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…
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 Architecture Manager – the Forgotten Enterprise Architecture Role
I’ve met many Architecture Managers over the years. Sometimes they go by the title of “Chief Enterprise Architect” or “Chief…
Diversity Versus Replication of Organizational Processes and Information
I recently had the pleasure of joining a discussion among organizational development professionals. During that discussion, one individual asked an…
We do what you say we will do – Integrity By Architecture
One of the chief complaints of senior executives in midsize and large companies is that their organizations don’t “execute” on…
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…
Podcast on the Enterprise Architecture profession–Interview with CIPS’s Stephen Ibaraki
Way back in April, I announced the first of two podcasts with the Canadian Information Processing Society. I just realized…
Positioning an Enterprise Architect for Success
As I found in our Enterprise Architecture team in Microsoft, each time an Enterprise Architect is assigned to a specific…
Setting Up A New EA or BA Practice
Recently, I was contacted via this blog by an individual who had been challenged to set up a new Business…
Should We Kill The Architecture Review Board?
OK… I’ll say it. The whole idea of an Architecture Review Board may be wrong-headed. That officially puts me at…