The advent of lean processes from Toyota in the last century have had a long ranging impact. From just-in-time inventory…

I confess to my own naivete. Perhaps it’s from all those years working at the level of the “Enterprise Architecture…

One troubling image has started to emerge for me. Perhaps my perspective is too filtered by my own encounters, and…

Teams adopting microservices would be well advised to understand one key aspect: your design is limited by your teams. Literally.

The role of an Enterprise Architect is less like a building architect and more like a physician -- helping you…

The capability model is a tool. It doesn't become a better tool or a more appropriate tool by making it…

I’ve worked with a couple of EA vendors over the years and I’ve noticed that most of the tool vendors…

One of the challenges that many organizations face with adopting agile practices is the problem of “where does architecture fit?”…

One of the considerations I faced, recently, was the notion of using a business rules engine (BRE) in manner that…

Maybe I’m a little sensitive to bad visual story metaphors.  I’ve certainly seen more than a few… but this one…