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In the late 1980’s many interoperability problems, among systems and other similar issues, became very apparent while dealing with large architectures at the Department of Defense. According to (Global Security, 2010) soldiers had to use pay phones and other electronic … Continue reading →

Cloud computing combines the best of the mainframe era with the best of the PC-enabled client-server era along with the Internet era (Kavis, 2014). If managed correctly, cloud computing can provide central control governance plus a massive amount of distributed … Continue reading →

Chapter 52, Architecture Skills Framework of The Open Group Architecture Framework book (The Open Group, 2014), provides a set of role, skill and experience norms for staff undertaking architecture work. TOGAF presents the following as job description for an enterprise … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago, while attending my online EA 872 class, Professor Dr. David Fusco mentioned and recommended Jim Collins book “Good to Great”. I have to confess, until then; I never heard about that publication nor about Jim … Continue reading →

“Enterprise architecture is the organizing logic for business processes and IT infrastructure reflecting the integration and standardization requirements of the company’s operating model” (Ross, Weill, & Robertson, 2006). “Enterprise Architecture = Strategy + Business + Technology” (Bernard, 2012). “Enterprise Architecture … Continue reading →

At my workplace’s Book Club, while reading the TOGAF book (The Open Group, 2014)  one of my colleagues sent me this very nice picture regarding the reviewing chapter for that week: The phrase is mentioned under the Approach subtitle of … Continue reading →

Not too long ago, while working on a project, the development team required a particular functionality to complete the work. The mentioned capability was required to be available to any of the company’s systems and to be up to date … Continue reading →

An overseas company around 2003, in search of business vertical integration and willing to enter the metal building industry in the USA, bought a very well known Kansas City MO, manufacturing business. Later on 2008, it also bought one of … Continue reading →

Human beings routinely execute a variety of complicated task as routine, without even thinking about them. Functions like breathing, walking, driving, etc. become second nature. Taking this analogy (Ross, Weill, & Robertson, 2006) defines Foundation for Execution as “the IT … Continue reading →

This blog originated as a requirement for my EA 872 class of the 2016 Spring semester at Penn State University. I am glad to start this blog about my Enterprise Architecture learning experiences. Thanks in advance for your comments and … Continue reading →