Jon McLeod·Jul 14, 2021Kafka’s Snakes and Ladders: The Laws of Governance Proliferation in Large OrganisationsIt is mandatory that the cost of the governance process must exceed the cost of any proposal seeking governance approval.
Jon McLeod·Nov 10, 2020Decision Rights: The ‘What The Hell’ ModelI used to think it was a bad idea for the organisation to allow programs or projects to drive go-to-market RFP tenders to acquire…
Jon McLeod·Oct 31, 2020Good Architects Have Five Big FlawsForget Myers-Briggs. Here are five character defects good architects have:
Jon McLeod·Oct 31, 2020“Architecture Modelling? Won’t That Confuse Everyone?”We’re don’t have to dumb down our architecture knowledge assets — because we never dumbed them up in the first place.
Jon McLeod·Oct 31, 2020Enterprise Architecture During The Time of COVIDThis article references Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year— a story worth checking out if you haven’t yet come across it.
Jon McLeod·Jun 12, 2018“Business Benefits Realisation” (hahaha)Denham Sadler’s story in InnovationAus.Com about the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s (ACIC) biometric identification project…
Jon McLeod·Mar 26, 2018Why is Empathy so Important for Enterprise Architects?Justin Hendry published a great story in IT News today (Monday 26 March 2018), which I’m going to use to illustrate a point.
Jon McLeod·Mar 21, 2018Industry Architectures? Why Should I Care?During my TOGAF course in Sydney last week, I was reminded that many highly experienced senior professionals — who are responsible for…
Jon McLeod·Feb 15, 2018The Semiotics of Job Ads for Enterprise Architect RolesI’ve run a lot of TOGAF training courses over the years. Why do people attend TOGAF training? Because they want a better job. A lot of…A response icon1A response icon1
Jon McLeod·Feb 15, 2018Method Schmethod. Get to Work. A lot of us in the “business technology products and services” industry think of ourselves as “hard-nosed, can-do, delivery-focused…A response icon1A response icon1
