REAL Talk With Sam Holcman

High Impact Trusted Architects (HITA) vs. Certified In Name Only (CINO) Enterprise and Business Architects – Which Are You?

High-impact Trusted Enterprise Architects or Business Architects are professionals who deliver tangible value and strategic impact to their organizations. Certified In Name Only (CINO) Business Architects or Enterprise Architects possess certifications but lack the practical skills, experience, or impact that define true professionals. Here are the evaluation characteristics

Capability and Ability – They Are Different

As Business Architects or Enterprise Architects, or their Stakeholders, we often speak about Capabilities.  Words have meaning, of course.  Are we actually representing Capabilities or Abilities to our Stakeholders?  They are different, and would lead to different actions based on these terms.  What are you actually developing and asking?  We hope this broadcast helps.

What is a “Standard” in Business and Technology?

Becoming a standard isn’t as simple as someone waking up one morning and declaring, “Let there be standards!” - if it were, we’d all be driving on whichever side of the road we felt like, and chaos would reign at every intersection. In this podcast, we answer "What is a standard?" and how something becomes a standard, as well as the processes they usually go through.

The B.A.I.T. Models Missing Silo – People

For those leveraging the Business, Application, Information, and Technology silo stack to represent your Enterprise Architecture, we’re excited to add an important enhancement: the People dimension. By bringing People to the forefront, we are ensuring your architecture reflects the vital human element that drives innovation and success.

Intellectual Property Terrorism – The Enemy from Within

What is the additional threat not discussed in the “general press”?  Domestic Intellectual Property Theft.
Realize that it is larger than just China – today’s place to finger point.
It is time to point to Artificial Intelligence Vendors as the greatest Intellectual Property Terrorist threat in the United States.

AI Chatbots Caused Quality Drop – Hiring Human Workers Again

You mean I cannot just buy the latest “silver bullet” and make the pain go away? Sometimes it takes a brave CEO to say, I need to rethink the latest beliefs. Have a listen.

Small Language Models – Enterprise Augmented Information (EAI) – the Time is Now

Sometimes satisfaction occurs in different ways.  The IBM CEO discusses, “smaller, domain-specific genAI models are the future."  YES, and we, at EACOE.org,  have, and had, the approach to help you do this.  Have a listen.

The Purpose of Business or Enterprise Architecture? The Baseline for Change

Where do you get your information, and what is the credibility of the individual providing this information? That is the purpose of providing you with this broadcast. The purpose of Architecture is to provide a baseline for addressing and managing change. If your Architecture does not do this, what is its purpose? Have a listen to remove the confusion.

An Architecture Model No One Uses Is Just Cosmetology

Architecture models - whether Enterprise, Business, or capability - can look impressive. But they are only of use if stakeholders actually use them to enable their business strategy.
You can create the most comprehensive model in the world, using the fanciest tools... But if stakeholders do not find it of value it will remain in the architects hands and remain shelfware.  Have a listen for the success keys

TOGAF® and Wikipedia – Take A Look

I recently, on the prompting of one of our clients, took a look at Wikipedia and its TOGAF® entry. In summary, after reading this, my question is – why would any organization move forward with TOGAF®?