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I’m working on modeling some requirements for a document management system. I’m a big fan of using models to represent every element, from goals and strategies through to business processes. From there, I model use cases and requirements and
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Recently, Tim Westbrock asked, in his blog , if we should drop the term “Enterprise Architecture” when referring to the strategic business planning perspective within the EA role. “The question that I will leave you all with is this: Can EA
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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
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About a month back, I asked if it was time to create an MBA in Business Architecture . I’m going to follow up with a suggestion for a curriculum for such an odd degree. The degree is provocative on its face. After all, an MBA is first and foremost, a
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I'm a process guy. I'm not a big fan of the claims of process management software, but I'm a huge fan of developing and using process models to organize the activities of people, and then to drive the requirements for software from those models. So when
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Today marks the end of a long dry spell. As of today, I’m back in print with an article in the Architecture Journal called “ Towards an Enterprise Business Motivation Model .” Of interest to Business Architects, Strategists, Business Planners, and
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Assuming that “Architecture” can be generically defined as “the art and science of designing or constructing something” (adapted from here and here ), then what exactly is Business Architecture? Extending the generalized definition above, a Business Architect
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As I mentioned in my last post , we have produced an interesting conceptual model of IT as a business, from Business Motivation all the way through to Operations. For those of you who know I’m a SOA promoter: yes, I can represent a composite application
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Contrary to popular belief, Microsoft loves standards. We don’t always play well with standards bodies, but it doesn’t mean that, operationally, we don’t benefit as much as the next guy from standards. From an IT perspective, we cannot be
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An esteemed associate of mine asked me recently if I believe that a conceptual information model, created and delivered independently from a process model, can be considered useful when attempting to improve a business. In other words, if you have
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I'm always a bit dismayed when I hear the following terms mixed up, or combined: SOA service and business service. In my mind, these things are different. In one sense, they are related, but indirectly. A business service is a function (or capability)
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If we listen to smart people who create development processes, we hear things like "collect requirements" and "understand business process." We then go and write use cases, design software components, and write code. Test
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Requirements elicitation is a critical, yet under-appreciated, activity. A core capability of business analysts, the ability to get the customers to describe what they want, and need, is both a science and an art. Requirements elicitation
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A few weeks ago, in a blog post , I asked about the relationship between business process modeling and business capability modeling. I asked some open ended questions to get honest feedback. I presented two models to illustrate two potential relationships
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In any relationship, it is dangerous for one side to "decide" what the other one wants. Marriage advisors say things like "Don't control others or make choices for them." Yet, I'd like to share a story of technologists
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