Let's Talk Enterprise Architecture

I had the pleasure over the holiday break to take the Elevating Enterprise Architecture course from Architecting the Enterprise. This was...

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

The most common pitfall I see with my interaction with architects is that our communication is dominated by IT centric speak that is...

The next Open Group Conference will be held in Newport Beach California taking place January 28 through 31st. Looks to be a lot of great...

Gartner has released yet another great resource for Enterprise Architects with their EA Tools Magic Quadrant. The full report can be...

We previously looked at why cloud is so important (Challenge the Status Quo and Advance Business through Cloud Computing, ), approaches...

The event provides an opportunity for architect practitioners and business leaders to share the skills and best practices that drive...

I ran across a really good high-level Enterprise Architecture video last week and thought I would share. It's brought to us by...

Possibly one of the most common questions I get with regards to TOGAF is finding a good sample set of templates. Luckily the Open Group...

Last week I read a great article from the Harvard Business Review blog entitled "The Best Debater May Not Be the Best Leader" that I...

One of the most important lessons that I’ve learned from my Microsoft career was the importance of a personal brand. It helped me...

Speed to market has been a factor in architecture since the day I started as an architect. Every time I have priortized getting a...

The United States Navy released it's department of Defense and the Navy (DON) Enterprise Architecture Framework on 4.0. Like with all...

The Open Group has moved the technology industry forward yet again with its second international standard on SOA.The Open Group SOA...

In general, it’s not a good idea for EAs to stir up conflict over every single technology innovation, but when there are game-changing...

My previous post, Understanding Which Investments Should go to the Cloud, I opened the door to a discussion around qualifying...

A question was posed to us panelists around the future of EA, specifically what EA looks like in 2020. I received such great feedback on...

Yesterday it was announced that the Penn State professional masters program for enterprise architecture was approved last week by the...

If you are in the Austin area or coming to the conference and want to meet up please reach out. Below is the panel session description...

I was at the Architecture Summit this weekend and we spun up a roundtable topic based on Steve Jobs. I quickly stepped back and reflected...