June 2008 - Posts
A couple of years ago, Phillippe Krutchen 'reinterpreted' the Tao Te Ching of Lao-Tsu for Software Architects ( link ). I saw it again recently and I have some new appreciation for the things I saw there. I most enjoyed this bit. (Note that the number
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Whenever you model a business process, it is inevitable that, sooner or later, you will come to an activity that is entirely automated. As time goes on, more and more of the activities slip quietly into the technology. However, I'm noticing a troubling
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Requirements are an interesting thing. We cannot assume that we understand the business, and their needs, so we 'elicit requirements.' And we write them down. But "the business" is a collection of different people, and in order
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I'm a big fan of use cases. Great for describing how software is used, and puts context around the use of functionality that helps software developers to create solutions that will actually fit into human activities. On the other hand, are
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I frequently discuss EA as a business function, including in my last post . However, one request that comes up sometimes is the view of Enterprise Architecture as a thing... a noun. Many papers and some books refer to 'the" enterprise
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In my opinion, a business function can often be best understood by describing the processes that compose it. My last post , I attempted to describe the role of an Enterprise Architect, and the ensuing discussion quickly splintered because everyone
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