Enterprise Architecture with a difference

Welcome to enterprise architecture with a difference - useful techniques, practical artefacts, and original ideas on how to architect information more effectively that you won't find on any other EA site. I hope you find the content different, interesting, stimulating, and helpful.

In the news

"An enterprise architect is a thought leader, visionary, and industry expert.... [combining ] the skills of project manager, solution architect, and business analyst with the intuition of an executive."
Vitalie Temnenco

Metastorm Doubles Research & Development Team
With the increase in development staff, Metastorm wants to achieve its objective of delivering the entire Metastorm Enterprise™ portfolio on a single meta-model with a shared services repositoryCRM Today - October 17, 2007

SOA Insights Analysts Discuss Likely Future of SOA at Open Group Conference
Edited transcript of a discussion on the future of SOA and Enterprise Architecture. BriefingsDirect Transcripts - Recorded July 23, 2007

The 8 Factor Approach to Enterprise Architecture

There are eight factors that are found in all enterprise architecture approaches. Based on these eight factors are a set of techniques that can be used with any enterprise architecture approach, including Zachman, TOGAF, FEAF, or DoDAF. More ...

Return From Information (RFI)

Organisations use the wrong indicators to evaluate the benefits from information-related projects. As a result it is difficult or impossible to identify the most effective information-related investments. ... More ...

What is "enterprise" architecture?

No - this is not an academic ramble - being clear about the "enterprise" in EA is not only vital to justify and explain what we do, it also qualifies how well we do it! Let me explain with a couple of comparisons. If you were a baker and someone as ...More ...

Would you change the Zachman Framework?

What do you like about the Zachman Framework? What don't you like? Is there anything that you would change? The Zachman Framework is such a common schema for developing our architectures that it is important to discuss any limitations (as well as ... More ...

Recent stuff:

Using design games - Design games offer an alternative to traditional methods for brainstorming, collecting requirements, building team communication, modeling, and prototyping. Jess McMullin shows how game principles and examples can complement existing methods.

Faceted Feature Analysis - Subjectivity during requirements gathering can throw a wrench in the best laid user experience plans. Adam Polansky describes Faceted Feature Analysis that takes the subjective needs of stakeholders, listens to them, and blends them with the objective constraints of the project in a way that ensures all points of view are fairly considered.



Information First book

Information First

Reviews of Information First

The Evernden Eight

The Eight Factor approach
to Enterprise Architecture