This expression is used so often, but do we take its meaning for granted? Let’s go back to basics and explain the importance of being data-driven. Sometimes, it’s hard to see …
Agile at scale: Architecture in the Age of Complexity
There is no doubt that the agile trend is having a profound effect on software development practices, as well as on the organization of IT departments and beyond. The enterprise …
Innovation Triggers
This article discusses a checklist of triggers we have developed for Business Analysts to help to inspire innovation. James Robertson & Suzanne Robertson, Atlantic Systems Guild, http://www.systemsguild.com/ James and Suzanne …
Ever Heard Of ROI When It Comes To Enterprise Architecture Frameworks?
Want to drive down the total cost of IT without damaging strategic business initiatives? Want to better connect your business operations to IT? Want to get an overview of how …
How to Invest in Agility
How agile your enterprise needs to be (meaning how quickly and easily it can do things) depends on what you want it to achieve. For some of your goals, you’re probably agile enough. For any …
Embrace Gamestorming
First of all, let’s get this out of the way. Gamestorming is not new. Gamestorming is a collection of ‘games’ put together under the banner of ‘gamestorming’. As a business …
The Digital Business Analyst
At the IRM Business Analysis Conference Europe in September 2018, I conducted an interactive session about the business analyst (BA) in the digital enterprise. The main point of exploration was the change …
Architecting Your Capabilities and Processes: It’s All About Being Able to Get Things Done
There is a strong current interest in Business Architecture that has been brewing in the last little. To deal with it at Process Renewal group we have been developing methods …
Analytics In A Changing World
Analytics has been making an impact in organisations around the world for decades, but the approach to exploiting the potential of analytics has often been disjointed, focused in areas such …
Forming a Business Analyst Community at AO — Part I
We’ve been on a journey for the past few years as a business and as a Business Analysis function. As a BA function we’ve grown from a team of 2 …
What Your Change Portfolio Says About Your Enterprise
For Portfolio Managers, one of the many skills that come with experience is the ability to read an enterprise’s Change Portfolio. Aside from the individual projects, the portfolio reveals – …
Data Science for Grown Ups – How to Get Machine Learning out of the Lab to Scale It Across the Enterprise
The Data Lab Trap Have you ever wondered why so many Internet companies use algorithms across their core business processes to drive automation and constantly optimise their business while your …
Are Data Quality Problems Impacting Your Organization?
Information quality problems are all around us. We feel the impact every day, even if we don’t recognize them as data quality issues. They range from seemingly innocent mistakes that …
Old EA is dying. What’s next?
New EA you need to know. Learn how the shift from manually drawn architecture diagrams to automated and data-driven ecosystem architecture is transforming the value and role of enterprise architecture …
Choosing An Enterprise Information Catalog
Over recent years, the demand to analyse new types of data has caused significant changes to the analytical landscape. Many companies today are way beyond just having a data warehouse. …
Making Models More Meaningful
As a kid I always loved making models. Every square inch of the ceiling in our attic was covered in Airfix kits, and I remember as a teenager wondering whether …
The Effective Enterprise Architecture Team
The Value of EA Can Be Elusive In our seminars, the most common question is how to demonstrate the value of architecture. When we ask ‘value to whom?’, we often …
Exciting Times
It’s that time of year when a lot of my time is dedicated to the Business Analysis Conference Europe in London. For the last two years I have been privileged …
Data is NOT the new Oil .. The “Data Asset” is Really Different
I recently presented a seminar at an event called “Data, the vital organisation enabler” Information is at the Heart of ALL of the Business during which I raised the question, “Is …
Process Architectures & Organization Charts
In my working life I spend a lot of time with client organizations discovering and capturing useful models of their process architectures. In every country, industry sector, organization type and …