An inventory of sorts

In the previous post ‘Decisions, decisions…‘, I promised to list the tools for sensemaking, strategy, modelling, metagovernance and the like, for use in enterprise-architectures and similar fields, that I’ve been working on over this past decade or so. So here it is…

First, a list (in no particular order) of what could be considered completed tools and models – or at least complete enough to use in their present form:

• SCAN frame for sensemaking and complexity-mapping – described in many blog-posts, the SCAN ebook, the slidedecks ‘The Dung Beetle’s Tale’ and ‘Same and Different’, and the in-progress SCAN Sketchbook (example graphic above)
• SCORE frame for strategy-development – described in various blog-posts, in the book SEMPER and SCORE, and the slidedeck ‘Introduction to SCORE‘
• Five Elements method for change-guidance – described in various blog-posts and in the books SEMPER and SCORE and Real Enterprise-Architecture
• Holomap for stakeholder/interaction mapping – described in various blog–posts
• Tetradian context-dimensions model (‘asset-dimensions’) – described in various blog–posts, and implicit as underlying structure for book Power and Response-ability
• Enterprise Canvas (‘Enterprise Service Canvas’) suite for service-oriented modelling – described in many blog-posts, in the books The Service-Oriented Enterprise and Mapping the Enterprise, and the Enterprise Canvas ebook, and in the slidedeck ‘Bridging Enterprise-Architecture and Systems-Thinking’
• Extended-Zachman frame (Zachman replacement for whole-enterprise architecture) – described in the books Real Enterprise-Architecture and Bridging the Silos, and the associated reference-sheet
• ADM eight-phase architecture method (TOGAF-ADM replacement for whole-enterprise architecture) – described in the books Everyday Enterprise Architecture and Bridging the Silos and the associated reference-sheet
• SMDA loop sensemaking/action model – described in one blogpost
• Swamp-metaphor model for guidance of sensemaking – described in various blog–posts and in the book Inventing Reality
• Seven Sins discipline-management model – described in a series of blog-posts
• Architecture Maturity-Model to guide prioritisation of tasks – described in various blog-posts, in the book Doing Enterprise-Architecture, and in the slidedeck ‘Stepping-stones of enterprise-architecture‘
• Skills Labyrinth skills-learning map – described in various blog-posts
• Methods / Mechanics / Approaches skills-map – described in various blog–posts
• NOTES narrative-oriented enterprise-architecture – described in various blog-posts, in the book The Enterprise As Story, and in the slidedeck ‘Staging the story‘
• Backbone and Edge framework for metagovernance – described in various blog–posts and in the slidedeck ‘Backbone and edge‘
• Visioning for strategic mapping – as described in the slidedeck ‘Vision, Role, Mission, Goal‘
• SEMPER effectiveness diagnostic – described in book SEMPER and SCORE; also as a standalone web-app
• Power-model as used in SEMPER and other tools – described in various blog-posts and in books SEMPER and SCORE and Power and Response-ability
• Context-space mapping for strategic sensemaking – described in various blog-posts and in the book Everyday Enterprise-Architecture
• 5+5+1 leadership model for situational-leadership – described in one blog-post and in the book SEMPER and SCORE
• Extended-AAR after-action review – described in various blog-posts and in the slidedeck ‘Whole-enterprise architecture‘
• Effectiveness-mapping frame – described in various blog–posts, in the slidedeck ‘What is effectiveness?’, and in the book Real Enterprise Architecture
• Strategic metamethod for high-level architecture – described in various blog–posts
• The ’This’ game for service-modelling – described in various blog–posts and in the slidedeck ‘Innovation – find the gap!‘
• Methods for ‘Really-Big-Picture Enterprise-Architecture’ (‘RBPEA’) – described in many blog-posts

All of those are usable right now – in fact a fair few of them are in everyday use already, in various places and contexts scattered round the globe. It’s probably true, though, that most if not all of them need some further simplification and clean-up to make them more accessible for a general audience. If you have any views about which ones you’d want me to work on first, let me know your priorities in the comments below.

Here’s a list of (some of) the current in-progress books:

• SCAN Sketchbook – step-by-step introduction to the sensemaking and decision-making with the SCAN framework [status: c.20% complete]
• Enterprise Canvas Sketchbook – step-by-step introduction to modelling of services with the Enterprise Canvas suite of models [status: c.5% complete] (example graphic above)
• Making Sense (working-title) – general-market guide to making sense in complex situations [status: c.5% complete]
• The End Of Certainty (working-title) – business-novel on whole-enterprise architecture and its practical implications [status: c.50% complete]

Again, if you have any preferences on that, let me know in the comments below. (At present, the novel is the one most likely to be finished next.)

Finally, a list of what we might call ideas in development – projects that at present are probably some way from anything deliverable, but still developed enough to be backed by extensive documentation:

• standalone app for the ‘This’ game – described in notebooks and blog-post
• updated app for the SEMPER diagnostic – described in notebooks and blog-post, and the SEMPER Metrics web-app
• standalone app for the SCAN sensemaking-framework – described in notebooks and blog-post
• standalone app for Enterprise Canvas – described in notebooks and blog-post
• standalone app for context-space mapping (generic frame plus plug-ins) – described in notebooks and blog-post
• support-app for EA Maturity-Model – initial implementation in spreadsheet form
• EA learning-game – described in notebooks, for game in standalone-app and card-game / board-game forms, plus overview-blogpost
• metaframework for EA toolset (generic frame plus plug-ins) – described in notebooks and various blog–posts
• card-game for the ‘This’ game – described in notebooks and blog-post (example graphic above)
• card-game for strategic decision-making (aka ‘business-tarot’) – described in notebooks

It’s likely that most of those will have to sit on the back-burner for the while: but if you do want to see more about any of the items in that list – and especially if you’d be interested in taking any of them closer to fuition – then please do let me know in the comments.

Over to you, anyway, if you would?