Are services like software systems?
As part of my studies at Glamorgan Business School, I’ve been exploring the world of service evaluation, and relating this to what I know about software system evaluation. The initial outcome is a paper I am due to present at the PAC 2009 Conference in Cardiff in early September. I have been drawn to the conclusion [...]
Archimate becomes an Open Group standard
This is really good news. I’ve been a fan of Archimate for some years, and I think it is especially well suited to business architecture. A readable, well constrained language, maximises the chances that different analysts would draw the same picture for the same situation, and there is a good chance that anyone else would [...]
TOGAF 9
I’ve been working my way through TOGAF 9. A huge improvement over its predecessors, and I’m particularly pleased to see the introduction of the Architecture Content Framework. The certification process also seems to have improved – now its an exam, rather than just endurance of death by powerpoint. I’m still not sure whether certification is [...]