If you are planning on attending the Federal Government Architect Forum, British Columbia Architect Forum or the Financial Services Architect Forum from the 9th to the 11th of October you should stop by for my keynote. This is a great time to slot in...

The short answer is... Yes. But why do they? Aren't they just supplying shrink wrapped applications. Why should they care about EA? Over the course of the past six or so months I have hosted or have been hosted at events that relate to the practice of...

I originally saw this on the following EA blog . He mentions that Gartner in it's upcoming summit says that EA practices will diminish by 40% in the year 2012. This is interesting for many reasons. Without seeing the actual content from Gartner it is...

According to CIO magazine the Enterprise Architect is the next "hot job". The article in the Sept. 2007 issue walks you though why you should consider EA as a career and the skills you need to be successfully. They also give tips to employers...

I was talking to a colleague two nights ago and he asked me how I describe Enterprise Architecture. Immediately I have memories rushing back of when I was an EA and had to educate folks on "What is EA". I had two routes I could take in my response...

We launched the Capital Markets Architecture Center last week with loads of great articles. Stevan Vidich was critical to the success of this one. You can find the capital markets page at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/aa902582.aspx Look...

Serge posses the question in his post, Enterprise Architecture Tools: Why are IBM, HP, Microsoft, CA and others absent ?. Unfortunately I do not have a good answer for that. However, we are working on some projects (not products) that may help lead us...

This is a great starter article for folks wanting to evaluate EA tooling. I have blogged and spoke about this at conferences in the past about how EA tooling is all over the place. From what I have observed in the EA industry for over the past five or...

I read a recent survey from InfoSys where they surveyed a number of EA organizations. I was surprised by the outcomes. Check out the stats: 36 percent of EA teams surveyed actively participate in their company's strategic business planning. 19 percent...

In my last post I talked about "keeping EA metrics on the trail" and what you need to think about when gathering the right metrics. By understanding what you need and pitfalls to avoid including common mistakes when gathering metric and tips on what you...