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Architecture method template work products / artefacts
Following on from previous posts below are links to all the work products in the artITecture architecture method. The work products contain suggested formats and advice for completing them. The templa… more →
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Artificial Boundaries
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 5 days ago: What market boundaries are artificially set? Yes, artificially. Market boundaries are not concrete w … more →
The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 1 week ago: The post title is a great quote from Blue Ocean Strategy (by W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne). The … more →
No journey is easy…but it is worthwhile
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 1 week ago: Legacy systems (those systems that have been around for a decade or more) may have become the backbo … more →
Don't sell Architecture first...just do it
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 2 weeks ago: It doesn’t matter if someone from the technology group is trying to get funding for Enterprise … more →
Following the competition leads to commodization
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 2 weeks ago: If you don’t know your company strategy, try to document it from the direction it has taken over the … more →
Can you stand up and speak in front of 200 people?
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 3 weeks ago: Here’s a short video of someone talking to my favorite speaker, Patricia Fripp. She is right o … more →
Leadership Question
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 3 weeks ago: Imagine Leadership by XPLANE & Nitin Nohria This video presentation below is a result of XPLANE … more →
Are you a project leader or manager
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Pat Ferdinandi wrote 4 weeks ago: You are the “Project Sponsor” for a big, mission critical project for your company. You … more →
Every project is a tribe
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 1 month ago: If you are part of a mission-critical project, does it have a name? Does it have a tag line? Does th … more →
Technical Architecture Components
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prabasiva wrote 1 month ago: In general, infrastructure or data center cost is around 35-40% of an over all IT cost. Due to the h … more →
Never Discount The Source
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 1 month ago: When brainstorming ideas to solve problems with a product or service, don’t discount your tech … more →
Committed or just a hope
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 1 month ago: Peter Drucker once said, “Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes.” What commi … more →
Napoleon Hill Quote on Best Intentions
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 1 month ago: Let me start with one of Napoleon Hill’s famous explanation of people… There are many pe … more →
How To Hire The Right People
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 1 month ago: Seth Godin wrote an excellent post on hiring the right people. The method, which he has used success … more →
Blue Ocean Strategy
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 1 month ago: I’m currently reading Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. The book is full … more →
Why you need to know about Enterprise Architecture
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Pat Ferdinandi wrote 1 month ago: Enterprise Architecture coordinates all the strategies and knowledge about the Enterprise. For examp … more →
School Days
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 2 months ago: September, the first month of school, is almost over. How are you doing? Read anything? Write anythi … more →
Window M
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 2 months ago: Do you use a “Window’s” type laptop or personal computer (anything non-Mac by Appl … more →
Technologists have feelings too
Pat Ferdinandi wrote 2 months ago: Technologists want to be appreciated. Your contact is not a robot. Sure, the technologist may be loc … more →
