Scott Ambler on Model Driven Architecture
June 29, 2004
Scott Ambler has been a prominent critic of the OMG's Model-Driven Architecture, but has started to examine some scenarios for "Agile MDA" here. I think many of Scott's insights are useful, and admire his sense of history - it's rare to see people of... Read more...
Effective data management: focus on the process
June 28, 2004
Newcomers to this blog, and my friends in the IT Service Management community, may not realize the challenges faced by the discipline of data management. In order to effectively manage an enterprise's data, robust control points are required so that the... Read more...
Best metadata articles of the year so far
June 16, 2004
John Singer of Mastercard wrote Part 1 and Part 2 of "Metadata Repository Redux" in DM Review Direct. This is the best metadata writing I've read all year; concise (3 pages each) yet rich. Highly recommended; covers the "use cases" for metadata -- "common... Read more...
Interview with Rachel Chalmers
June 15, 2004
Excellent interview with Rachel Chalmers of the 451 Group here. This is a group to watch; considerable depth of ERP for IT understanding evident. Read More →
Extending UML for enterprise architecture
June 10, 2004
Interesting article here. Read More →
Starting my Semantic Web journey
June 10, 2004
It's apparent that I need to understand more about the Semantic Web and how it may impact the evolution of standards for the enterprise IT problem domain. Here is an interesting article for starters, from Enterprise Architect. Note the skepticism of one... Read more...
ITIL Data Management volume
June 9, 2004
I finally broke down and purchased the online copy of the ITIL "Data Management" volume. This is part of their "Back Catalogue," available through TSO. (Data management is in volume 2, "The complementary guidance set.") I was going to write a longer... Read more...
ITIL Application Management review part two: Tooling and technical discussion
June 9, 2004
Here is the second part of my review of the ITIL “Gold” volume on Application Management. (First part.) This part is concerned with the architectural implications for tools, processes, and data structures implied by this volume. The application... Read more...
Books on auditing IT
June 9, 2004
Was surprised to see so many books on this (although in hindsight with Sarbanes-Oxley it would be predictable). The drive to audit and control IT can only assist in the goals espoused by this weblog. Auditing Information Systems, by Jack Champlain (2003) Information... Read more...
Computas - merging Enterprise Architecture with IT Asset Management
June 6, 2004
Computas seems to be on the right track with their recent efforts to combine Enterprise Architecture with what they are calling Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC). They are starting from the visual modeling tool space, appearing to be a Popkin... Read more...