Let's Talk Enterprise Architecture

Got your attention, didn't I? Sorry to possibly disappoint but this isn't a post about new styles of communication with your co-workers!...

With an Application Portfolio Management (APM) practice it allows EA's to gain visibility into the applications impacts that reside in...

The short answer is... Yes. But why do they? Aren't they just supplying shrink wrapped applications. Why should they care about EA? Over...

If you are planning on attending the Federal Government Architect Forum, British Columbia Architect Forum or the Financial Services...

Without seeing the actual content from Gartner it is hard to agree or not agree with the prediction. I would say that by 2012 EA...

According to CIO magazine the Enterprise Architect is the next "hot job". The article in the Sept. 2007 issue walks you though why you...

I was talking to a colleague two nights ago and he asked me how I describe Enterprise Architecture. Immediately I have memories rushing...

We launched the Capital Markets Architecture Centerlast week with loads of great articles. Stevan Vidich was critical to the success of...

This is a great starter article for folks wanting to evaluate EA tooling. I have blogged and spoke about this at conferences in the past...

In my last post I talked about "keeping EA metrics on the trail" and what you need to think about when gathering the right metrics. By...

I read a recent survey from InfoSys where they surveyed a number of EA organizations. I was surprised by the outcomes. Check out the...

For most EA organizations there is a huge struggle to justify their existence. There is quite a bit of criticism on the practice from...

I was just talking about this today on a thread internally here at MS where we were talking about EA challenges. One person commented...

A colleague of mine Gianpaolo asked me about what is the role of EA in a heavily SaaS oriented enterprise. The hypothetical case would be...

Yesterday I had a conference call with Roger Sessions at ObjectWatch, Inc. to fill us in on the new methodology he created called Simple...

ISO has published ISO/IEC 42010:2007, Systems and software engineering — Recommended practice for architectural description of...

I will be presenting at this years Microsoft SOA and Business Process Management conference. The conference is held on the Microsoft...

I recently saw a post from Brandon Satrom as he was asking for feedback on his interpretation of composite applications and the value...

I am happy to say we have finally released the Business Data Catalog Editor. Currently, writing an application definition to connect the...

My visit to Australia had many surprises. One was a new OBA that was developed by one of our partners Dataract. This is truly a "Diamond...