Architecture Design

I recently read an article that discussed the challenges with articulating value with enterprise architecture (EA) as a discipline and pr...

It’s time to “fix” the broken leadership and structures in public companies. The recurring theme of promise from a few people at the top w...

This requires a disciplined approach applied in a systematic manner to build progressive levels and layers of knowledge. Attempting to bu...

In Part 4 of this series (Architecting Your Business), I shared a new perspective on mapping capabilities and introduced the idea of usin...

The Business Architecture Guild introduced the idea of a Capability Map as a way to depict the "building blocks" used by organizations to...

In Part 2, I introduced the 360° Dashboard and underlying framework designed to provide business SMEs and leaders with an end-2-end view ...

This is the second in the series on Architecting Your Business (see Part 1). In Part 1, I introduced the concept of a Biz Arch Cartograp...

This is the first of a multi-part series introducing concepts from cartography to build a scalable and adaptable model for understanding ...

The Org Mapping Framework is a 2-dimensional representation of the primary ontologies that are used to build models for any organization....

I have been following the writings and videos of Yuval Noah Harari (historian, philosopher, and futurist). He has written & spoken about ...

Here are a few thoughts on how I try to approach solution architecture and tool selection: I typically start with a Value Planning exerci...

Over the last few years, I've been monitoring "information" that is being presented on the internet and across multiple channels covering...

A recent discussion was started in an online group that I frequent.  The original post asked the question about the importance of context...

I try to think about architecture in simple terms. Architecting is about connecting the dots (physical, perceptual, conceptual, financial...

Everyone has the desire to make an impact (on various levels) throughout their lives.  The challenge is to find folks who "think" like we...

At any given time, one or more architectural disciplines (business, application, technical, information,...) may be applied throughout va...

An often asked question involving Enterprise Architecture (EA) is "What role should EA play when organizations are implementing an ERP ?"...

Do you find it interesting that the majority of articles about IT & the business talk about this bridge, chasm,  semantic layer, etc. ?  ...

Enterprise Architecture helps us address the following types of questions… Business Architecture Do the core business & operational struc...

There are many ways that folks refer to the areas of focus where Enterprise Architecture is applied.  The following list is perhaps anoth...