When does EA start to care about sociocultural influences?
Organizations do not work, in real life, like they work on paper. On paper, there are departments (all shaped like…
Placing Architecture Properly into Scrum Processes
As I’m about to complete my share of a longer engagement on using Lean principles to improve the processes at…
Everything you’ve read about IT Project Failure is wrong
I did a scan around the web to figure out what many of the leading thinkers were saying about IT…
Service Oriented Architecture Conceptual Model
Almost two years ago, I described some of the key concepts of service oriented architecture, including the distinction between a…
How the Program Management Office Views Enterprise Architecture…
There’s an interesting analysis available through the PMO Executive Board on “Project Interdependencies.” In the problem statement, the author correctly…
SOA Optimistic Data Synchronization considered harmful
Let’s say that you have two systems: Adipose and BellyFat. They both need the same information. Adipose handles customer transactions,…
Civil Engineering Analogy to Enterprise Architecture: Flawed
It is typical to see comparisons of Civil Engineering to Enterprise Architecture. A number of papers from Gartner have made…
Put perspective on both short and long term problems
I’m always a bit worried when someone has “the answer.” Lot’s of red flags go up when someone tells me:…
Standardization works with a limited, and rational, scope
I’ve been on a roll lately, calling for the creating of a standardized approach to the partitioning of Line-of-Business apps. …
Standards and Innovation
When I opened my call for a Shared Global Integration Model, I expected some folks to say “we don’t need…