Webinar: Architecture for the Masses
On Thursday the 13th of June 2013 I delivered an Open Group webinar titled ‘Bringing TOGAF® awareness to a much broader audience, inside and outside of the enterprise’. I’d like to follow up with a...
View ArticleGetting Started with a Capability Model
One of my art teachers regularly commented that making the first brush mark on an empty canvas should not be rushed and that it requires consideration as it will form the foundational reference for any...
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Transformational Change in Higher Education
All organisations are constantly under pressure from various change drivers, but many industries are currently going through massive and disruptive changes. When organisations face such pressures, the...
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Webinar: Using Business Architecture to Enable Customer Experience and Value...
On Friday the 21st of February 2014, I delivered an Open Group webinar titled ‘Using Business Architecture to Enable Customer Experience and Value Strategies’. The presentation: Provides an overview of...
View ArticleData is NOT Information
Data is not information, neither is data architecture the same as information architecture, despite the two terms often being used interchangeably. The situation is not helped by TOGAF 9.1 which, while...
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The Secret to Business Relevance
In reading the literature available on Business Architecture it strikes me that most of these mention Business Architecture in the context of the entire organisation or ensuring IT alignment to...
View ArticleInformation is at the Heart of ALL Architecture Disciplines
WHITE PAPER What is a Customer? “In our division any internal unit we cross charge services to is called a Customer” “Marketing call Customers Clients” “Sales refer to Prospects and Suspects, but to...
View ArticleVideo: Digital Strategy Summit Presentation
While a digital strategy is now a mandatory requirement for corporations the world over, there are varying perspectives of what a digital strategy should comprise, often reflecting the authorship of...
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Stories Are The Secret To Influence
Imagine your team has designed a business architecture for your company, and now you have ten minutes to present your findings and recommendations to the CEO. What do you say? How can you get them...
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How to Sell the Value of Design Thinking
Design Thinking is more than thinking differently; it is working with, and for, people from the very beginning in order to create better outcomes. The key is engaging your executive sponsor and...
View ArticleBig Bash, Australia Open, Grand Prix, and the importance of Big Data.
Every year in Melbourne, January sparks the start of a series of sporting events that keep us entertained right the way through to March. From the end of December and throughout January we have had the...
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How to Design a Target Operating Model – Part 2
In my last article, I talked about some of the key aspects you must consider when defining a target operating model. In this follow up piece I have delved a little deeper and will look at how TOM...
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