Random ramblings over the metaphoric edge
Notes on enterprise-architecture development and application – for the whole enterprise, not just the IT domains
Moving onward across the amended Zachman framework, the next column is ‘How‘. Zachman describes this as ‘process / input-output’, but again this is somewhat misleading. The true primitive here is function, in the mathematical sense. In other words something is …
Expanding on the previous post on the overall set of Zachman columns, let’s rethink the detail of each framework column, starting with ‘What‘. Zachman describes the ‘What’ column as data, or more generally as ‘entity / relationship‘. To make this …
More on rethinking Zachman – this time on the vertical columns. Way back in the 1980s, Zachman defined just three columns for his original framework: What (data) How (function) Where (network) The trouble is that all this gives us is …
Enterprise-architecture again: first part of my promised write-up on where I’ve gotten to with rethinking Zachman. Zachman’s framework consists of six horizontal rows, representing perspectives; and six vertical columns, key representing categories of entities. Between them they form 36 cells, …
Promised some time back that I’d start to document what I’ve done with Zachman and TOGAF in the enterprise-architecture space. Anyone who’s tried to use either of these ‘standards’ in real-life enterprise-architecture will know that they both have severe limitations …
Now back in Colchester, England, after the successful completion of my enterprise-architecture gig with NSW Dept of Community Services. And of course not only have a serious dose of jetlag to contend with, but a vile cold too – another …
Yeah, apologies to all, I’ve been a bit quiet – working flat-out, under decidedly frustrating conditions, to finish off this integration between Zachman and TOGAF, for a new and much broader-reaching enterprise-architecture. The core work is done: right I’m now …
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More than about time I added a specific enterprise-architecture category to this blog, so I’ve finally gone ahead and done so. Main reason is that after a mammoth session this weekend, I’ve finally found a way to integrate Zachman‘s framework …