Can one book really be for both beginners and experts? Yes. For beginners, the book explains things as though you’re a smart person who wants
A world first — it is a practical pattern for implementing any strategy. It will not make your strategy any good. It will not guarantee that your strategy is affordable. But it will allow you to model the business architecture of any strategy.
An updated version of this article is in my book “Design To Win”. You can still just learn it from here. However, there’s a vast
Short enough for execs and long enough to get some of the bigger points across.
“Enterprise architecture a well-defined practice for conducting enterprise analysis, design, planning, and implementation, using a comprehensive approach at all times, for the successful development and
As enterprise architects we often find the solution to major business problems using bespoke development. That seems like a curious choice given how often bespoke
New regulations can seem like a major hurdle in any industry. The problems come from a lot of directions. Take the existing regulations. The Compliance
Stakeholders are the key to successful enterprise architecture. One of the first things that you have to do in any architectural endeavour is decide who
Understanding the structure of an enterprise When you first approach enterprise architecture for a large organisation it can seem like an impossible mess. The usual
One of the most important words in enterprise architecture is View. A normal architect who designs a new office building has lots of drawings. There
Unless we do something, pretty soon a gathering of enterprise architects will be called a Failure of EAs Articles like the one below worry me:
Someone asked me what I thought would be the simplest metamodel that could describe any enterprise operating model. This is a refined version of what
01 Jan 2025 — When people, process and resources turn inputs into outputs, that is a Function. Whereas a Capability is the desired effect of
01 Jan 2024 — Start with the assumption your stakeholders are smart people who configured their department the best way they knew how. 02 Jan
01 Jan 2023 — A quarter of a century ago, Enterprise Architecture merged with business strategy, business planning and business process management. Most IT architects
01 Jan 2022 — “It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great
01 Jan 2021 — If all you do is believe in yourself, you may never get anywhere. Success comes to those who take action whether
23 Dec 2019 — EA helps turn an enterprise from a chaotic system into a deterministic system. Markets are mostly chaotic rather than deterministic. The
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