We Must Make Enterprise Architecture Lean
The advent of lean processes from Toyota in the last century have had a long ranging impact. From just-in-time inventory…
Patterns for Applying and Managing Business Rules across integrated systems
One of the considerations I faced, recently, was the notion of using a business rules engine (BRE) in manner that…
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. …
EA Debt
(Note: I’ve added an addendum to this post) It has been many years that we have lived with the concept…
The “Right” Representation of the EA Value Cycle
In the world of Enterprise Architecture, we are still creating “shared” understanding of how to tell our stakeholders what we…
Do you address the complaint, address the root cause, or both?
Imagine a future where robots run the hospitals as a way to cut health care costs. A robot ambulance pulls…
A roadmap to BPM democratization
A few days ago, I blogged about a talk provided by Phil Gilbert at the BPM2010 conference. In that talk,…
Enjoying the BPM 2010 Conference
The field of Business Process Management is not a huge field, but I believe it to be an important one…