Beware of Digital Officers who only know Marketing
This is a dangerous blog post. I’m a consultant and sometimes I come across a potential client who may recognize…
Confusion between capabilities and system features
Sometimes, when a buzzword catches on, the meaning of that word gets lost. Too many people use the word in…
Using Enterprise Architecture for Digital Transformation
It should be clear by now, if it wasn’t before, that the message of “digital transformation” has been accepted by…
Design Thinking in Business Capability Modeling
One of the most interesting and difficult challenges of Business Architecture is creating the capability model for an enterprise. In…
The Human Value Proposition of Enterprise Architecture
The profession of Enterprise Architecture struggles, in part, because we have done a poor job of outlining our value proposition to senior…
De-identification, Data Security and Testing with Production Data
While we know that software can expose data, we sometimes forget that writing software can expose data. When a system…
Does Academic Sloppiness Hurt EA?
There are surprisingly few researchers publishing articles about Enterprise Architecture from universities. Even well considered programs like Penn State and…
Self Organizing Enterprise Architecture
Our language can limit us. Our words can prevent us from thinking about our world in a clear way. This…
The Capability Instance – can capabilities be realized?
Bizbok 5.5 from the Business Architecture Guild mentions an interesting concept that I’d like to discuss here: the capability instance. …
The concept of the “Nearest Common Manager” in Enterprise Architecture
I’m going to share a secret. Something that no one talks about, but is critical to understand if you are…