Explaining Capability Modeling to Business Process Professionals
As I’ve noted in prior posts, many hard working business process management professionals find the concept of “Business Capabilities” to…
Finding Common Ground: in response to a BPTrends article on Process and Capability
Recently, Paul Harmon published an article in BPTrends that discusses his views on the notion of Business Capability, and whether…
Business Strategy and Kindergarten Soccer
Back when my kids were small, they all played soccer on local youth teams. It is interesting to watch very…
EA Schools of Thought
As an Enterprise Architect, I’m first and foremost a problem solver. I don’t like to ignore problems. Yet, it appears…
Perhaps the most valuable conversation you can have… starts with a question
A co-worker and I spent an hour doing something innovative… and no, it was not part of a “Google 20%…
The difference between selling EA and performing EA
Through a discussion on LinkedIn, I ran across a rather goofy blog post titled (“EA does not matter”), an obvious…
How (not) to convince an architect
I’ve been watching, with a mixture of dismay and mirth, a LinkedIn discussion between Adrian Grigoriu and a group of…
Our own worst enemy: BPM pros tell horror stories about working with EA
I recently asked two questions on LinkedIn. I asked BPM professionals what they thought about working with Enterprise Architects, and…