May 2007 - Posts

• Making Enterprise Architecture real step 8: Refining the Model

  In the last step we decided that a combination of federation and centralization will suit the enterprise best. So the underlying question is; what parts are centralized and what parts are federated? The answer is ... it depends! There are a variety of Read More... Posted Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:39 PM by Stcohen | 1 Comments

• Making Enterprise Architecture Real Step 7: First Pass Modeling

  During the last step we began scratching the surface of the needs of the enterprise. Clearly it was too broad a description to make any significant architectural decisions. Agile practices provide us a simple and effective approach to address this... Read More... Posted Sunday, May 13, 2007 10:22 PM by Stcohen | 1 Comments Filed under: Architecture

• Making Enterprise Architecture Real Step 6: An Agile cut on the Architectural components

  Now that we have gathered some initial information we need to sort it out. Actually its more complicated than just sorting, we need to find the patterns in what we have as well as see the missing parts for what they should be. Here's how I do it; First Read More... Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 8:39 PM by Stcohen | 0 Comments