Pragmatic EA, FEAF, TOGAF, Zachman and the list goes on and on and on. There seems to be no end to what defines an EA framework, and I have always been advocate, and vocal, on first looking into the business and then mapping everything else starting from the value proposition and the influencing factors. So, …
Making a Case for Enterprise Architecture
Well, if there is a thing that hasn't changed since the time I first engaged in an enterprise architecture work, more than ten years, is that everyone wants to have an enterprise architecture office or unit, but no one knows why they need it! At the time, the 2008~09, I was working as a low …
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Hyping for Digital Transformation
I know the next big thing is digital transformation but didn't realize how contiguous this word is among big consultancy groups and the government sector in Saudi. As I was sitting with a representative from one of the big four and discussing a mutual opportunity, he started to talk about digital transform this and digital …
Chasing the Chasm
I haven't read Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore, although I am planning to, but I did see it mentioned many times through different blog and articles and blogs. So for the uninitiated, Moore developed a model for disruptive technologies lifecycle which applies to almost any product with an additional caveat. A graph of the …
ArchiMate as a lightweight EA framework
So with time, I am starting to get depressed on the status of enterprise architecture. What was hailed as a revolutionary approach to capturing the holistic view of the enterprise, is now a nightmare that everyone wants to run away from. Or at least, a manager has a business unit labeled with EA under his …