Should Business Architects use the Business Model Canvas at the Program level?
In the Open Group conference at Newport Beach, I listened to a series of presentations on business architecture. In one…
Steps To Create a Core Diagram
To be fair, these are steps to create a solid understanding of the architecture of a business, but the deliverable…
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…
Speaking at TechEd New Zealand on Business Architecture
Haven’t been to New Zealand yet, but I will be there soon… From September 4 through 7 in Auckland, for…
Enterprise Business Motivation Model version 3.5
For those of you who have been waiting for me to announce the release of the newest version of the…
On the Hunt for the One-Page View of an Enterprise
I am currently noodling the idea of a one-page view of my employer (Microsoft) for the purpose of rationalizing the…
Metamodel 101
I was just privy to a conversation about the value of creating a specific kind of metamodel, and it made…
Essential Project–Open Source EA Metamodel
One thing that often occurs when a team sets out to create an EA tool is that they create a…
Can EA Data be independent of the Metamodel?
One thing that I’ve come to appreciate is both the importance, and impermanence, of the Enterprise Architecture metamodel. If that…
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…