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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For understanding about narrative-knowledge and non-IT-based knowledge in general, and how to access it and use it in large organisations, there’s no-one better in the world than Shawn Callahan and his Australian colleagues at Anecdote Pty Ltd. So if you’re …
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 …
Okay, okay, my least-popular subject, I know… As part of my work for my current client I’m looking at social support-services in general throughout the state. And one of the more obvious glaring holes is that of domestic-violence support services …
Thought I’d write up a reply to a query from Shawn Callahan at Anecdote, about vision and mission. Shawn wanted clarification on what vision is – particularly in relation to brand vision – and how it differs from mission. What …
Enterprise-architecture again. As promised, I’ve completed some notes on the Visio 2003 template for building a function model. It’s nothing fancy, just using as much as I can of Visio’s ‘shapesheet’ functionality (deliberately no VBA, otherwise you’d get endless complaints …
Delighted to say that a new book-format edition of my 1986 monograph “Inventing Reality: towards a magical technology” has just been released. It’s available from Grey House – GBP7.95, http://www.greyhouseinthewoods.org/inre.htm Publisher info is as follows: Grey House in the Woods …
More enterprise-architecture stuff. Plodding on with Function Model development for my current client – this model being the business anchor for a whole string of other models such as the Business Systems Model, the Information Systems Model and so on …
Hadn’t realised how much I’d been pinning my communication hopes on getting some kind of mobile always-on connection: yesterday’s ‘Declined‘ seems to have triggered my first serious downer for months. To put it simply, I hate being out of touch …
Struggling with dial-up has been driving me nuts, so I’ve been researching wireless alternatives. Best I could find was Vodafone, at AUD150 for the card and AUD$30-50 for the monthly fee. Good job I checked before buying the card, because …