Kafka’s Snakes and Ladders: The Laws of Governance Proliferation in Large OrganisationsIt is mandatory that the cost of the governance process must exceed the cost of any proposal seeking governance approval.Jul 14, 2021Jul 14, 2021
Decision Rights: The ‘What The Hell’ ModelI used to think it was a bad idea for the organisation to allow programs or projects to drive go-to-market RFP tenders to acquire…Nov 10, 2020Nov 10, 2020
Good Architects Have Five Big FlawsForget Myers-Briggs. Here are five character defects good architects have:Oct 31, 2020Oct 31, 2020
“Architecture Modelling? Won’t That Confuse Everyone?”We’re don’t have to dumb down our architecture knowledge assets — because we never dumbed them up in the first place.Oct 31, 2020Oct 31, 2020
Enterprise Architecture During The Time of COVIDThis article references Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year— a story worth checking out if you haven’t yet come across it.Oct 31, 2020Oct 31, 2020
“Business Benefits Realisation” (hahaha)Denham Sadler’s story in InnovationAus.Com about the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s (ACIC) biometric identification project…Jun 12, 2018Jun 12, 2018
Why is Empathy so Important for Enterprise Architects?Justin Hendry published a great story in IT News today (Monday 26 March 2018), which I’m going to use to illustrate a point.Mar 26, 2018Mar 26, 2018
Industry Architectures? Why Should I Care?During my TOGAF course in Sydney last week, I was reminded that many highly experienced senior professionals — who are responsible for…Mar 21, 2018Mar 21, 2018
The Semiotics of Job Ads for Enterprise Architect RolesI’ve run a lot of TOGAF training courses over the years. Why do people attend TOGAF training? Because they want a better job. A lot of…Feb 15, 20181Feb 15, 20181
Method Schmethod. Get to Work. A lot of us in the “business technology products and services” industry think of ourselves as “hard-nosed, can-do, delivery-focused…Feb 15, 20181Feb 15, 20181
