Structure, operation and modelling of large organisations
Rushing to get everything ready for the trip to Sydney this evening, but I have completed the first draft of the enterprise-architecture book. Working-title is “Real Enterprise-Architecture: Beyond IT to the whole enterprise“. You’ll find the PDF here – though …
Despite my previous worries, my current clients have given me the go-ahead to go to the TOGAF Paris conference anyway – much appreciated, though it should be a win/win all round. Working title is “Unpacking ‘Phase B’: Business Architecture, Business …
Shawn Callahan at Anecdote kindly asked for a ‘preview of the topics’ in the enterprise-architecture book that I’m brewing. Existing enterprise-architecture frameworks – particularly TOGAF – all have a blurry, ill-described box labelled ‘business architecture’, which you’re supposed to deal …
Apologies for being a bit quiet lately: I’m working flat-out on a mini-book on enterprise-architecture, with the aim of having it ready, preferably in printed form, in time for the next TOGAF conference, in Paris, in late April 2007 (23-25, …
Been hammering away over the past few weeks, trying to get down on paper (or equivalent) some of the ideas I’ve been brewing on enterprise-architecture and such-like. Hence yet another Powerpoint on the Tetradian website, on the exciting (to very …
A really good article on the skill-sets needed by enterprise-architects: Sally Bean, The elusive enterprise architect. I’d say it’s the closest I’ve ever seen to a straight business-type description of what I do in my professional work as Tetradian Consulting …
Probably the wrong meaning of ‘architecture’ for most people, unfortunately. But if your bent is what’s known as ‘enterprise architecture’ in the IT-systems field, you may find useful a new presentation available for download from my Tetradian website. Full title …
Been somewhat withdrawn over the past couple of weeks, struggling to deal with one of the more stupid consequences of TWoPS (That WOrst Possible System) – namely getting paid work, which I ‘must’ do in order to be able to …
A few more comments on That Worst Possible System (TWPS), whilst I’m still bashing the ideas around in my head. It’s interesting to look at some of the other artefacts and distortions of TWPS, aka the ‘normal’ money-based (or more …
As promised some time ago, I’ve now completed a Powerpoint on the SCORE strategy-assessment methodology – you’ll find the PDF file of the Notes view up on the Tetradian website at http://tetradian.com/download/intro-to-score.pdf . Comments, if you would? (And if you …