Alignment – the missing Viewpoint
The (ISO Standard) RM-ODP model is a powerful and well reasoned mechanism for creating Architectural descriptions (“architectures”). Leveraging the IEEE-1471…
Understanding Governance as Decision Rights
Todd Biske, whom I respect for his writings on SOA, seemed to miss the mark in his recent blog post…
Extending Professional Software Architecture
Imagine a time when building architecture meant "sketches" that would vary from one architect to another, one type of building…
Input sought: Actor – Role – Process Activity… an interesting domain model question
I have an open question. I’d love to get community feedback. A process can be decomposed into activities. Who performs…
It takes a village to raise an idiot (Wiki Non Wisdom)
I love wiki technology. I’m an editor on Wikipedia and I enjoy contributing to community-based content. The idea that individuals…
EA Poster – The Business Functions of Enterprise Architecture
Not long ago, I got an e-mail from someone I had not met, directed from this blog. He had used…
Clarifying the Concept of Metadata
Metadata is a difficult word to define, or so it would appear. After all, why is it that the best…
Civil Engineering Analogy to Enterprise Architecture: Flawed
It is typical to see comparisons of Civil Engineering to Enterprise Architecture. A number of papers from Gartner have made…
How BPM does, and does not, support people
Kudos to Andrea Westernien on her blog about the disjoint between the work that people do and business process automation.…