Practical advice, methods and approaches to Enterprise Architecture
I’ve been in workshops with a client talking about their Target Architecture, one of the consistent themes and challenges is getting the business areas to understand, to buy into or otherwise see the benefits the target state would bring. Most Business Areas and the people in them have short term targets which effect their bonuses and promotions, real world stakes […]
Modern enterprises face a multitude of challenges in a fast-paced and interconnected world, ranging from rapid technological advancements to evolving customer expectations and shifting market dynamics, where it’s no longer enough to just generate revenue but to also consider our impact on society and the environment. In order to navigate this complex landscape, it is important to evolve our traditional […]
PESTLE analysis is a framework of used to gain a picture of macro environment. PESTLE stands for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental factors.
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT), providing coverage of your current situation and where you want to be. It enables you to assess where your business stands and where it can grow to fill gaps in the market. SWOT can be used to analyse anything from product offerings to underlying technology choices or transformation opportunities and the output is easy […]
Wardley mapping is a strategic planning tool that helps organisations visualise and understand their IT landscape, identify areas of opportunity and risk, and make informed decisions based on a thorough analysis of the environment. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to do Wardley mapping: Identify the value chain The first step in Wardley mapping is to identify the value chain […]
Well that’s not completely true there are right answers, they are just not universal and will be relative to constraints at a point in time. So, how can we identify the best or most appropriate decision given what we know? The first step is to clearly define the problem at hand and identify the key constraints and factors that will […]
As a follow-up to my earlier post, ChatGPT Prompt Engineering, I thought it would be good to provide some practical and hopefully useful examples of using chatGPT. Here is a worked example for some quick research into Open Source technology. Note: The results are as of September 2021, based on the knowledge cutoff for the Free Research Preview edition. Open Source […]
As a follow-up to my earlier post, ChatGPT Prompt Engineering, I thought it would be good to provide some practical and hopefully useful examples of using chatGPT. Here is a worked example of a chatGPT conversation to generate a reference table of cloud services by the main cloud service providers. Creating a Cloud Services Reference Create a table that readers […]
In order to use tools effectively we need to understand how to use them, and when they can be applied. As the old saying goes if all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail. One effective use of chatGPT and other generative AI’s is the ability to produce structured content from well formed emails, summaries of content […]
Despite the blog title I haven’t as yet broached the subject of what the future for Enterprise Architecture looks like, in part this was deliberate as I first wanted to cover some basics, but as today saw the official launch of the EDGY language from the Intersection Group I thought I should take a step towards that future. EDGY […]