I’m going to get some heat for that title… I’m sure of it.  Archimate has been a diagramming standard for…

Organizations do not work, in real life, like they work on paper.  On paper, there are departments (all shaped like…

In the Open Group conference at Newport Beach, I listened to a series of presentations on business architecture.  In one…

A few days ago, I quickly dashed off a post on the difference between a business architect and a business…

[Author’s note: within an hour of posting the following article, Kevin Brennen of the IIBA dry-roasted the post on his…

I’ve been looking at different ways to implement the ATAM method these past few weeks.  Why?  Because I’m looking at…

I am currently noodling the idea of a one-page view of my employer (Microsoft) for the purpose of rationalizing the…

A co-worker and I spent an hour doing something innovative… and no, it was not part of a “Google 20%…

One of the most common, and reasonable, mechanisms for achieving clarity on the roadmap for a single platform is “demand…

In the past, I’ve been guilty of this sin: gold-plating.  Back when I was a solution architect, I would (often)…