https://modernanalyst.com RSS feeds for Business Analyst Community & Resources | Modern Analyst 60 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/5430/Human-Face-to-Enterprise-Architecture.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=5430 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=5430&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/5430/Human-Face-to-Enterprise-Architecture.aspx If we look at the previously proposed process end to end, it starts with the customer journey. The journey is mapped to the internal business processes, systems, and data sources. For both the customer facing and internal parts of the journey user stories are created to document the gaps between the as-is and to-be states - effectively form the backlog for the change. For each story, acceptance criteria are prepared in a way that enforces the expected behaviour in the system. Ideally, those should be the scenarios that are likely to appear on the real life journeys and not the hypothetical future scenarios. These scenarios when implemented and tested feed back to the journey and underlying layers changing them as the new functionality is introduced. Transform VA Sun, 17 Nov 2019 09:08:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:5430 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/5248/Capability-Based-Planning-with-ArchiMate.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=5248 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=5248&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/5248/Capability-Based-Planning-with-ArchiMate.aspx Capability-based planning is a growing practice in the field of enterprise architecture. Its success is due to the fact that it provides actual value to practitioners and the organizations that employs them. Indeed, capability-based planning helps in a number of ways, from providing a clear understanding of existing capabilities to promoting effective Business-IT alignment. Considering these benefits, we thought it useful to address this practice and bring some clarity to the subject for the benefit of all who might not yet have a good handle on the topic. Transform VA Sun, 28 Apr 2019 23:40:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:5248 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/5249/How-to-Improve-Cyber-Security-with-Enterprise-Architecture.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=5249 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=5249&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/5249/How-to-Improve-Cyber-Security-with-Enterprise-Architecture.aspx Personally, I believe the best approach to enterprise risk and security management (ERSM) is to rely on several open standards, most notably the ArchiMate standard for enterprise architecture modeling, as well as the Open FAIR standard for information risk management. More details are described in The Open Group’s white paper on modeling enterprise risk management and security. Transform VA Sun, 24 Feb 2019 07:14:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:5249 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/3212/Architecture-Information-Misinformation-and-Hyperinformation.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=3212 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3212&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/3212/Architecture-Information-Misinformation-and-Hyperinformation.aspx With 24-hours a day, unceasing news being forced in our ears and down our throats, with computers that blog, phones that text and everything that twitters, we have information rushing back and forth at us at speeds that can only be measured in nanoseconds. It is information on steroids and it can and often does get us in trouble[1]. Analyzing, corroborating, vetting and authenticating this rush of information, misinformation and hyperinformation are at times almost impossible. Transform VA Mon, 09 Mar 2015 09:20:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3212 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1723/Everybody-Needs-SOA.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=1723 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1723&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1723/Everybody-Needs-SOA.aspx Ladies and Gentleman of the class of 2011, adopt SOA. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, SOA would be it. The long term benefits of SOA may not yet have been proven and my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now. speeditonline Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:26:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1723 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1707/Business-Oriented-Architecture-and-SOA.aspx#Comments 1 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=1707 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1707&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1707/Business-Oriented-Architecture-and-SOA.aspx I know many of you are still trying to get to grips with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), so apologies in advance for the potential mental exertion and confusion of introducing Business Oriented Architecture (BOA). speeditonline Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:21:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1707 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1499/Documenting-SOA-Service-Oriented-Architecture.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=1499 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1499&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1499/Documenting-SOA-Service-Oriented-Architecture.aspx For projects that may well be delivered by Service Oriented Architecture (possibly using Service Oriented Analysis), I would suggest that you may need to consider different or additional ways of documenting your requirements and specifications. The reason for this is that the way you shape your requirements needs to encompass both the holistic nature of SOA, as well as the new terminology and delivery mechanisms. speeditonline Sun, 19 Sep 2010 04:01:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1499 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1289/Service-Oriented-Analysis.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=1289 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1289&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1289/Service-Oriented-Analysis.aspx Although you can do ‘standard’ requirements gathering for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) projects, there is now an evolving a set of analysis techniques, methods and approaches that purport to be better suited to information gathering and design specification. I will call these generically Service Oriented Analysis. adrian Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:46:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1289 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1212/Top-Tips-for-Successful-SOA-Service-Oriented-Architecture-Pilots.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=1212 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1212&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1212/Top-Tips-for-Successful-SOA-Service-Oriented-Architecture-Pilots.aspx We are often asked what you need to do to run a successful SOA Pilot. Based on our experience of dozens of pilots, I propose that the following characteristics are essential to success. adrian Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:10:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1212 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1181/Guerrilla-Service-Oriented-Architecture-SOA.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=1181 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1181&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1181/Guerrilla-Service-Oriented-Architecture-SOA.aspx It is unfortunate, but not surprising, that the elegant and relatively simple view of SOA has become bloated with a bewildering array of methodologies and products, leading to confusion and bafflement by many of its proponents and potential converts. adrian Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:15:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1181 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1098/SOA-Re-use-with-Registries-and-Repositories.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=1098 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1098&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1098/SOA-Re-use-with-Registries-and-Repositories.aspx So far in this column on SOA for Analysts, I have talked about the use and re-use of services as building blocks to put together new or better business applications. Now you are getting familiar with this concept, I need to peel away a layer of the SOA onion and expose you to a few tears by revealing this as a half-truth. adrian Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1098 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1066/The-Business-Analyst-of-Tomorrow-and-Now-Today-It-is-a-Software-Development-Revolution.aspx#Comments 4 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=1066 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1066&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1066/The-Business-Analyst-of-Tomorrow-and-Now-Today-It-is-a-Software-Development-Revolution.aspx We are witnessing a marked increase in both the importance of and focus on the work of the business analyst that is directly proportional to the depth with which cloud computing services are utilized. What's more, we are experiencing a shift in the tools and skills that our analysts and those of our customers are required to utilize. adrian Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:56:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1066 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1073/SOA-as-a-Service.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=1073 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1073&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1073/SOA-as-a-Service.aspx Anyone perusing the computing rags (or their online equivalents) will no doubt have noticed that this year's big thing for applications development is a combination of Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS). I'll talk about Clouds in a future blog, as I want to concentrate on the SaaS phenomenon today. adrian Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:42:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1073 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1030/Process-Driven-SOA.aspx#Comments 3 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=1030 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1030&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/1030/Process-Driven-SOA.aspx Much of the current buzz about SOA has been focussed on the technology (inevitably Web Services) or the importance of reusability. However the real value of SOA is in the improvement to processes and ways of working that reflect the alignment of an organisation with its customers and suppliers.  The approach we favour is one that begins by aligning the business and technical understanding of the concepts of SOA, from both the business process and technical architecture perspective.   adrian Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1030 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/987/The-SOA-Experience-for-Analysts.aspx#Comments 2 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=987 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=987&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/987/The-SOA-Experience-for-Analysts.aspx Most analysts are introduced to SOA in one of three ways; two of which are potentially painful and one of which is actually useful. I’ll let you decide which you would prefer. adrian Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:987 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/936/More-Confusing-SOA-Terms.aspx#Comments 0 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=936 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=936&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/936/More-Confusing-SOA-Terms.aspx In the last article I covered the term Service to death. In this one I want to go through a number of other SOA Three Letter Acronyms and terms that you may come across and for which you would like to be able to nod knowingly. adrian Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:936 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/911/Can-SOA-Give-You-A-Good-Service.aspx#Comments 2 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=911 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=911&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/911/Can-SOA-Give-You-A-Good-Service.aspx Like any other religion, sorry architecture, SOA has its own language and meanings for the terms it uses. Unfortunately, some of these words can be very confusing, none more than the term "service". So here is a bluffer's guide to understanding and conversing in SOA-speak. adrian Mon, 04 May 2009 19:12:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:911 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/895/SOA-What-SOA-101-for-Analysts.aspx#Comments 3 https://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=115&ModuleID=572&ArticleID=895 https://modernanalyst.com:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=895&PortalID=0&TabID=115 https://modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/895/SOA-What-SOA-101-for-Analysts.aspx In this SOA article I would like to begin by defining what SOA is and what you need to know about it. In future articles, I will explore some of the challenges and benefits of SOA to the analyst community. Let’s start off with a definition of SOA. You can, of course, look at a number of definitions of SOA on the Web, but you will find them confusing and contradictory as there are a number of views on this ranging from SOA is everything, to SOA is just Web Services, neither of which is true. adrian Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:45:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:895