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This model is part of my toolbox for working with strategic architectures. The Strategy Model Note: I’m currently in a process of changing my presentation design (the image shows what the new design looks like) for all my work. When I’ve stabilized the design and applied it across all canvases and related material I’ll link […]
This model is part of my toolbox for working with strategic architectures. The Strategy Model Note: I’m currently in a process of changing my presentation design (the image shows what the new design looks like) for all my work. When I’ve stabilized the design and applied it across all canvases and related material I’ll link […]
We architects are a bit of a strange breed within most enterprises. Usually architects are divided into two groups, one more technology focused and one more business focused, but regardless of the place that we report to as managers on a technical career path rather than managers on the staff leadership path. It is something … Continue reading On Stupidity – Promoting an Architect →
A while back, I wrote the post Modelling Homogenous Landscapes in #ArchiMate (Classes and Instances), which was a first post on modelling detailed infrastructure landscapes. Assuming you’re with me that a modelling language is very useful for large complex situations, but doesn’t … Continue reading →
Okay, I admit it: I’m passionate. I care. To many people, though, it seems that those are considered to be major faults… Yesterday we had what’s called a General Election in Britain – the once-every-few-years opportunity for the populace to…
In this fifth posting we will address the warm phase of ‘Force Generation’ Architecture: deployment and sustainment of the deployment. As in previous articles we will walk the military path first, next we will share the developments in the architecture case. Let us first address one of many questions regarding this series about Force Generation Architecture (the military way).
Once an architecture manager told me that he could get a good business case for all types of architect except of data architects as they would only be used to create data standards that were the death to all business. This is up to day a common view and relies in the early history of … Continue reading On Stupidity – Data Standards →
What are the real human needs? So far in this series on RBPEA (Really-Big-Picture Enterprise-Architecture), we’ve explored non-negotiable constraints imposed on us by Reality Department, and problems that are inherent in a culture that still actively promotes serious dysfunctionality in a…
There are not many images in the Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture book. But the type of paper and the size of the book make some of them only borderline readable. Some people have reported trouble reading them, especially … Continue reading →
What Are Your Thoughts? By Allen Brown, President & CEO of The Open Group This year marks the 30th anniversary of my class graduation from the London Business School MBA program. It was 3 years of working full-time for Unilever … Continue reading →
An architecture may have a centre – in fact most types of architecture work best if there’s a central theme or parti. Yet the process of architecting must not have a single centre – and that distinction is crucial, especially as we…
By Stuart Boardman, Senior Business Consultant, Business & IT Advisory, KPN Consulting and Ed Harrington, Senior Consulting Associate, Conexiam As the world’s best known and most used Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework, it’s quite reasonable that TOGAF®, an Open Group standard, … Continue reading →