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Continue reading →: Will Enterprise Systems Embrace the Graph Revolution?My Thoughts on The Next Great Database Migration I was having coffee with a Chief Data Architect last week, and he mentioned his recent conversation with a CTO. To paraphrase his word: “We’re spending $2.1 million to migrate our core systems to a graph database. My board thinks I’ve lost…
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Why EA Tools Aren’t Enough
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Continue reading →: Why EA Tools Aren’t EnoughA 180 in my Personal EA Journey As a Systems Analyst managing a large and complex technical portfolio, I was determined to document the entire technology landscape across every business unit I supported. I didn’t call it architecture back then — I just knew we needed reliable, up-to-date information to…
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It’s Not About Tools, It’s About Understanding
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Continue reading →: It’s Not About Tools, It’s About UnderstandingPeople don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole. I first heard this phrase during a marketing class in my MBA program, and it has stuck with ever since, but for a completely different reason. A common misconception about Technology is that choosing the “right tool”…
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Continue reading →: Federated Enterprise Architecture: Is It Possible to Achieve in Practice?Enterprise Architecture (EA), as defined by the Zachman Framework in the 1980s, has aimed to be a guiding light for large organizations seeking to align their business strategy with IT capabilities. However, as the world has evolved, so too have the challenges in this field—particularly around scale, integration, and decentralization.…
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Beware of the Enterprise Cartographer
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Continue reading →: Beware of the Enterprise CartographerAs I was chatting with someone from Germany about Enterprise Architecture, this thought occurred, and I had to write it down. In the dynamic landscape of business and technology, the role of Enterprise Cartographer often emerges as a vital one, entrusted with the mapping and cataloging of intricate business and…
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One Universe, 14,000,605 possibilities
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Continue reading →: One Universe, 14,000,605 possibilitiesI was reading an article that research had shown that a high percentage of digital transformation initiatives fail, and one reason for such failures is that many organizations don’t trace and monitor how their architecture changes connect back to the high-level, visionary goals that were drawn up in PowerPoint slides.…
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Leveraging ArchiMate for Effective Business Analysis
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Continue reading →: Leveraging ArchiMate for Effective Business AnalysisIn my previous post I mentioned that Enterprise Architecture frameworks like TOGAF can empower you to design solutions that align with organizational goals, fostering agility and scalability. In this post I’d like to highlight how Business Analyst can use ArchiMate to deconstruct Business Architecture and use that information in a…
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Continue reading →: On Project Management, Service Management, and Enterprise ArchitectureIn today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the role of a Business and Systems Analyst has transcended traditional boundaries. To truly excel in this multifaceted role and deliver impactful results, a deep understanding of various frameworks has become indispensable. Project Management Frameworks: As a Business and Systems Analyst, mastering Project Management…
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Archi, jArchi and Heat Maps/RAG Status Maps
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Continue reading →: Archi, jArchi and Heat Maps/RAG Status MapsOriginally posted on General Geekery: Update… and that’s why you don’t publish until your brain stops working… I’ve updated the script to support a colour picker, and any number of colours (up to the number of values in the selected property) I recently had a request to highlight all applications…
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Continue reading →: Enterprise Architecture as a key driver for Continuous Transformation.“Continuous Transformation” is one of those expressions that might sound a bit redundant to some, like “black darkness” or “burning fire”, and almost oxymoronic as “pretty ugly”, “crash landing” to others. Transformation suggests to people that once the transformation is complete, you are done, so “continuous transformation” hits just as…
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I’m an IT and Systems Analyst in Higher Ed interested in aligning Technology and Business capabilities at enterprise scale. This blog is dedicated to all my thoughts around Enterprise Architecture.
Alberto D. Mendoza 