Navigate Business Architecture—Myth of the Constant Over the past few weeks we explored governance. I hope you have moved past the mythical sounding governance conversations. Governance is simple—it is just the method an organization uses

Navigate Best Practice—Integrity of the Unbroken Contract Last week, we looked at the messy reality of delegated decision authority. Every decision domain—product, department, initiative—exists because the company benefits from focused attention. That focused attention has

Navigate Best Practice—Following Authority Tracks Last week, we talked about the governance physics of the Blank Page. The blank page is central to Carver’s governance model and the TOGAF implementation governance checklist. Carver calls out

Navigate Best Practice—Physics of the Blank Page For the last seven weeks we have exposed the simplicity of best-practice enterprise architecture. We serve our stakeholders in two ways. First, we help them select the best

Strong Enterprise Architecture Stays Ahead of the Curve My view of enterprise architecture and enterprise architects is coloured by working at Conexiam consulting. We see organizations that want best-practice EA. Leaders committed to improving their

Strong Enterprise Architecture Builds the Off-Ramps There is a significant gap between best-practice enterprise architecture and what is often called ‘architecture.’ A gap so large that several of our EA teams development clients have changed

Strong Enterprise Architecture Frees Implementation to Create Value In the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring best-practice enterprise architecture. The EA where strong enterprise architects help their stakeholders take the uncomfortable step of risking success

Strong Enterprise Architecture Uses the Decisions Already Made Over the past few weeks we have been talking about strong EA Teams. By implication strong enterprise architects. I’m not talking about technical experts tirelessly pursuing an

Strong Enterprise Architecture Enables Visible Investment Decisions Without any question the value proposition of a strong EA team is supporting stakeholders make the hard choices that improve successful organizations. Choices that distinguish wasteful wishing from