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2 weeks ago Wise words from @MartinGladwell in response to "what is the difference between a business architect and an enterprise architect?"
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3 months ago RT @strategyarch: Time to move from practicing Enterprise Architect to performing Enterprise Architect #entarch
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RT @tetradian: RT @remembermytweet: #bizarch: a Key to Leading the Development of Business Capabilities #entarch http://t.co/TEj5aUTR >tetradian-like model
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How To Understand The Difference Between Value-Proposition and a Product or Service
One of my startup heroes Steve Blank wrote in a blog post that “value proposition is the fancy name for your product or service” It is with some trepidation that…
Enterprise Architecture & Complexity Theory
Author: Alex Matthews – Twitter: @remembermytweet “Complexity theory predicts that we cannot rely on predictions.” This post is a series of excerpts from the following brilliant presentation on Complexity Theory….
Enterprise Architecture Benefits
Author: Alex Matthews – Twitter: @remembermytweet Here is a free, un-formatted slide deck that describes some of the key benefits that can be gained from applying Enterprise Architecture. It can…
Enterprise Architecture & Systems Thinking
Author: Alex Matthews – Twitter: @remembermytweet (See also the Enterprise Advocate’s post on Enterprise Architecture & Complexity Theory) I just discovered this brilliant presentation by Dr Russ Ackoff. In it he…
Enterprise Architecture Change is Coming. Are You Ready?
There is an impending change coming. In many ways this change is being driven by the move into The Cloud, (the commoditization of IT) and the move to Bring Your…
Does Your Enterprise Culture Foster Innovation?
A very graphic representation of culture destroying innovation … Tags: enterprise architecture, Enterprise Architecture Jokes, joke, jokes, storytelling
10 Unexpected Reasons Why Your Business Needs the Capability to Adapt
“To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.” – Oscar Wilde You’ve all heard the typical anecdotes about the speed of growth of the Internet and Twitter. Here is…
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Top 10 Tips for Data Warehouse Developers
Posted on 01/04/2012 | No CommentsI’ve been reading some excellent material lately about the perilous task of building data warehouse capability. It cause me to reflect on my own learning from running large enterprise data... -
The Future of Money
Posted on 24/03/2012 | No CommentsAlternative Forms of Currency Alternative forms of currency have existed for a long time. Frequent flyer miles are transformable forms of value, they can be exchanged for goods and services.... -
The Fun-damental Laws of Enterprise Architecture
Posted on 06/03/2012 | No CommentsThis is largely an extract of Wikipedia’s Eponymous Lays page. I have added a few other items along the way. There are 3 sections: Fun Laws, General Laws & Technology... -
The Purpose Of A System Is What It Does
Posted on 03/03/2012 | 1 CommentThis is some dot points from an excellent article by Richard Veryard discussing Stafford Beer’s maxim that the “Purpose Of a System Is What It Does” or “POSIWID“. Richard points... -
What is Enterprise Architecture? – A presentation review of Erik Dörnenburg
Posted on 02/03/2012 | 1 CommentThis is some notes that I took whilst watching a presentation by Erik Dörnenburg (@erikdoe), Head of Technology Europe at ThoughtWorks. The presentation is titled “What is enterprise architecture?” and... -
20 Key Concepts Every Enterprise Architects Should Know
Posted on 28/02/2012 | 13 CommentsThis article written by Alex Matthews (@remembermytweet) OK, so here is a quick brainstorm of key concepts that every EA should know. It is literally a 5 minute brainstorm exercise... -
Why Platform Integration is Important
Posted on 25/02/2012 | No CommentsThis is a humorous image that could be used in a presentation for impact. This post has no content. Enterprise Architecture Related articles Enterprise architecture and enterprise transformation: Related but... -
Are traditional enterprise architecture metaphors valid?
Posted on 24/02/2012 | 3 Comments“It is useful to be aware that analogies are tools for leverage, and indeed part of their utility is not just in extracting the insights they bring with, but insights... -
Enterprise Architecture Analogies
Posted on 24/02/2012 | 8 Comments“It is useful to be aware that analogies are tools for leverage, and indeed part of their utility is not just in extracting the insights they bring with, but insights... -
Is Enterprise Architecture a Thing? If so, is it useful?
Posted on 23/02/2012 | 1 CommentThe ability of the Enterprise Architecture community to ruminate and argue about the definition of EA seems just about limitless. The latest of which is a debate about the Wikipedia... -
The Tracey & Wiersema Value Discipline Model – Part 1
Posted on 22/02/2012 | 2 CommentsIntroduction The Treacy & Wiersema Value-Discipline Model was first published in the ground-breaking Harvard Business Review article “Customer Intimacy and Other Value Disciplines,” (c. 1993) and was expanded in a... -
Enterprise Architecture Body Of Knowledge (EABOK)
Posted on 22/02/2012 | No CommentsThe Enterprise Architecture Body Of Knowledge The Enterprise Architecture Body Of Knowledge (EABOK) is a definition of the body of knowledge for Enterprise Architecture. The EABOK was developed by Mitre... -
![This link [http://is.gd/g55wp] is a very interesting read about the scope and nature of enterprise architecture that helps to clarify a very widely misunderstood (because it is still embryonic) discipline....](http://www.enterprise-advocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/thinking-monkey.bmp "Highlights of Len Fehsken’s “Re-thinking Architecture")
Highlights of Len Fehsken’s “Re-thinking Architecture
Posted on 20/02/2012 | No CommentsThis link [http://is.gd/g55wp] is a very interesting read about the scope and nature of enterprise architecture that helps to clarify a very widely misunderstood (because it is still embryonic) discipline.... -
The A-Z Guide to Being an Architect
Posted on 20/02/2012 | No Comments“An A-Z Guide to Being an Architect” by Mark Bloodworth and Marc Holmes is a lighthearted article outlining a number of key attributes of architects. An extract is below. Is there... -
Adrian Grigoriu’s EA Framework
Posted on 20/02/2012 | No CommentsAdrian Grigoriu‘s Enterprise architecture framework definition. This is a extract of Adrian’s www.ebizq.net blog post “An Enterprise Architecture framework definition“. It is a very enlightening post by Adrian at a time when... -
Summary of the Business Architecture Working Group’s (BAWG) Nobel Prize Case Study
Posted on 20/02/2012 | No CommentsThe Nobel Prize Case study workshop was conducted & presented at the Open Group Conference in Amsterdam (2010) The session was led by Harry Hendrickx – CTO at Hewlett Packard.... -
Reasons that business may come asking for “Enterprise Architecture”
Posted on 20/02/2012 | No CommentsThis article could also be entitled “Reasons business may come asking for help, where enterprise architecture thinking and techniques can be applied (without mentioning EA)” At the start of 2010... -
Sample Set: Enterprise Architect Interview Questions
Posted on 20/02/2012 | No CommentsAuthor: Alex Matthews – Twitter: @remembermytweet I’m interviewing an enterprise architecture candidate today. His CV suggests that he is an enterprise IT solution architect so I am going to probe... -
Enterprise Architecture’s Obsession with Efficiency
Posted on 20/02/2012 | No CommentsJeff Scott recently wrote a great blog “Is the current EA paradigm right for business architecture?” http://blogs.forrester.com/jeff_scott/11-01-25-is_the_current_ea_paradigm_right_for_business_architecture The comments section was full of erudite responses from several of the leading... -
Enterprise Architecture as Business Capabilities Architecture
Posted on 20/02/2012 | No Comments“Why do enterprise systems like SAP fail in some companies yet succeed in others? Clearly, the interrelationship between technology and process, skills and culture was not taken into account.” Dana Bredmeyer in Enterprise Architecture as...