Let's Talk Enterprise Architecture

Like every year, Gartner has released yet another great resource for Enterprise Architects with their EA Tools Magic Quadrant. This is a...

When we talk about enterprise architecture (EA) , the conversation often drifts to technologies—cloud platforms, data models, and...

Communicating your ideas and architecture work effectively can be really tough. When we do we using create compelling visuals or models...

Business Architecture (BA) is a really hot topic these days. A few years back it was  a topic that people either didn't talk about or...

In this is Part 2 article, “Walker on Business Architecture” in the Architecture and Governance Magazine , I continue to explore and...

This is a known issue within the Open Group. Given this, the TOGAF-SABSA Integration project started in May 2010 as a joint initiative of...

So the question is, do we really know our business before we make architecture decisions? What tools do we use or don’t use to understand...

Gartner just released a report entitled, "EA Practitioners Have Significant Influence on $1.1 Trillion in Enterprise IT Spend” that...

The Troux Worldwide Conference is returning to Austin, Texas on March 19-20, 2013. If you are a Troux customer, partner, or actively...

In this post in the TOGAF demystification series I will talk about how well or not so well TOGAF plays with other frameworks in the...

For the second post in the TOGAF Demystification series, let's tackle the common topic of TOGAF to other frameworks. If you’ve spent time...

Dave Gray posted on his blog that he has created a tool to help understand corporate cultures. This looks very interesting… I could see...

Do I have your attention now? Given this is the first post of the series about the myths, misconceptions, fiction and even some facts...

A Throughout the training I observed several misconceptions, open questions and even some concerns with TOGAF. As I sat and listened I...

Keynote: Big Data and the Cloud – We Better Get it Right Wow, what a great way to kick off the second day!  I found that this...

The topics included: Big Data and the EA Perspective Lessons learned Big Data’s relationship with the Cloud Mobility Security Below are...

With all the buzz at the Open Group Conference in Newport Beach this year around Big Data I thought I would take a small step back and...

Continuing on from the Open Group 2013 Predictions Part 1 the Open group continues to explore additional aspects of Enterprise...

I haven’t seen this video in awhile but I was refreshed with it in the Elevating Enterprise Architecture course and thought I would share...

Below are the predictions and comments on what architecture all-up holds for all of us in 2013. It’s a good read from some very...