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In the recent posts, I discussed about the changes in the Zachman framework 3.0. also discussed about the prevailing myths about the framework. Thanks for the overwhelming response and of course several questions as well . Some questions – what’s the difference between primitive and composite? Why do you need primitive models ? how these concepts are helpful in the context of business ...

Updated 19th March 2012 at 03:29 PM by Sunil Dutt Jha

Tags: business process, deconstruct, framework principles, model, zachman

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Enterprise Architecture , BPM & BPMS , Architecture Trends & Surveys

It’s interesting to note that Enterprise Architecture has made their way up to the boardroom just as a board-level talk of outsourcing did in the 1990s.

The CFOs and board are looking at the economics of enterprise architecture as a blueprint to business transformation. It has been established beyond doubt that successful organizations have achieved significant performance achievements based on architecture driven initiative resulting in reduction in IT ...

Tags: enterprise, enterprise architect, enterprise architecture, john zachman

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Enterprise Architecture , SOA & SaaS , Business Intelligence , BPM & BPMS , Cloud Computing, Virtualization , UML, BPMN , Data warehouse , Architecture Trends & Surveys , Architecture Roles & Responsibilites , Architecture events

It's few months since Zachman Framework version 3, was announced. Interestingly, this is the most EA-inclusive representation of the Zachman Framework over the last 40 years. The new version is the culmination of 4 decades of experience and it took nearly 12 months for Zachman International to prepare the " The Zachman Ontology for Enterprise Architecture".
There are several noteworthy changes in the new version which raises the understanding level and discards ...

Updated 23rd February 2012 at 03:37 AM by Sunil Dutt Jha

Tags: architecture, architecture framework, business, business process, enterprise, enterprise architecture, framework, ontology, zachman, zachman framework

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Software Architecture , Enterprise Architecture , SOA & SaaS , Business Intelligence , BPM & BPMS , Architecture related Business Opportunities , Architecture Trends & Surveys , Architecture Roles & Responsibilites

It's already 12 days since the New Year began. The need for managing change and demand for quick response to the ongoing challenges are mounting pressure on time and resource utilization. Though some of the disciplines like “management” (invented by Peter Drucker nearly 70 years back) and “enterprise architecture” (invented by John Zachman nearly 34 years) are handy, people around us make it difficult sometime ;-).

Time is one of the commodities which seem ...

Updated 12th January 2012 at 08:37 AM by Sunil Dutt Jha

Tags: architecture, enterprise, enterprise architecture, icmg, sunil, sunil dutt jha, zachman

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Software Architecture , Enterprise Architecture , SOA & SaaS , Business Intelligence , BPM & BPMS , Architecture related Business Opportunities , Architecture Trends & Surveys , Architecture Roles & Responsibilites , Architecture events

It will be helpful if your nomination includes thedetailed process models. You will agree that modeling the processes enhancesthe understanding. The process model consisting of business activities,business rules, business roles, information sets, message flows,decision gateways, distribution nodes, constraints along with the timelinessare key to successful implementation of business service.

As a part of the nomination, it's is helpful if youdescribe sample model for the critical processes.

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Tags: bpm, bpmn, business process, process

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Architecture Awards , Enterprise Architecture , BPM & BPMS , Architecture Trends & Surveys , Architecture Roles & Responsibilites