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1 year, 8 months ago

Thinking with the majority – a new twist

by Richard Veryard

I wrote somewhere once that thinking with the majority is an excellent description of Google. Because one of the ways something rises to the top of your search results is that lots of other people have already looked at it, liked or linked to it.The ph…

Categories bias Tags #eavoices, google, research, Truth
4 years, 8 months ago

Thirty Years and We Still Do NOT Know What We are Doing!

by Angry Architect

Whether you take Zachman’s 1987 paper as the start of the architectural time-line or not doesn’t really matter. The point stands that architecture, as in the planning of IT systems, has now been around for thirty years. And so why do people still refer to it as emergent? It’s because although we may know what […]

Categories Current State, Enterprise Architecture Tags #eavoices, research
7 years, 7 months ago

Business ‘Fit’ vs. Technical ‘Fit’: The Crucible of Strategy, Architecture & Governance

by EA Directions Staff

IT leadership and EA teams struggle with how to effectively engage business leadership regarding application systems that do not adhere to architectural standards or technology strategy.  A simple technique can be used to effectively illustrate when existing systems do not…

Categories Portfolio Management Tags #eavoices, research
7 years, 7 months ago

EA Profession: What’s Changing and What’s Not

by EA Directions Staff

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is an immature discipline and possibly getting even more immature.   As the scope of EA extends beyond the areas that IT-centric efforts are prepared for (data, app, infrastructure), the competency, credibility and effectiveness of an EA team…

Categories People & Organizational Change Tags #eavoices, research
7 years, 7 months ago

When EA & SOA Worlds Collide Presentation

by EA Directions Staff

Download Now: When EA and SOA Worlds Collide.pdf Right-click and ‘Save As…’ to download to your computer.

Categories Enterprise Architecture (EA) Tags #eavoices, research
7 years, 7 months ago

E-Government Trends, Common Practices and Benefits

by EA Directions Staff

The question for public sector organizations is no longer “Should we?”  Now it is “What is the Best Way …?”  E-government, the web-based online delivery of government services to its constituents, is the norm at all levels – federal, provincial/state,…

Categories Enterprise Architecture (EA) Tags #eavoices, research
7 years, 7 months ago

EA Frameworks: Pros and Cons – Inventory and Insights

by EA Directions Staff

A lot of attention – in the media, on EA-oriented websites, at conferences, and in the minds of enterprise architects themselves – is devoted to EA frameworks.  What are they?  Should I use one?  If so, which one?  What do…

Categories Enterprise Architecture (EA), Featured Downloads Tags #eavoices, research
7 years, 7 months ago

Embrace Enterprise Transformation as a Core Concept

by EA Directions Staff

Transformation is the latest concept to capture the attention of business and IT executives alike.  Driven by a combination of improving economics, changes in the competitive landscape, a flurry of mergers and acquisitions and more aggressive public policy objectives, most…

Categories Enterprise Architecture (EA), Featured Downloads, Strategy Planning Tags #eavoices, research
7 years, 7 months ago

Tactical (yet Strategic) EA – Keeping Both Sides Happy

by EA Directions Staff

We say it all the time, but the bottom line is it’s the truth – we don’t have enough time! As EA practitioners, we are always faced with the conflicting pressure to produce results now, while maintaining our focus on…

Categories Enterprise Architecture (EA), Featured Downloads, Portfolio Management Tags #eavoices, research
7 years, 7 months ago

Getting Started with Enterprise Business Architecture

by EA Directions Staff

Many enterprise architecture (EA) groups struggle with affecting change in the ongoing activities and existing project portfolio that demonstrably moves the enterprise toward the future state business strategy.  One of the reasons is a lack of understanding of business strategy,…

Categories Enterprise Business Architecture (EBA), Featured Downloads Tags #eavoices, research
7 years, 7 months ago

Critical Success Factors for EA Effectiveness

by EA Directions Staff

There are some common critical success factors that EAdirections has recognized in highly effective EA programs.  Not all of these critical success factors are seen in every effective EA program; so each organization must determine which factors are hindering and…

Categories Enterprise Architecture (EA), People & Organizational Change Tags #eavoices, research
7 years, 7 months ago

Communication Planning for Enterprise Architecture

by EA Directions Staff

Communication is a key to transforming an enterprise through strategic planning, enterprise architecture (EA) and enterprise portfolio management (EPfM). Critical to the success and effectiveness of communication is planning why, how, when, and with wh…

Categories Enterprise Architecture (EA), Featured Downloads, People & Organizational Change Tags #eavoices, research
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