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This is an 8th grade exam from 1912.
No calculating how many watermelons Stacey can fit in her station wagon. It's all about things like interest payments and construction problems.
Real-world stuff. Because 8th grade education was supposed to be adequate prep for real life.
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Is Enterprise Architecture Left or Right Brained?
Posted on September 1, 2010 | No CommentsLogic and the ability to think analytically are central to work in technology. That is the minimum requirement, the common denominator. But there are aspects of technology that require right brain thinking in order to be performed well. Intuition, free association, expression and risk taking are traits that are required for doing IT architecture well. -
Is Enterprise Architecture even worthwhile?
Posted on August 5, 2010 | No CommentsArchitects often struggle to articulate what they do, what the value is that they provide. Consulting firms make millions helping folks with strategies to describe, highlight and demonstrate that value. How can it be that years and years into the maturation of Enterprise Architecture we still have problems telling the business why they need us? -
Yes, SOA is Still Dead (or is it?)
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsAnytime a technology or concept means different things to different people, it is effectively meaningless. Let Forrester and Burton/Gartner hash out whether SOA is alive or dead or morphed or evolved or reborn. Representing technical capabilities as services that people can understand will breach the business-IT language barrier. -
The Right Stuff
Posted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsThe best technical solution is useless if it can't be communicated by its creator or effectively championed in the face of opposition. Architecture places a premium on the ability to effectively analyze, design and communicate the architecture to those who would actually build it. Sadly too many in our profession have the title of architect while lacking this essential ingredient. -
Why Talk About EA?
Posted on May 11, 2010 | No CommentsI want to spend some time relating some of the things I've learned about working with enterprise architecture. There are far too many people running around calling themselves enterprise architects with no clue what it actually means. I think the IT industry itself does a poor job as a whole understanding the needs of its most important customer, the business. Quite honestly, I think the industry might often be wrong.
