Image made by the author in Sketchwow This article will only fascinate die-hard enterprise architects or CIOs/CTOs who desperately need to fix their organisation’s IT mess or cost. If you are either, read on to roll out a solid EA practice and reap its rewards.… Read the rest
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Enterprise Architecture Image made by the author in SketchWow Introduction Everyone is discussing AI and applying it helter-skelter. Whether or not we like AI, we should understand it and know how far it can go. So, I asked myself: As an Enterprise Architect, how do I know I’ve not missed AI anywhere?… Read the rest
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Architecture Essays Constant, well-managed change is the lifeblood of enterprise success. So, everything in the EA Practice leads to this — the Enterprise’s Architecture and Technology Strategy and Plan, the EATSP. (Although this template is tailored for commercial businesses, it can be easily used for government and non-profit organisations by changing the inputs to be the motivations…
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The EA method Image made by the author in Canva Pro The advantages of thinking, planning, and systematic work are well known, whether baking a cake or going to Mars. The practice of Enterprise Architecture provides this mature way for an organisation to realise its full potential.… Read the rest
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Image made by the author One of the holy grails for an Enterprise Architect is a document (including or accompanied by diagrams and spreadsheets) that captures everything in the Information Technology domain of the organisation. This core EA artefact is the current Enterprise Architecture & Technology Document, abbreviated to EATD.… Read the rest
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An architecture essay Image by the author Your enterprise has an architecture, but without a good Enterprise Architecture Practice, it’s unlikely you are doing as well as you can. We can also call it the organisation’s Enterprise Architecture (EA) capability, competency, framework, or engine.… Read the rest
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Architecture essays Image made by the author Senior IT leaders of companies (and, on happy occasions, business heads) regularly ask me how to set up enterprise architecture in their organisations. Sometimes they enquire informally, and at other times, through proposal requests.… Read the rest
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An architecture essay Image made by the author In this article, I will describe the typical data repositories in the IT landscape of an enterprise and how they come into being. It’s an elaboration of a part of the earlier essay linked below.… Read the rest
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Architecture Essays Image made by the author Introduction This article is for IT architects open to a powerful method that delivers better solutions for their clients. It is achieved by infusing essential features of Domain Driven (software) Design (DDD) into the sphere of IT Architecture Design.… Read the rest
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Architecture Essays Picture made by the author Why do we need information technology? Let’s begin at the beginning and check why we need IT and this article at all. Humans do many things for survival, growth and reproduction. Hunting, gathering, farming, mining, converting raw materials into goods, transporting goods for use and exchange, creating and…
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