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…
Measuring Risk in Application Portfolio Management
I decided to take a few minutes of my vacation time to catch up on my reading, and I read…
Does APM reduce cost? That depends.
The goal of Application Portfolio Management is to reduce the cost of owning the portfolio. The fundamental premise is this:…
Putting Application Portfolio Management into the picture
Gabriel Morgan knocks one out of the ballpark in this blog post that traces the connection from Business strategy through…
Pay Attention to the Application Portfolio
One nice thing about being in Enterprise Architecture: you get to watch as the infrastructure changes. When you are working…
Third attempt – definition of an application in a SOA environment
In a previous post, I rattled on about the problems faced by Application Portfolio managers who wish to reduce the…