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Mike Walker

Sep 24, 20084 min read

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...

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Gartner EA Summit - Emergence Enterprise Architecture Keynote

Mike Walker

Sep 23, 20083 min read

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...

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Using the Enterprise Architecture Toolkit (EATK) to Capture Architecture Descriptions

Mike Walker

Sep 18, 20084 min read

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...

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Mike Walker

Sep 17, 20081 min read

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...

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Mike Walker

Sep 13, 20083 min read

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...

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Mike Walker

Aug 24, 20081 min read

Architect Role Taxonomy

Paul Priess wrote an interesting post called The foundation skill set for architects. He also wrote for the Microsoft Architecture...

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Mike Walker

Aug 21, 20081 min read

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...

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John Zachman Provides Updates to His Popular Framework

Mike Walker

Aug 19, 20082 min read

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....

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The Microsoft Certified Architect Board Member Unravels the Process

Mike Walker

Aug 14, 20081 min read

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,...

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Creating a Enterprise Asset Roadmap Strategy

Mike Walker

Jul 28, 20083 min read

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...

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Mike Walker

Jul 27, 20083 min read

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...

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Mike Walker

Jul 23, 20084 min read

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...

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Mike Walker

Jul 11, 20081 min read

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...

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Mike Walker

Jul 11, 20083 min read

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...

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Do Office Tools Still Play a Role in Architecture Design?

Mike Walker

Jul 8, 20083 min read

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,...

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Mike Walker

Jul 7, 20083 min read

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...

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A Collection of Enterprise Architecture Definitions

Mike Walker

May 30, 20081 min read

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...

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Mike Walker

May 28, 20081 min read

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...

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Why Good Architecture is Important Even in a Web 2.0 World

Mike Walker

May 25, 20084 min read

Why Good Architecture is Important Even in a Web 2.0 World

Last week I read an article on Twitter's Developer Blog called Twittering about Architecture. It was an interesting read because it...

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Mike Walker

May 19, 20081 min read

Burton Group Launches EA Guidance

Mike Rollings will be leading this program from within Burton. I haven't had a chance to review the two articles he has written but the...

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