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…
Federated Governance This is a hot topic amongst my colleagues. Federated governance take many different forms and the question remains, how much is enough to maintain the value of Enterprise Architecture? The landscape in a federated world is affected by the maturity of the Architecture practice within the Corporation. This is true of both centralized and federated corporations, however…
In a world where artificial intelligence is moving from buzzword to everyday capability, the most compelling projects are those built around AI from the ground up. Imagine a boat whose design, operation, and strategy are guided by AI at every layer—not as a single feature, but as the operating principle. This post explores how you would approach building such…
Beyond Canned Metrics: Customizing Enterprise Architecture Toolkits for Real Value Enterprise Architecture is a field where the true value, in my opinion, has yet to be fully realized. Toolkits like those offered by Forrester and Gartner are useful starting points, but they remain templates—frameworks designed for a generalized enterprise rather than the specific realities within your organization. Every operating…
In a world where artificial intelligence is moving from buzzword to everyday capability, the most compelling projects are those built around AI from the ground up. Imagine a boat whose design, operation, and strategy are guided by AI at every layer—not as a single feature, but as the operating principle. This post explores how you would approach building such…
There is an unspoken rule in the modern enterprise:…
Engineering teams are making a massive miscalculation with AI….
