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Gabriel Morgan

Sharing experience as an Enterprise Architect, Business Strategist, Business Performance Manager, Business Architect and Solution Architect. Twitter:@Gabriel_Morgan

Chess Grandmasters master the application of concepts and apply them to situations. I study chess...

Date: 11/12/2013

As you may have heard, Forbes magazine published their America's Top 25 Most Inspiring Companies...

Date: 10/07/2013

My engineering background encourages me automate processes. My architect experience encourages me to...

Date: 10/07/2013

I’ve written several job descriptions for Business Architect, Business Performance Manager,...

Date: 08/19/2013

I’ve spent a few years designing and facilitating strategy and planning processes (aka...

Date: 07/30/2013

Welcome to financial year 2014! Whew! July marks the new financial year and for some of us, the end...

Date: 07/19/2013

We all possess the gene to want to solve problems when faced with them. It’s human nature....

Date: 11/18/2012

One of my uncle’s favorite jokes goes like this: Greg: “Hey Gabriel, say to me ‘what’s the most...

Date: 11/14/2012

Six years ago I posted a blog article called Solution Architect Skills Idea. At the time, I was a...

Date: 11/12/2012

I was a participant in a recent survey facilitated by the Corporate Executive Board’s...

Date: 07/23/2012

The Building Architecture industry is frustrated with IT Architecture. There is so much interest...

Date: 07/15/2012

As one traverses organizations in a company, the further you get from a business group responsible...

Date: 07/09/2012

I’ve been performing a Business Architect role within the Enterprise Architecture function...

Date: 06/26/2012

IT must rethink how to deliver on its promise to enable the business. IT-centric efforts are falling...

Date: 06/09/2011

As mentioned in a previous post, I announced that our Enterprise Architecture team has made some...

Date: 02/03/2011

I’ve come to some interesting conclusions regarding Roadmaps that I thought might be...

Date: 02/01/2011

It’s time to rethink enterprise architecture people. Well, at least here in Microsoft IT’s...

Date: 07/28/2010

Do you ever find yourself in the situation where you can be of help in several very different...

Date: 07/15/2010

I have the fortunate opportunity to manage the Enterprise Platform portfolio for Microsoft IT and...

Date: 04/20/2010

I’ve been fortunate to be in a position as a trusted advisor assess individuals during...

Date: 03/29/2010

I recently had the opportunity to share an idea with a group of enterprise-level Architects and...

Date: 03/29/2010

I want to share an idea that occurred to me and some of my colleagues, Dave Langer in particular,...

Date: 08/04/2009

Mike Walker wrote a great little article describing that it is largely inappropriate to compare...

Date: 03/02/2009

Modeling helps improve the success of delivering a high-quality solution A primary responsibility of...

Date: 06/28/2008

I began writing a quick response to Erik’s question in this blog about Architect’s high-order bit is...

Date: 06/06/2008

As I continue my work on my little nook of Microsoft's S+S business strategy, the team I work with...

Date: 01/29/2008

One of the major tasks on my plate is understanding the impact of business systems to support the...

Date: 11/18/2007

Nick Malik wrote blog post "The culture of art vs. the culture of engineering" that described the...

Date: 10/09/2007

I'm noticing a lot of great improvements in Enterprise Architecture Frameworks, namely FEAF, TOGAF,...

Date: 09/28/2007

Over the years I've noticed a strange phenomenon, sometimes the most logical decision isn't the...

Date: 09/26/2007

What exactly is an Enterprise Architect versus a Solution Architect? I'd like to chat about the...

Date: 09/02/2007

I currently sit in Microsoft IT and get to share experiences and learn with some of the most...

Date: 08/31/2007

I wrote a blog (found here) describing the relationship from Business Strategy to other Business...

Date: 08/16/2007

Recently, I’ve had a number of conversations with folks regarding concepts at the enterprise-level...

Date: 07/31/2007

In a previous blog, I posted some considerations to assist analyzing a business for opportunities to...

Date: 07/19/2007

Should a business offer a SaaS product? Hmmm, I think it might if all the right peices are there....

Date: 07/18/2007

There was a recent conversation between several folks on the topic of what Top-down is versus what...

Date: 07/13/2007

Microsoft has defined SaaS as "Software deployed as a hosted service and accessed over the...

Date: 07/06/2007

Is it just me or is the word ‘capability’ becoming a micro-trendy word and losing its meaning? I...

Date: 03/31/2007

I recently participated in an IASA initiative to document skills needed by Software Architects. I...

Date: 03/20/2007

Another idea to improve system quality … I’ve contributed to the delivery of several enterprise...

Date: 11/02/2006

I’d like to talk about another idea I have for improving system architecture which is growing...

Date: 10/20/2006

I wanted to follow up a note I mentioned in a previous blog I wrote on how to Manage System Quality...

Date: 10/12/2006

There are several things that architects do when building and delivering solutions but one of the...

Date: 10/03/2006

First of all, let’s level set on the definition of system Flexibility. I quite like M. Barbacci’s...

Date: 10/03/2006