I have mentioned in prior blogs my belief that an enterprise architecture is comprised of 3 intertwined components; standards, governance, and a repository of binaries. I will address standards and binaries later. For now, I will focus on the...

Most of us can agree that there is always more than one way to achieve a given piece of functionality. Consider getting a phone number for a person from a Sql database. You can connect with integrated security, or pass in the username &...

A common phrase used to describe an enterprise architecture is a set of “living documents”. I like it. Short, simple, easy to understand … a living document. Of course there is a dangerously complex implication lying just below the veneer...

Enterprise architects are the one star generals of their business. They have some authority. Usually less than their subordinates believe they have, and more than their superiors and peers want them to have. Ultimately, it comes down to the individual...

Just as the selection of materials has a substantive impact on the form and function of a structure, the concrete choices made by an enterprise have undeniable impacts on the form and function of the enterprise architecture. Creating products without...

So you have an enterprise architecture ... How well does it work? Here is a quick test, a mere 5 questions, intended to help evaluate it. But first a few rules; This is only applicable to DEPLOYED architectures. Generally, deployed means stable...