Extending Zachman Framework™ for new Market Realities

Architecture of Business/Enterprise requires extension of Zachman Framework/Ontology to add contextual and ‘by whom’ dimensions

When Agile Steps on Its Own Tail: an observation from tranches

Published on January 15, 2017 Every profession is associated with certain objectives and attributes, which allow to distinguish it from another one. The same understanding exist or should exist in IT. When we run a project in an Agile Scrum methodology, we usually recognise three roles: Project/Product Owner, Scrum Master and a Team. It is …

IT Mindset in Approaching a Business Architecture Maturity

Published on April 1, 2017 I am trying to make my mind around the recent article of Simona Lovin about Business Architecture Maturity. When I read it, I could not rid of a feeling I’ve seen something very similar already. Indeed, it was an ADM from TOGAF standard. For those who are unfamiliar with this …

TOG Open Business Architecture standard is, actually, about IT transformation

Published on August 17, 2017, on LinkedIn I’d like to thank Dr. Giovanni Traverso of Huawei for the description of the Open Business Architecture (O-BA) standard in his presentation at The Open Group Shanghai 2016 Summit. It is not easy to access the standard being not a member of The Open Group (TOG) (interesting, whom is …

Architecture of Business for Business by Business

Published in 2017 on organicbusinessdesign.com The enterprise element that is missed, but suspected by many This article continues our publications about united architectural and operational viewpoints on the corporate business. EVERY FORMAL BUSINESS organisation has its intrinsic architecture [1]. This is the fundamental outcome from the Theory of Systems. It is not about an architecture …

An API Economy under the Business radar

Published on November 8, 2017 While business is more or less familiar with the imperatives of global market and government regulation for different industries, new options and trends appearing via technology revolution are “new boys in the town” and require a special attention. We can anticipate that more and more resources will become available to …

“Cloud first” vs. “All eggs in one basket”

Published on August 5, 2017, on LinkedIn Enthusiasts of ‘digital revolution’ run between two slogans – “Cloud first” vs. “Digital first”. I personally think that both slogans are rather a buzz because in the market economy the first was and is the business. I’d agree with “Digital first” because it is a general statement about …