Enterprise Architecture: Choosing appropriate solutions to address problem...
There will always more than one way to solve any given problem. How effective any given solution will be will depend on what information was used in the solution’s definition. An Enterprise...
View ArticleEnterprise Architecture: A definition and implementation checklist.
In order to reap maximum value from the recognition that an Enterprise Architecture can provide long lasting and continuous business benefit the decision to build and use one must be made. How to do...
View ArticleDemystifying Enterprise Architecture.
Enterprise Architecture is not something of which a business should be wary. There is little concern apparent when required to use a word processor or a spreadsheet to support documentation or analysis...
View ArticleEnterprise Architecture: Steering the business towards success.
Frequently business decision making leans towards the tactical and reactive rather than the strategic and proactive. This is exacerbated through: poorly applied governance and compliance; inadequate...
View ArticleEnterprise Architecture: Closing the stable door before the horse has bolted.
There are likely to be times when a business will engage in some activity or make a product acquisition which, in hindsight, would prove to be less than beneficial. Perhaps in the enthusiasm generated...
View ArticleEnterprise Architecture: Balancing simplicity with complexity
Albert Einstein is sometimes attributed to having said that “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” As a counterpoint and with some deference to Occam’s razor ‘Nothing...
View ArticleEnterprise Architecture: Managing the impact of change.
All businesses, in responding to change drivers will require some modification to the business and technology landscape in which they operate. Whether change occurs through the introduction of some...
View ArticleApplying the Enterprise Architecture to the task of choosing between options.
Indecision in selecting which of a number of options is the best one to throw at a business problem or situation which demands a response can be rife when insufficient information is available to the...
View ArticleEnterprise Architecture: Differentiating wants and needs.
A Business will often decide that they ‘need’ to undertake certain activities so as to solve particular problems that they perceive themselves as having. Once these activities have been completed and...
View ArticleEnterprise Architecture: Transitioning from Goals to Outcomes and...
To succeed, a business needs to transition its goals into beneficial outcomes. Goals, in being realised, need to be supported by business capability which describes what a business is able to do and...
View ArticleEnterprise Architecture: It is not an overhead
Many members of a business community with access to an Enterprise Architecture see it as an overhead that ‘gets in the way’ of them ‘doing their job. As an overhead it is seen as something apart from...
View ArticleEnterprise Architecture and Agile development are not mutually exclusive.
Business driven Agile development is achieved by Breaking tasks into small increments; Applying only the minimum of planning. Iterating over short time frames (timeboxes). Involving a cross functional...
View ArticleEnterprise Architecture: Unlocking business potential.
All businesses, ranging from the ‘one man show’ through to multinationals and governments, can succeed or fail on the back of the decisions that they are constantly on call to deliver. The quality of...
View ArticleHarvesting Intellectual Capital.
Intellectual Capital within a business is an asset that should be enhanced whenever possible. Frequently, when undertaking activities that lead to increased capability, improved business processes or...
View ArticleMilestone reached
I have now published my book ‘Enterprise Architecture: unlocking business potential’. This publication came about more by accident than design having being encouraged to take the more or less numerous...
View ArticleBuilding a business – moving towards success.
It is absolutely essential, when either building a business from scratch or extending one that already exists, that a specific set of objectives be established. Supporting and aligning to a business...
View ArticleVision Statements
What is a vision? It’s not as esoteric as it sounds. A vision, simply put, is a picture of what success will look like at a particular time in the future. It encompasses answers to a range of...
View ArticleMission Statement
A mission statement supporting a business talks about HOW the business intends to get where it wants to be. Defining the purpose and primary objectives relating to both customer needs and team values...
View ArticleGoals and Objectives
The terms Goals and Objectives are often used within a business interchangeably. They do however have different attributes and purposes. Scope Goals are expressed in broader terms than objectives. A...
View ArticleBusiness Measures
Lord Kelvin in 1883 said “I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot...
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