Enterprise Architecture Tool Selection Tool selection is one of those things that all organizations do regardless of size and scope. Whether it be an office suite, CAD design package or ERP system, the tools you select can be critical to the success or failure of your initiative. Much like any job, selecting the right tool for it requires…
Change Management and EA, Influence without authority. The enterprise architect is rarely in a place of true authority. Because they generally work across the enterprise, their sphere of direct authority pales in comparison to that of the enterprise. Usually aside from a handful of like minded architects, the position itself requires an architect leverage influence to get things…
Bimodal EA – A New Model for EA If there is one thing I have been able to glean from the class this semester is that the landscape of EA is rapidly changing. In the text this semester Enterprise Architecture as Strategy, the EA drives an operational persona that works well to manage complexities of large waterfall organizations. These…
Zachman Framework Arguably the Zachman framework is the cornerstone for enterprise architecture. The framework, taxonomy is a great way to bucketize the things that matter to a business. On the other hand some of the Framework’s criticisms are centered that it is not really a framework. it is in fact only a taxonomy. This is due to…
Cloud Based Infrastructure and the Future of EA Cloud computing is turning the IT world upside down and especially for areas like Enterprise Architecture who seeks to provide value from the knowledge base of seasoned professionals. The practice itself is threatened, not so much by traditional structures of communication and governance but by a lack of agility within the practice….
“A fool with a tool is still a fool.”…
This post investigates the existential macroeconomic divergence facing the…
