Darren Dalcher, one of my colleagues at Cutter Consortium, has written an Advisor about “The Third Knowledge Revolution: Learning to Live with Uncertainty” (Cutter login required) that has a lot of relevance to enterprise architects. My experience, research and client work shows that knowledge is one of eight fundamental factors that we need to include in EA…
EA TRENDS
5 Take Aways from the Enterprise Architecture Conference – 15-18 June 2015, London
by Roger Evernden •
The forthcoming IRM Enterprise Architecture Conference in London is always a good forum to hear what other people are doing in EA. Looking at the topics on the agenda is a good way to get a feeling for the direction that EA is taking. Here are the 5 takeaways that EA are listing for the…
EA Voices
by Roger Evernden •
Get to know what’s going on in the EA community. It’s always useful to get a sense of what is going on in the EA community. One way to do this is to follow the leading EA practitioners via their blogs… but a better way is to look at this planet, EA Voices, which aggregates…
Enterprise Architecture Conference 2014 – IRM
by Roger Evernden •
What’s on the agenda for 2014?Details of this years IRM EA Conference are now available. As usual, there is an interesting mix of topics – ranging from the introductory to the more advanced. I always find it interesting to look at the topics covered as it gives an indication of what organizations are doing and…
Top Intriguing Business & Enterprise Architecture Articles for 2013
by Roger Evernden •
Every year Cutter compile a list of the five most intriguing articles published by their Business & Enterprise Architecture practice. I think it’s a good indication of the topics that are grabbing the top decision makers. How do they come up with this list? They chose articles that garner the most feedback from Cutter Members and…
Crystal Ball Time
by Roger Evernden •
Each year, Anne Mullaney, sets a challenge to the Cutter consultants: to look into their crystal balls for the annual Cutter Predictions campaign! This year I’m predicting more stealth enterprise architecture! I’d like to say that I invented this phrase – but I’ve found at least two previous uses – one in a comment by Peter…
Enterprise Leverage
by Roger Evernden •
Focused Efforts Producing Significant ResultsEnterprise leverage occurs when a focused effort produces significant results for the enterprise and its strategy. How do Enterprise Architects help the CIO produce enterprise leverage? Enterprise Architecture (EA) has to go beyond simply improving operational efficiency, reducing costs and providing technical excellence. Here are my suggestions for how the EA role could…
Social Architecture In 3 Minutes
by Roger Evernden •
Social Architecture is an exciting application of architecture techniques. It applies techniques from disciplines such as Enterprise Architecture, mixed in with the availability of social technologies, to the need for organizational and community change. In essence it takes architecture beyond the boundaries of an enterprise, and explores the possibility for architectural change in the broader environmental context.…
5-Years Journey Of TOGAF In China Is Just A Beginning For EA | Forrester Blogs
by Roger Evernden •
As with many things, the potential market for EA in emerging economies is huge. Here is an interesting overview of the potential future for EA in China. Charlie Dai asks “Will standard frameworks like TOGAF catch on? What is the best way to encourage development of robust EA practices?” 5-Years Journey Of TOGAF In China…
Enterprise Transformation Role at NAB
by Roger Evernden •
The recent restructuring at National Australia Bank (NAB) is typical of a change in role that is likely to impact many CIOs. The NextGen project at NAB, started in 2008, is an enterprise transformation initiative. In the moves, NAB has effectively split the CIO role in two (The Australian headline said National Australia Bank abolishes CIO…
