The EA Metamodel behind the Business Model Generation
Back when Alexander Osterwalder was first working on the book “Business Model Generation,” I reached out to him to see…
When IT Architects Describe EA to other IT Architects
Sometimes, I have a hard time being upbeat about the emergence of EA as a profession. This felling is especially…
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…
Putting the brakes on “capability obesity”
Microsoft IT made a bet, a couple of years ago, on using capability modeling in our own internal Business Architecture…
Video Podcast: How Microsoft Does Enterprise Architecture
It is amazing how often I need to share the very basic concept of Enterprise Architecture with my peers, customers,…
Segment Architecture in a Commercial Setting
The notion of an Enterprise Architect in a Segment (aka “Segment Architect”) has been fairly well described in for the…
Can Federal EA ever include the full scope of Enterprise Architecture?
Adrian Grigoriu recently posted about the failure of EA frameworks to address real enterprise architecture, due to their focus on…
Assumptions under a Zachman Framework presentation
I am writing this blog post while I am listening to a teleconference from Sam Holcman, founder of the EACOE,…
Does EA need a name change?
Recently, Tim Westbrock asked, in his blog, if we should drop the term “Enterprise Architecture” when referring to the strategic…
Why “good” doesn’t happen
On a blog post titled “what good looks like,” Alan Inglis detailed a list of “project architectectural artifacts” that he…