I am meeting a CIO of a big company this week. The company is making major acquisitions globally. Their goal is to leave each business operating independently with local autonomy to make decisions for growth. Initial information I received is that the CIO will leave the current IT systems alone leaving some room for future [...]
IVI has launched the IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF). The IT-CMF provides a concise management roadmap to optimize business value derived from IT investments. The IT-CMF consists of a five-stage maturity model which is used to organize and structure a framework for mapping IT improvement efforts. The holistic approach of the IT-CMF is shown through [...]
1. Awareness that Mental models influence Architecture – The person in charge of the architecture will bring his patterns into play. Green is in big play now. IT Data Center Consolidation, virtualization, Cloud Computing, SOA. Operating Models and Organizations structures have evolved over the last two decades. You cannot come up with anything original unless [...]
The big example that I have constantly used is the building of Aswan Dam in Egypt. I understand that this is a highly intensive capital infrastructure project and may be unrelated to IT Enterprise Architecture projects. But the lesson learnt that applies to Enterprise IT Architectures as well is that the consequences of the decisions [...]
