Category Archives: Thoughts on the World

Modelling an Enterprise Data Architecture

A new approach, based on UML, for modelling the real complexity of Enterprise Data Architecture Continue reading

Saturday, December 6, 2003 in Agile & Architecture, My Publications, Thoughts on the World

Combining Risk Factors

A simple analytical approach to combine the effects of multiple risk factors Continue reading

Thursday, September 25, 2003 in Agile & Architecture, Code & Development, Thoughts on the World

Modelling Change in Enterprise IT

Two simple techniques to model change in an enterprise’s IT portfolio over time Continue reading

Friday, August 15, 2003 in Agile & Architecture, Thoughts on the World

A Square Peg, and Only Round Holes

Musings on whether an architect can fit neatly anywhere in a traditional IT organisation hierarchy Continue reading

Wednesday, July 9, 2003 in Agile & Architecture, Thoughts on the World

The Changing Role of An IT Architect

How an architect’s role changes over time, and through the project life-cycle Continue reading

Characteristics of a Software Architect

My musings on what makes a good software architect Continue reading

The Tao of the Architect

Philippe Kruchten of Rational has taken the Tao of Lao-Tsu, and created a modern translation focussed on the values and attitudes which an architect should adopt. He says many things which are also said on this site, but much more … Continue reading

Sunday, March 2, 2003 in Agile & Architecture, Thoughts on the World

Strategies for Flexibility

My 2001 paper on how to design systems for flexibility Continue reading

Tuesday, September 4, 2001 in Agile & Architecture, My Publications, Thoughts on the World