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Architecture Governance: When you Disagree with Direction This week we’ll take a break from developing and using an AI Architecture Building Block. We’ll jump back to Architecture Governance. We’ll tackle the hardest time – when you disagree with the decision. You won’t agree with every architecture decision. But as an enterprise architect, you need to follow the decision. You also need to enforce the decision. Here is how to prepare for these difficult times. Explore TOGAF Certification Training Architecture Governance Reminder At its simplest, governance is the means an organization directs and controls change and operation. Directions will include expectations of what will be delivered, and limitations in action. Controls are how those providing direction know their directions are followed. We use a simple diagram […]
Everything You Need to Know About Getting a TOGAF® Certification In this era of digital transformation, where everything is online, it is important to have programs to drive IT plans to succeed. That’s why it would be best if you had a successful IT architecture. To obtain a successful IT architecture, you need to learn more about TOGAF. You earn TOGAF Certification by passing the TOGAF Certification exams. The TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition is the foundation for the enterprise architecture profession. An enterprise architect has a distinct job. TOGAF Certification shows your ability to use the TOGAF Framework for developing enterprise architecture. Explore TOGAF Certification Training Everything You Need to Know About Getting a TOGAF® Certification What Is the TOGAF Standard? What Is the TOGAF Certification? […]
Agentic AI Playbook Conversations We have been been deeply immersed in the evolving landscape of AI Adoption, engaging in a journey encompassing both technical intricacies and broader digital transformation. We developed the Business Leader’s Guide to AI to help leaders understand enough to provide guidance. It is focused on the leader’s objectives, concerns, and risk appetite. The AI Adoption Critical Capability Reference Architecture helps architects building transformative roadmaps ensure the critical capabilities needed to select a path and transform their organization are developed. The Agentic AI Architecture Playbook stems from our work to refine our core tools. Most of Navigate is internal and lightly documented-we rely on a Conexiam partner to fill in the details. Some public parts, like the Seven Levers of Digital Transformation […]
Download AI Adoption Critical Capability Reference Architecture AI Adoption requires innovation thinking. Today we do not have proven best-practices for widespread AI Adoption that consistently improve our organizations. We require the ability to re-imagine our organization and IT footprint. Test the ideas, winnow the failures, and scale the scuccesful. This reference architecture addresses: Success conditions describing of early adopters making meaninful impact to their P&L The three time-horizons critical to AI Adoption The critical capabilities needed to succeed with AI De-risk your AI Adoption AI Adoption Critical Capability Reference Architecture AI Adoption Critical Capability Reference Architecture Includes First, successful organizations are able to effectively allocate their investments. Second, successful organizations can change people, processes, and technology. Third, a successful organization can create teams with the […]
What is Business Architecture? Business architecture is a discipline that describes the structure and operations of an enterprise and how it can be improved. This simple explanation can be expanded. Business architecture is an architecture domain. As a domain, it provides a partial description of the entire enterprise architecture. The business architecture is focused on activity, what the business does. It uses business model, organizational design, and an understanding of product and services to focus improvements. Capability models provide a means of focusing attention on the most important aspects of the organization. Business architects develop a business architecture to translate the complexity of an organization into terms that assist stakeholders select and govern improvements. Explore TOGAF Certification Training What is Business Architecture? What is Business […]
What is Application Architecture? Application architecture describes the structure and interaction of software that provides key business functionality and required data management. Strong enterprise architects, will see the essentials. They start with data management and required functionality. Then, turn to the structure and interaction that delivers the required data management and required functionality TOGAF uses slightly different words ‘provide key business capabilities and manage the data assets‘. To describe the application architecture we focus on four elements–functionality, assembly, interaction, and data management Navigate is model-centric. There are four enterprise architecture models that describe your application architecture – the Information System Model, Logical Application Model, Logical Information Service Model, and Logical Integration Model. When the application architecture is combined with data architecture and focused on the […]
Data Architecture Foundation Workshop Data Architecture Foundation Workshops develop string foundations for your data architecture. Used to set the state for Data Governance Initiatives and Data Initiatives. Understand your data landscape – what are the areas of your business that have meaningful information a nd what information is required in these areas. Get Help to Start Today Initiative Strategy Workshop Purpose of the Data Architecture Foundation Workshop Why Use the Data Architecture Foundation Workshop Data Architecture Foundation Workshop Service Outline Data Architecture Foundation Workshop Knowledge Required Data Architecture Foundation Workshop Activity Data Architecture Foundation Workshop Deliverables Configuration Options for Data Architecture Foundation Workshop Conexiam Consulting Experience Next Steps with the Data Architecture Foundation Workshop Contact us to get enterprise architecture consulting helping you Purpose of […]
What is Data Architecture? Pragmatic enterprise architects, will follow DAMA, knowing data architecture is focused on the ‘data needs of the enterprise‘. They will turn to TOGAF to understand what to describe-the major types and sources of data, logical data assets, physical data assets, and data management resources [that enables the business architecture]. When we describe the data architecture we describe four elements–data needs, major sources of data, major types of data, and the required data management resources. Navigate is model-centric. There are four enterprise architecture models that describe your data architecture – the subject model, subject area model, logical data model, and logical document model. When the data architecture is combined with application architecture focus on the structure and interaction of the applications that … manage the […]
Reintroducing Information Systems Architecture: Aligning Data and Applications It’s been a while since I last wrote. Sorry. I’ve been caught up moving to a 100-year-old house in Victoria and working closely with two enterprise architecture teams. I’ve been juggling renovation plans with architects and engineers, consulting and training – sometimes just watching the sea. Oh, and I’ve logged over 1,000 km riding my bike to work. With all that, these emails had to take a back seat. Explore TOGAF Certification Training I always keep these messages close to my consulting. This spring, we were working on updates to portfolio roadmaps. My last message lined-up to an annual Portfolio Architecture refresh. It closed a conversation about Portfolio Architecture. The two teams I have been working with […]
TOGAF® ADM Phase C – Develop the Application Architecture We develop information systems architecture, which is made of the application architecture and data architecture, in TOGAF ADM Phase C. Application Architecture is an enterprise architecture domain. TOGAF is very clear – application and data architecture are inseparable and exists to enable the business architecture. In a modern digitally transformed enterprise, choices in one architecture domain enable, deliver, or block outcomes in other domains. Business objectives depend upon the right IT Architecture. Best practice application architecture will focus on critical constraints on purchasing, integrating and developing software. System boundaries and integration standards are critical. Lastly, your enterprise application architecture will drive agile development. Without these top-level constraints, detail inside an application is of little practical value. […]
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