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Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit 2008 - Day 2
I did observe that there was quite the drop-off between day 1 and day 2 for some reason. I am not sure if it was due to work pressures by...
Mike J. Walker
Sep 29, 20084 min read
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ArchiMate - The Emerging Architecture Modeling Standard?
At the Gartner EA Summit in London it seemed like there was quite a bit of talk on the solution showcase floor regarding an architecture...
Mike J. Walker
Sep 26, 20083 min read
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Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit 2008 - Day 1
Just so everyone knows, this is Gartner's London EA Summit event and not the North American event. It does seem a lot smaller than the...
Mike J. Walker
Sep 24, 20084 min read
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Gartner EA Summit - Emergence Enterprise Architecture Keynote
I wanted to give some feedback on some new thoughts from Gartner in their keynote on Emergence Architecture. Overall I thought it was a...
Mike J. Walker
Sep 23, 20083 min read
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Using the Enterprise Architecture Toolkit (EATK) to Capture Architecture Descriptions
I created tthe Enterprise Architecture Toolkit (EATK) to make Microsoft Word 2007 a first class citizen in the architecture description...
Mike J. Walker
Sep 18, 20084 min read
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Microsoft Patterns and Practices Application Architecture Guide
I ran across an interesting post on J.D. Meier's Blog that describes the Patterns & Practices project called the Application Architecture...
Mike J. Walker
Sep 17, 20081 min read
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What is an Architecture Style?
Recently, I have had discussions with folks at Microsoft about Architecture Styles. This term has been used in the IT industry for a very...
Mike J. Walker
Sep 13, 20083 min read
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Architect Role Taxonomy
Paul Priess wrote an interesting post called The foundation skill set for architects. He also wrote for the Microsoft Architecture...
Mike J. Walker
Aug 24, 20081 min read
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The model or the people?
Chris Potts wrote an insightful post on People versus Models. Chris's article goes into the current challenges in banking and contrasting...
Mike J. Walker
Aug 21, 20081 min read
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John Zachman Provides Updates to His Popular Framework
In recent letter from Zachman International they have announced two updates the popular Zachman Framework. They are relatively small....
Mike J. Walker
Aug 19, 20082 min read
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The Microsoft Certified Architect Board Member Unravels the Process
Loud Sigh who just joined the Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) Review Board wrote a great post on how to prepare for the review board,...
Mike J. Walker
Aug 14, 20081 min read
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Creating a Enterprise Asset Roadmap Strategy
Recently I was asked to chime in on how to setup a global enterprise asset roadmap strategy. This was a fully loaded question and also a...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 28, 20083 min read
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Can you Easily Compare EA Frameworks?
Have you ever tried to compare EA frameworks? How do you compare and are all frameworks the same. The reader digest version of the answer...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 27, 20083 min read
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19th Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference: Day 1 Highlights
For those who didn't get the updates. Here is a summary of the activates at the Open Group Conference in Chicago. The Open Group’s 19th...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 23, 20084 min read
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Open Group SOA Ontology
The Open Group has recently released a draft version of a SOA ontology. They have been developing a formal ontology for SOA for some time...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 11, 20081 min read
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What is Global Enterprise Architecture?
Well, yes and no. We are hearing more and more about Global EA with the continuing globalization efforts. Mergers and Acquisitions are...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 11, 20083 min read
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Do Office Tools Still Play a Role in Architecture Design?
I thought I would write this potentially controversial post about how traditional productivity tools such as Microsoft Office (Word,...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 8, 20083 min read
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The Enterprise Architecture Toolkit
Over the past month there has been a flurry of interest in what is referred to as the Enterprise Architecture Toolkit (EATK). The last...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 7, 20083 min read
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A Collection of Enterprise Architecture Definitions
Are you wondering what EA is? Or maybe you would like to understand what the industry standard definition is... Well your out of luck in...
Mike J. Walker
May 30, 20081 min read
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Asian Community Unites at IASA IT Conference 2008 to build the Architecture Discipline
The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) 2nd IT Conference 2008 was the largest IT Architecture event in South East...
Mike J. Walker
May 28, 20081 min read
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