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I am really liking the new string of articles and posts on The New World of Enterprise Architecture as I am calling it. It seems like the...
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Mike Walker
Jun 21, 20111 min read
EA Classification, Understanding, and Frameworks
I ran across an interesting article today written by Mike Rosen on Enterprise Architecture Frameworks. He shares a similar belief as I on...
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Mike Walker
Jun 21, 20111 min read
Making Your Strategy More Relevant
I ran across a very interesting article on HBR this morning entitled, “Making Your Strategy More Relevant”. It’s a great read and...
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Mike Walker
Jun 9, 20111 min read
Microsoft Joins the Open Group as a Gold Member
There has been a great deal of momentum with the Open Group over the past few weeks (Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) recognized by...
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Mike Walker
Jun 9, 20112 min read
Microsoft Enterprise Strategy Program
Some of you have asked about what I am doing these days at Microsoft. So I thought I would let you all know. I joined the Enterprise...
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Mike Walker
Jun 2, 20111 min read
Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) recognized by The Open Group's ITAC as valid Architecture Fra...
This is a very interesting move for the Open Group as MSF originated as a variant of an SDLC process at the development (i.e., Solutions)...
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Mike Walker
May 27, 20111 min read
Gartner Webinar: Best and Worst Enterprise & Application Architecture Practices
Best and Worst Enterprise & Application Architecture Practices Presented by: Betsy Burton & Michael Blechar Those who have cracked the...
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Mike Walker
May 27, 20111 min read
Enterprise Architecture Tool Assessments
It’s been a busy couple months for the analysts. Both Forrester and Gartner have built out and refreshed their latest Enterprise...
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Mike Walker
May 26, 20111 min read
Enterprise Architecture Mind Maps
I’m a big fan of mind maps for their simplified communication style. So when I stumbled across these interesting Enterprise Architecture...
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Mike Walker
May 26, 20112 min read
Clarifying Alignment of Frameworks for Business Benefit
Most organizations employ multiple frameworks and standards for implementing and controlling technology. Here are some publications that...
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Mike Walker
May 25, 20115 min read
By 2016, 30 Percent of Enterprise Architecture Efforts Will Be Supported as a Collaboration Betwe...
Richard Seroter posted a great recap on the Gartner press release “Gartner Says By 2016, 30 Percent of Enterprise Architecture Efforts...
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Mike Walker
May 23, 20113 min read
Getting Enterprise Architects to the Business Decision Making Table
At the recent Troux Worldwide Conference I spoke on the panel with three other Enterprise Architecture industry experts. We discussed or...
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Mike Walker
May 19, 20112 min read
TM Forum Frameworx and TOGAF Alignment
Recently launched at the Open Group meeting in London last week a venture between The Open Group and the TM Forum produced a 110 page...
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Mike Walker
Mar 21, 20112 min read
Speaking at the Troux Enterprise Architecture Conference
I had the pleasure of being asked to speak on the Industry Perspectives Panel at the very first Troux Enterprise Architecture conference...
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Mike Walker
Mar 21, 20113 min read
IQ Isn’t Enough. Enterprise Architects Must Balance with EQ Driven Approaches
It is truly interesting to see how Enterprise Architecture has evolved and where it’s evolving to. I talked about this in my “Enterprise...
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Mike Walker
Feb 24, 20111 min read
How to Mind Map: A Beginner’s Guide
I am a huge Mind Mapping fan. I have mind map software on most of my devices. When I saw that Peter Bakker @pbmobi tweeted this I had to...
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Mike Walker
Feb 24, 20113 min read
Enterprise Architecture, The Great Journey from IT to the Business
There is a ton of buzz happening in the Enterprise Architecture community regarding the panel discussion Examining the Current State of...
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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
Feb 16, 20113 min read
Communication is Key for Enterprise Architects
Combined with reading some of the latest news in EA and having spent a full week with many architects at an internal Microsoft event...
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Mike Walker
Feb 16, 201120 min read
Examining the Current State of EA 2011
Today the Open Group has released their yearly state of enterprise architecture on their blog (http://blog.opengroup.org/2011/02/16/podca...
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