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Friday, September 28, 2007 5:15 PM

Service Delivery Platform (SDP) for the Enterprise

I'm noticing a lot of great improvements in Enterprise Architecture Frameworks, namely FEAF, TOGAF, Gartner EAF and ITIL (Yes, I see ITIL as an EAF now). They are embracing similar improvement themes like Business Strategy linkage, enabling agile business
Posted by Gabriel Morgan | 2 Comments
Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:59 PM

The formula for Agility

Months ago I published a blog about how to implement system quality attributes ( found here ). In that article I asserted that Solution Architects should deliberately design systems for high quality and I provided a means for doing this. Because the point
Posted by Gabriel Morgan | 1 Comments
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:39 PM

How SaaS, S+S impact an Enterprise Architect

Mike Walker wrote a great thought-provoking blog post on the implications SaaS has on Enterprise Architecture . Although he noted some very interesting points, I thought I’d extend this a bit and describe the impact of my life as it pertains to SaaS because
Posted by Gabriel Morgan | 2 Comments
Thursday, August 16, 2007 4:51 PM

Enterprise Architecture Mapping Artifacts - They are very powerful so be very, very careful

I wrote a blog ( found here ) describing the relationship from Business Strategy to other Business Architecture concepts and several IT concepts. I also introduced a few new concepts to the traditional view; Business Capabilities, Solution Domains and
Posted by Gabriel Morgan | 6 Comments
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:28 PM

Traceability from Biz Strategy to Application to Data to Hardware...

Recently, I’ve had a number of conversations with folks regarding concepts at the enterprise-level mostly focused on traceability from some architecture concept to Business Strategy. After all, if someone asserts an architecture concept and it isn’t traceable
Posted by Gabriel Morgan | 14 Comments
Friday, July 13, 2007 11:35 AM

Top-down, Bottom-up...but what is the 'Middle'?

There was a recent conversation between several folks on the topic of what Top-down is versus what Bottom-up is. I think of these two terms as analysis approaches similar to the OSI Seven Layer Model which clearly describes what is up and what is down.
Posted by Gabriel Morgan | 2 Comments
Saturday, March 31, 2007 10:06 AM

'Capability' - the micro-trendy word on its way to failure unless...

Is it just me or is the word ‘capability’ becoming a micro-trendy word and losing its meaning? I personally liked it b/c I love ways in which to communicate at abstract levels however it is so overloaded these days that I now try to avoid it and find
Posted by Gabriel Morgan | 4 Comments
 
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