How the Program Management Office Views Enterprise Architecture…
There’s an interesting analysis available through the PMO Executive Board on “Project Interdependencies.” In the problem statement, the author correctly…
The cost of “SOA-fication”
No, Virginia, there is no SOA Santa Clause. SOA is not free. That said, if I’m changing a system to…
Business Architecture — includes process architecture?
Debasish Mishra, a colleague of mine, posted recently that we should let Business Architects out of the “Business Process Optimization…
When feasibility of integration is a measure of capability…
One of the jobs of an enterprise architect is to evaluate the business capabilities of an area of the business…
Modeling User Experience Scenarios
I’m working on modeling some requirements for a document management system. I’m a big fan of using models to represent…
Make IT appear as simple as possible, but not simpler
Sometimes I hear a complaint from an IT architect who wants to have direct conversations with “the business” or “the…
The Process of Strategic Planning
I’m a process guy. I’m not a big fan of the claims of process management software, but I’m a huge…
Collecting requirements from business processes
Ah, the sweet sounds of success. I got the opportunity, this week, to collect a list of requirements for a…
Update to root cause analysis for poor software requirements
Just a quick note. After reading through some of the feedback on my recent post on “the root causes of…
Understanding the root causes of poor software requirements
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard a developer complain about poor quality requirements, I’d… well… have…