Buyers Kit – How to use reference calls in your tool decision?

Do reference calls really work? This is the last in a three (3) part series discussing a Buyer’s Guide to help select the right Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) tool for your organization. Enterprise Architects have a wide range of stakeholders needs to satisfy in selecting an Enterprise Architecture Management tool (EAMS).  Stakeholders are unsure whether…

CIO Review spotlights smart360

CIO Review featured smart360 among the 20 Most Promising Enterprise Architecture Technology Providers – 2016! The role of Enterprise Architecture (EA) has steadily grown over the last two decades. Although, many EA teams operate as part of their IT departments, others are taking a more active approach in strategic planning, investment, and transformation at the enterprise-level.…

Mind The Gap

With a career stretching from corporate IT to working for pioneers, like Ivar Jacobson, I seem to have landed squarely in the field of Enterprise Architecture (EA). A practitioner for the past 10 years, I’ve become quite passionate about this profession. What peaks my interest is the changes occurring in the EA profession, accelerated by…

If in doubt leave it out – 10 Golden Rules for Enterprise Architecture

Distilled from many Enterprise Architecture Consulting engagements Karsten Voges published 10 rules for Enterprise Architecture Practitioners to guide your modeling efforts: If in doubt, leave it out: if you are uncertain that you need data – leave it out, it simplifies your initiative in the long run; Model to the highest level of abstraction, that still gives…