An extended principles template

Most of the time principles is viewed as the highest form of governance. From random principles to actual governance entities there is sometimes a long road to travel. I use various templates to ease the pain of crafting the principles such that they can be considered expertly constructed, expressed in the finest of language and [...]

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Enterprise Architecture and LEGO

When you do illustrations of enterprise architecture using Lego there are a couple of rules of thumb that may make the whole experience and the end result more pleasurable. draw a sketch of the design where you focus on capturing the essence of the architecture. use the LEGO Digital Designer to model the design. remember [...]

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A great tale on Enterprise Architecture and measuring

The Great Master Lea had just left his mountain top for an extended vacation. Now, at the end of the first week he had taken to his favorite corner of the world and had hoped to watch great football on the TV when a leaf off truth loosened by the twitter grabbed his attention. This [...]

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A collection of advice received on Capability architectures

I work a lot with capabilities and in my sports interests capabilities are hold up as the single unique differentiator among people. However on the web there is not much information to be found on this simple but rather elusive concept as so far as it is related to Enterprise Architecture. So to extend my [...]

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Considering a near real-time ADM process

I’m still chasing that elusive real-time window, can’t seem to give it up. This is the latest visual thinking I have on it, bringing together ideas from more than 22 frameworks. I don’t guarantee any failure arising from the usage of the indicated knowledge presented in any or all the pixels shown below. I certainly [...]

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The importance of using markers

By using markers you can tune your self to different topics that are of interest. I recently started research on capabilities and at the start I did some basic research into the common meaning of the word itself. Thus I had started my tuning to the marker named capability. The idea of markers are nothing [...]

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The essential camp fire

Many of us can still remember when we as kids hiked out into the deep woods and sat around the camp fire telling stories, reminiscing of the day that had passed and what we would accomplish tomorrow. It all started there you know, all our abilities to become fully aware of our selves through the [...]

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A great tale on the value of Enterprise Architecture

The Great Master Lea had spent more than a cup full of time gazing into the cloud like leafs at the bottom. Now, as time had come and gone with no apparent effect on the outcome of the day he caught hold of the thought that had eluded him for so long. This was his [...]

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An epic tale about Enterprises and Architects

The Great Master Lea was sitting in his favorite chair, gazing at this odd looking fruit in his hand. Just as he was about to bite in to a specifically delicious looking piece of the fruit something hit him on the head. It was the Enterprise Janitor throwing tiny seeds of the fruit on him. [...]

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A great tale on Enterprise Architecture and Frameworks

The Great Master Lea had left the cold on the outside and sat by the warm fire sipping on an excellent glass of wine. He remembered what several people had told him last year: “Oh great master Lea, Framework A sucks and this other framework is better because… Or Framework A sucks you should not [...]

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