How to re-organise the enterprise around services (i)
Autonomy should work both ways, for both the enterprise and the unit. And interfaces are key for autonomy,
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Enterprise Stockholm syndrome
Properly most of us have heard about the Stockholm syndrome in hostage cases were the the victim develops positive feelings against their captor or tormentor, often even to the point that they will stop the police from capturing their tormentor. The point known to only a few is that the syndrome actually happens most often … Continue reading Enterprise Stockholm syndrome →
Open Letter to TOG #4
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 →
An Enchantment Tale
It was my birthday but that’s only relevant, because it’s one reason I was in a very relaxed mood and perhaps therefore more open to noticing than usual. That and the radically improved weather. In Amsterdam we have a lot of canals. Everyone knows that from the picture postcards but probably not that, outside of […]
Mac OS X El Capitan Achieves UNIX® Certification
By The Open Group The Open Group, an international vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, has announced that Apple, Inc. has achieved UNIX® certification for its latest operating system – Mac OS X version 10.11 known as “El Capitan.” El Capitan was … Continue reading →
Base rate fallacy
Most architects that I have met have a great belief in numbers as they claim that there is something stable on numbers and on logic. The really funny thing however is that most people that heavily rely on numbers are also subject to the base rate fallacy. The classical example of this is DNA testing … Continue reading Base rate fallacy →
Renaming This Blog
I started my blog “Enterprise Architecture in Higher Education” in May 2007 to share the EA work my colleagues and I have done. My goal was to share the practical approaches that we implemented to move our organizations forward. I hope that you have seen value and found ways to use some of our ideas to move your […]
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How to re-organise the enterprise around services
Autonomy empowers the enterprise departments to organise and govern themselves. Hence, an enterprise organised in autonomous units would promote motivation, stimulate initiative, manage resources and take ownership of deliverables more responsibly.
Information Security Breaches Visualized
Regardless of news stories and articles, companies and governments continue to suffer from major information breaches. I teach a course on Information Security Risk Management and Legal Issues to Masters students at the New York Institute of Technology…
ArchiMate Modeling in Practice – Fleshing out the MDM part
The team is excited about the news that they can go ahead with fleshing out the target architecture. They are particularly enthusiastic about going for a combination of best-of-breed systems mixed with an MDM solution. There is still some caution as Brenda has made it very clear that there was some ‘glazing over’ during the presentation. As before, the team decides to work in two sub teams: one team will do a “road show” to illustrate the concept of MDM to increase management buy-in, while the other team fleshes out the technical details.
The organisation of a Service Based Enterprise
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Typically, enterprises are structured around a combination of functions, products, geography… And the usual enterprise representation is the organisation chart that says so little about the enterprise, not even the products.&n…
Key transformational steps of architecture away from ICT
Have you wondered why CIOs do not become CEOs? What prevents them from achieving at the highest organisational levels? It’s because they don’t have their hands on revenue, unlike CMOs, CFOs, brand marketers, and sales directors. So all that remain in the realm of ICT are seen as purely administrative and like all administrative functions … Continue reading Key transformational steps of architecture away from ICT →