Introduction It has been forty years since John A. Zachman set forth the concept of Enterprise Architecture and the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture (ZFEA). The ZFEA is still the …
How Can Local Authorities Use Enterprise Architecture To Work Better Together?
In a recent presentation I attended by the London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI), the positive work being done to bring the best of digital, data and innovation to …
Empowering People with Core Business Knowledge: Concept Models
A while back we were helping a large pension organization develop their concept model. The ultimate goal was to integrate and re-platform several core business systems. We had been at …
Thinking About Uncertainty in Preparation of Addressing Uncertainty
At the time of writing, Apple Inc. is the largest corporation in the world as measured by market cap. The company itself, started life in the latter part of the …
A Short Review Of The IRM Business Change And Transformation Conference
Our relationship with IRM first started with sponsoring the Enterprise Architecture Conference in London each autumn. But last week it was our pleasure to again join the annual Business Change …
A Checklist for Business Analysis Planning
Use the Universal Business Analysis Planning Checklist as You Plan Your Business Analysis Approach. Every project is a unique, temporary endeavor. The business process management, regulatory compliance and digital transformation …
A Lesson In Visual Storytelling
Let me set the scene. About six years ago, not long after the book Stories That Move Mountains was published, I was at a big technology company’s internal company event. …
Signals In The Noise
Fact 1: process management seeks to improve organizational performance.Fact 2: to manage a process effectively, its performance must be measured reliably. Roger Tregear, Principal Advisor, TregearBPMRoger presented a workshop at …
The Business Case for a Common Language: Not “If,” but “What and When?”
1. Opportunity While most people don’t think about it very often, common language is essential to day-in, day-out commerce. Companies and others[1] employ standards to ensure that a meter is …
Assess – Listening To The Voices
I am increasingly drawn to the term active process management, not just as an interesting adjectival phrase or a cryptic comment about an implied sense of frequency, but as a …
National Air Traffic Services Enterprise Architecture: Opportunity In Challenging Times
During even the most challenging times such as the Covid-19 pandemic, effective use of Enterprise Architecture (EA) can guide sound strategy, planning, and refining of processes within an organisation can …
What Every Business and IT Leader Can Learn From Africa About Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is playing a key role in Africa’s development and is a driving force behind the continent’s fastest-growing economies. Elsbeth McSorley, MEGA InternationalMEGA International will be sponsoring the virtual …
Constructing The “Right” Strategy Team
Strategy is about setting targets for the future, choosing the right direction based on insight to market and resources. Strategy leads to strategy execution, but strategy execution is about delivery, …
How to Explain What Enterprise Architecture Is to Non-EAs
Greetings from an Enterprise Architecture newbie. When I started at Ardoq a couple of months ago, Enterprise Architecture (or EA as the cool kids call it) was a whole new …
Moving Enterprise Architecture Frameworks into the Future
In our first post “Origins of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks”, we discussed the origination of frameworks and the context for enterprise architecture frameworks, but in the enterprises of today, digital transformation, …
Business-Outcome-Driven Enterprise Architecture: What Benefits?
Enterprise architecture programs are often perceived as being too long and academic while requiring lots of manual work and producing limited value. Enterprise Architecture also relies on frameworks that may …
Developing and Adopting a Common Language: What’s Required from an Organizational Perspective
Executive Summary It seems obvious enough that companies, government agencies and non-profits would benefit from a common language. Without it, coordinating work is more difficult, computers “don’t talk,” and basic …
How Airbus Leverages Data For Growth
Data at the heart of business strategy With the goal of drastically reducing design times, Airbus has launched a transformation program to find efficiencies across the development cycle of new …
Process is not Just Hot, It Seems to be Truly Sizzling Right Now!
After years of playing the poor relation to other technology trends, the process market is once again a hot topic as a result of new investments and the need to …
How Your Business Can Quickly Adopt a Customer First Strategy
Every few days there seems to be another customer service disaster that fills the newspapers and goes viral on social media. These usually happen when an organisation does not adopt …