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Notes on Enterprise Architecture, Systems Integration, and anything else that interests me this week...

July 2009 - Posts

Work-back Enterprise Architecture
We are all familiar with the notion of a work-back schedule: a date driven schedule where we start with the end in mind, and work back to the present time, figuring out what tasks we can accomplish in that time frame.  Anything that doesn’t fit, Read More...
When is the “flow” in a use case part of the system requirements?
There is an odd relationship between the concepts of a use case and a requirement.  A use case is a structured chunk of text, useful for understanding and evoking requirements from the end user.  It is also a way to place those requirements Read More...
Very Funny – Trailer for Office 2010 – The Movie
Even non-geeks will get a huge kick out of this, and I’m betting that most of the folks who follow my blog will find it as funny as I did… Word up.  My only question for the MS Marketing guys who finally loosened up enough to pay for a viral video: Read More...
Why strategy statements are necessary, but insufficient, solutions
I had the opportunity recently to review an excellent article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) on strategy development, and consider the notion of a business motivation model with respect to how a strategy is constructed. (“Can you say what your strategy Read More...
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