What Enterprise Architects do and should do
Given the EA state today, an EA architect should first create and employ own methodology to model the integrated blueprint of the enterprise and guide the transformation.
#eavoices
The long and the short
Yeah, there’ve been complaints. – “Write simpler! “, says one. – “You write so looong!”, says another. – “I have a problem with your blog-posts”, says yet another. “I know I’ll be required to think hard if I read them…
Open Letter to TOG #6
Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a few … Continue reading →
The Holiday Message
While pulling down the lights and placing the holiday decorations back in their boxes your child comes to you and asks you what to do, how to succeed where others have not and what is the difference between success and everything else. What? So, how to respond? 
Levels of Understanding
What is distinctive about architectural thinking?I’ve been meaning to write a summary of the Levels of Architectural Understanding for some time. Finally I got around to it. You can read the post on LinkedIn Pulse: Levels of Architectural Understanding. Understanding is one of the eight fundamental factors in EA.
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A new direction?
It was a good chat, that serendipitous meeting with an IT-recruiter on the crowded homebound train. We’d managed to grab one of the rare table-seats, so I was able to show her my slidedeck ‘Attracting, retaining and getting the best…
Since the Enterprise Architects number is on the increase, what do they actually do?
Too often the “Enterprise” in the EA term translates into experience in the enterprise IT, while “Architect” into a senior IT employee.
The Open Group to Hold Next Event in San Francisco
The Open Group, the vendor-neutral IT consortium, is hosting its next event in San Francisco January 25-28. The Open Group San Francisco 2016 will focus on how Enterprise Architecture is empowering companies to build better systems by architecting for digital … Continue reading →
Ten notable books from 2015
One of my routines around New Year is to look back at the books brought to the market in the last year that caught my attention. In this blog post, I will share my thoughts about the ten most notable books of the year. Notable 2015 additions to the enterprise architect’s bookshelf: Business Architecture Management:…
Enterprise Architecture is still juvenile, why?
The big issue is though that we don’t know what we don’t know. Hence we don’t know what to do about it.
HDN (Hyperbolic Bayes Net) + Data Mining to Discover Tacit Knowledge and Map Clinical Pathways
Data consists of symbols that represent objects, events, and their properties. Information is data that has been made useful. Information answers the questions of who, what, where, when, and how many. Information is helpful in deciding what to do, not how to do it. Knowledge consists of instructions and know-how. Knowledge answers the ‘how’ […]
Is 2016 the Year for Customer-Focused IT?
Maybe it’s a sign. Although I haven’t made New Year’s predictions in the past, this year I took part in a panel discussion with Jeremy Berriault, Steve Tendon, Kim Pries, hosted by Tom Cagley for his SPaMCast podcast (it should be posted this weekend, I’ll link to it when it does). As Tom described it […]