems – “Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown”

  One of the benefits of having a (very) wide range of interests is that every so often a flash of insight gets dropped into my lap. In this case, it was a matter of “We must recognise that single events have multiple causes” showing up as a suggested read from Aeon on the same […]

The Enterprise Architecture process and artefacts (i)

In the set up phase the first modelling effort should be dedicated to the selection, design and documentation of the EA Framework…
The first EA iteration would deliver the one page enterprise business architecture.

Presidents Letter

Dear Fellow Practitioners, Colleagues, and Friends After founding and serving as President of FEAPO since 2010, Dr. Brian Cameron has passed the leadership baton to me as of July 1, 2016. FEAPO is an aegis organization, formed of professional member organizations, providing services that encourage and enable the advancement of the Enterprise Architecture field. I […]

Essential Architecture

It’s good to see other architects making their argument for the relevance, importance, and necessity of enterprise architecture. This post from Steve Else is another voice talking about essential architecture. I’m with Steve. He makes the point that enterprise architecture continues to be a phrase that is defined and redefined, although I think there is a broad consensus on…

Insights-Driven Business Are Stealing Your Customers

Is your business digital? Like Domino’s Pizza, do you realize that you are not a product or service business, but that you are a software and data business that provides products or services? Do you exploit all of your customer’s data to know them insi…