The non-overlapping responsibility set: Solution Architect and Enterprise Architect
Recently, Mike Walker posted a blog entry on the difference between Enterprise Architect and Solution Architect (sometimes called Application Architect). …
Example of modeling requirements in a process diagram
We use process models for lots of things. One is simply to understand the processes we have and to analyze…
How FEA handles Capability and Process Modeling
A few weeks ago, in a blog post, I asked about the relationship between business process modeling and business capability…
IT to Business: "I won't read your mind"
In any relationship, it is dangerous for one side to "decide" what the other one wants. Marriage advisors say things…
Leaving technology out of requirements gathering
I’m going to suggest a minimal way to gather requirements, one that produces a (minimum) requirements document in an iterative…
As-Is versus To-Be… what to model first
I have always taken the advice at face value: the "to be" model matters much more than the "as is"…