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Category Archives: EA Adoption
The Final Keynote…
This week, I gave my last keynote speech as Chief Architect in the Ministry of Finance on enterprise architecture and strategy. As already revealed on Twitter and Facebook, I am taking a leave of absence from the public sector to … Continue reading
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The Business Value of Social Media
Last week I was interviewed as ‘Architect in the Spotlight’ for the Journal of Enterprise Architecture about the Danish approach to enterprise architecture and emerging trends in enterprise architecture. Here I mentioned social media platforms as a trend that enterprise … Continue reading
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Understanding Zachman without the Buzz…
I recently commented on Philip Allega’s blog. Phil understands that enterprise architecture (EA) programs must be more than buzzwords, and his post made me revisit one of the EA-disciplines grand old men, John Zachman. According to John Zachman, EA is … Continue reading
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OECD Highlights Enterprise Architecture Program in Denmark
One of the great benefits of my long summer vacations from the Danish Ministry of Finance is that I have had more time for reading the stuff than my normal schedule would allow. I try to stay on top of … Continue reading
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The Skeptical Enterprise Architect
Other practitioners and researchers often quote my research to highlight enterprise architecture adoption challenges. In my practical work and research, I see EA as a toolbox that embraces, supplements, and extends other disciplines. I think that the jungle of commercial … Continue reading
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The Lazy Enterprise Architect – Vision or Reality?
I recently attended a Gartner EA seminar in London. Hosted by the EA gurus Philip Allegra and Brian Burke, the seminar outlined the ”ideal” planning and implementation of an enterprise architecture program (great seminar – try to attend if you … Continue reading
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Enterprise Architecture As Strategy
I have just started read a new book by Ross, Weill and Roberts called Enterprise Architecture As Strategy. I think the book will give EA a lot of momentum – like IT-Governance gained momentum after Ross and Weill’s book IT-Governance. … Continue reading
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Four misunderstandings about Enterprise Architecture
Modernizing government institutions with Enterprise Architecture (EA) has proven much more difficult than the evangelists have claimed. EA is not a clear-cut movement that can be adopted by any organization with similar results. EA implementation is context dependent and typically … Continue reading
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Public Reforms and Enterprise Architecture
Public management reforms consists of deliberate changes to the structures and processes of public sector organizations with the objective of getting them (in some sense) to run better. (Pollitt & Bouckaert, 2004) Having studied and practiced enterprise architecture (EA) in … Continue reading
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