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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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Enterprise Architecture has a role to play in both developing a vision of the future, and in providing governance and oversight to make sure that the organization can measure its progress towards that future. The governance part is tricky. Architectural
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For most of the last decade, we’ve seen a steady growth in the use of a simple “recommended practice” in the world of software architecture. Well known by it’s designation, IEEE-1471 is officially titled “ Recommended Practice for Architectural
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The SANS institute has published a list of the top 25 most dangerous programming errors. Not only is this a must-read , but it is critical for architects, developers and testers, of all stripes, to be aware of these programming errors. Unless
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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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In tough economic times, we tend to look for ways to cut costs and reduce overhead, so that we can “do more with less.” In our team, we’ve stumbled upon one such way that I’d like to share. One of the responsibilities that tend to fall to Enterprise
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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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There is a joke that I sometimes like to refer to, more as an allegorical story than anything else. This version is from AJokeADay.com : A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended
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Well, it is February 2nd, and today, the Open Group is announcing the general availability of TOGAF version 9.0 . For those of you not familiar with TOGAF, it is an ambitious and maturing Enterprise Architecture Framework created by the members
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I ran into a friend today and, as friends often do, we let our conversation wander over the different "broken things" in IT in general (and a few in Microsoft in specific). One thing that I'd like to share from that conversation: a truly
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The (ISO Standard) RM-ODP model is a powerful and well reasoned mechanism for creating Architectural descriptions ("architectures"). Leveraging the IEEE-1471 taxonomy , and building out a visual style and standardized approach, there is tremendous value
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Imagine a time when building architecture meant "sketches" that would vary from one architect to another, one type of building to another. It must have been quite difficult for the skilled tradesmen to build anything more than individual
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I've been thinking a lot lately about the gap between "what we have" and "what we need" in the Enterprise SOA space. I think I have a need that is not yet filled by software. (that I'm aware of). I put up a post back in June about the difficulty in creating
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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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When I opened my call for a Shared Global Integration Model , I expected some folks to say "we don't need that." What I didn't expect was the argument that standards are somehow a bad idea. It's hard to consider an argument against standards with a straight
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