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Architecture Decisions Method - Getting the Most from Collaborative Decision Making

Mike Walker

Apr 2, 20154 min read

Architecture Decisions Method - Getting the Most from Collaborative Decision Making

Ahhhh decisions… As enterprise architects either help other to make decisions or we have to every day. These decisions are often...

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Mike Walker

Feb 17, 20131 min read

Big Data's Big Impact on Enterprise IT-- The Open Group Panel Discussion

Today @Dana_Gardner posted on twitter The Open Group Panel discussion on Big Data's Big Impact on Enterprise IT. It worth a watch as it...

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Presentation: It’s Not about How Smart You Are…

Mike Walker

Dec 11, 20122 min read

Presentation: It’s Not about How Smart You Are…

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

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Mike Walker

Nov 29, 20126 min read

Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013

Late last month Gartner published their annual Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013. Based on the view that Gartner paints it...

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Enable Cloud Strategy and Planning with Predictable Methods, Models, and Tools

Mike Walker

Nov 25, 20127 min read

Enable Cloud Strategy and Planning with Predictable Methods, Models, and Tools

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

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Mike Walker

Nov 19, 20121 min read

IASA World Summit 2012 Conference

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

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Mike Walker

Oct 24, 20127 min read

Technology Architecture Questions for Vendors

As time goes by architects are reviewing less custom / "home grown" solutions and looking at commercial off the shelf (COTS), platforms...

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Mike Walker

Feb 4, 20123 min read

ArchiMate 2.0 Highlights

I am really excited about the new release of ArchiMate. The reason I am so excited is that for the first time ArchiMate complements...

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Mike Walker

Feb 4, 20122 min read

ArchiMate 2.0 Certification Released

Along side the release of the ArchiMate 2.0 specification, a new certification for the ArchiMate has been released this week. The...

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Mike Walker

Jan 31, 20121 min read

The Open Group Releases ArchiMate 2.0

The Open Group released ArchiMate 2.0, the latest version of the organization’s open and independent modeling language for enterprise...

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Navigating through the Complexities of Architectures

Mike Walker

Feb 24, 20114 min read

Navigating through the Complexities of Architectures

A common challenge among architects and architecture organizations is the challenge of properly understanding the landscape of...

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Mike Walker

Jul 31, 20101 min read

MEGA annonces TOGAF and Business Architecture Offerings

Over the past few weeks MEGA an enterprise architecture (EA) tools provider, has recently announced MEGA for the TOGAF framework and...

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Mike Walker

Dec 1, 20093 min read

Microsoft Steps Up Architecture Modeling

Sudhanshu Hate from Infosys posted a good overview article on the new architecture modeling capabilities in Visual Studio Team System -...

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Mike Walker

Nov 17, 20093 min read

New SharePoint 2010 Architecture Models

Microsoft just posted recently some updated architecture models on MSDN. Models Models are 34-by-44-inch posters that detail a specific...

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IASA Group releases Certified IT Architect Professional (CITA-P)

Mike Walker

Nov 3, 20091 min read

IASA Group releases Certified IT Architect Professional (CITA-P)

IASA has released another competing architecture certification to the industry. IASA has spent 7 years developing this program with...

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Architecture Journal – Service Orientation Today and Tomorrow

Mike Walker

Oct 12, 20092 min read

Architecture Journal – Service Orientation Today and Tomorrow

A good friend of mine Diego Dagum just published the latest Architecture Journal some time back. I am just now getting to reading it....

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Non-Technical Factors that Lead to Poor Architectures

Mike Walker

Oct 11, 20093 min read

Non-Technical Factors that Lead to Poor Architectures

It is easy for us architects to think that we control the architecture design in it's entirety. But the sad truth is that there are too...

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Architecture Journal 19: TechEd 2009 Special Edition

Mike Walker

Apr 16, 20091 min read

Architecture Journal 19: TechEd 2009 Special Edition

The latest Architecture Journal has just been released. In this edition I published an article on pragmatic approaches to building...

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Qualifying Architecture with Quality Attributes

Mike Walker

Apr 16, 20095 min read

Qualifying Architecture with Quality Attributes

One common problem I see in the IT industry is the qualification of IT decisions. I talk to architects from all around the world and hear...

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Mike Walker

Apr 8, 20093 min read

Death by Architecture

Rosen : Quickly create an architectural vision and strategy. It should take about two months to develop this high-level architecture. Use...

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