Podcasts by REAL Talk With Sam Holcman

Explaining ChatGPT in Nine Minutes from 2023-10-19T14:42:01

Keeping with our tradition of bringing “human consumable” understanding of all things technology, we give you a nine minute overview of ChatGPT.  Let us remember what this is really all about – ...

Setting up your Artificial Intelligence Sandbox for about $100 from 2023-10-03T14:06:54

Do you really feel safe experimenting with AI right now?  I mean really safe?  The answer, at best, should be I am not sure.  Well, that is a good answer.  So, for $100 investment, plus approxim...

Data, Information, Information Technology, Information Management – let us take a look from 2023-09-28T16:18:18

Yes, we are in the information age, and moving out of the internet age.  The key driver in the information age – the fuel/oil is data, that organizations can use to create information that has v...

What can Wayne Gretzky Teach Technology Personnel, EA’s. and BA’s? from 2023-09-27T10:55:35

Wayne Gretzky is a G.O.A.T. – Greatest Of All Time.  He holds many records in the National Hockey League.  But what can he teach us as Technology Professionals, Enterprise Architects or Business...

The Attack on Google Search from 2023-09-22T14:35:08

Much is being speculated and written about the numerous world-wide legal issues facing Google.  Perhaps addressing these legal issues can be done by Google removing the word “search” and replaci...

Commentary on 5 Signs Your Agile Practices Will Lead to Digital Disaster from 2023-09-21T07:01

This recent article in CIO caught my attention.  The article describes the five practices this author feels is a cause of digital innovation implementation issues.  Practice two specifically cau...

The Importance of the Number 7 from 2023-09-15T14:37:48

Why aren’t our Stakeholders reacting to our Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture deliverables we provide?  Perhaps one reason is that we expect “one and done” – we provide them with ...

Shadow AI – It is here and will make Shadow IT look like child’s play from 2023-09-14T13:32:58

Shadow AI! – the use of public AI engines by stakeholders – both business and technology professionals, outside the prevue of the Technology Organization.  Everything from privacy, customer data...

Rethinking the Cloud First Approach from 2023-09-11T08:14

A technology department's goal should be to put the computing processing and storage in the right location that supports the Enterprise's needs and business objectives.  We suggest that an Archi...

The Deliverables String Test from 2023-09-08T12:39:29

As a practicing Enterprise Architect or Business Architect, have you inventoried all of the deliverables you produce in your Architecture?  Then have you taken that inventory and mapped it to yo...

Selecting an Enterprise Architecture Methodology; A Ratings and Evaluation Handbook from 2023-09-05T10:40:36

This Handbook is designed to help you evaluate an Enterprise Architecture methodology on a quantitative basis. Twenty-six distinct criteria are divided into five categories: objectives, properti...

Enterprise Architecture Definitions – the What Definition and the How Definition from 2023-09-01T17:04:06

Significant confusion remains as to what Enterprise Architecture is and what it produces.  We suggest one reason for this confusion, is the Certification and Training Organizations that are prov...

AI and Lawsuits – A Brief Status Report from 2023-08-31T15:31:56

We now have numerous lawsuits that have been filed again both AI providers, and more concerning to the general population, lawsuits that are filed against those that are using AI in decision mak...

Cloud Provider Hacked? Now what? from 2023-08-30T14:17:08

A recent incident with a cloud service provider has left their clients with absolutely nothing in their accounts, no data, mail, applications etc.  This includes the two backups that the cloud p...

Overhyped Technologies or Marketing – Which is it? from 2023-08-29T11:50:19

We define hype and marketing and compare these terms.  We then list just a few of the “new” technologies that are in the press recently and leave it to the listener to determine the hype or mark...

What is Strategy? Part 4 – Begin with One Sentence. from 2023-08-24T16:03

In this fourth episode of What is Strategy, we discuss the one sentence that is vital in developing your Strategy.

What is Strategy? Part 3 – Fool’s Gold from 2023-08-23T15:48

In this third episode of What is Strategy, we discuss Fool’s Gold, so you will not be fooled!

What is Strategy? Part 2 from 2023-08-22T14:53

In this second installment of What is Strategy, we will continue our dialogue on What is Strategy and emphasize what makes a compelling and competing Strategy.

What is Strategy? from 2023-08-21T14:42:51

In this first installment of What is Strategy, we will define what is Strategy.

Questions to ask your EA or BA consultant advisor prior to engagement from 2023-08-18T12:29

We suggest eight questions that you ask your potential Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture Consultant/Advisor/Potential Hire, prior to spending hard earned money.

Business Architecture Defined from 2023-08-17T11:09:51

We define Business Architecture, from a Stakeholder perspective and Practitioner perspective, and how Business Capabilities are developed and defined.

Continuous Digital Transformation – The Move-Ahead Alternative from 2023-08-15T17:04:59

The latest published statistics are documenting a digital transformation failure rate of between seventy and ninety five percent.  WOW!  We suggest a “Succeed-Fast” approach that is Business-Goa...

Ontologies=Architecture Flows and Hierarchies = Implementation from 2023-08-14T14:57:43

Ontologies=Architecture Flows and Hierarchies = Implementation.  It is not one or the other – it is both for Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture. If your Enterprise or Business Arch...

Causation, Contributing, Correlation, Coincidence. Four Very Different Words! from 2023-08-11T04:55

In the Artificial Intelligence – Internet Age, these four words are rarely discussed, yet they are extremely important when we read or hear something.  How do you determine which one of these yo...

The Key Sentence and Key Step To Begin Digital Transformation from 2023-08-10T14:31

Unfortunately, studies show an alarming failure rate in digital transformation efforts. Our analysis indicates two contributing factors to this failure rate – no fully defined Goal for the digit...

Laying the Foundation for your AI Environment from 2023-08-09T14:19

Yes, AI data is already a mess.  The excuse phrase we use is AI is “hallucinations”.  Well, another term to use is “mistakes”!  But let us stop looking out the rear view mirror and look how we c...

R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architects – More Important Than Ever! from 2023-08-08T13:37

Federal labor statics now confirm an almost four percent month to month decline in host computer costs and server costs, while cloud services are increasing almost two- and one-half percent.  Cl...

Reward-Risk Balance with Today’s Hyper Technology Innovations from 2023-08-07T11:31:11

The pace of technological innovations seems to be accelerating at a pace unseen before.  Yet studies have indicated that seventy-five percent of respondents to a recent survey have a level of co...

Digital Transformation – What End State Are You Trying To Achieve from 2023-08-04T21:13:19

There are several phases that we suggest organizations need to work though, to get to, what the organization considers is digital transformation.  You sort of have a hint in this first sentence ...

China discussing internet time limit for those under 18 years of age. from 2023-08-03T22:35

Flowing through the Chinese government is a proposal to restrict internet usage on mobile devices for those under 18 years of age.  Those limits range from a 40 minute limit to those eight and u...

Postal Mail, Email, Links, Text Messages – and Security from 2023-08-02T22:49

I revived a real letter recently – yes, an envelope with a stamp and contents.  I was not sure whether the envelope and some of the enclosed writing was handwritten, or computer generated.  What...

Questions to ask your EA or BA Instructor Before You Enroll. from 2023-08-01T21:34

Do you actually know the credentials of your Business Architecture or Enterprise Architecture prior to you parting with your hard-earned money, or your company’s money?  Not just the organizatio...

Think Simple and Complete, Not Minimal or Just Enough from 2023-07-31T20:15:01

In the field of Business Architecture and Enterprise Architecture, some are trying to popularize the concept of just enough architecture or minimal viable architecture and resulting products.  W...

Investigate Microsoft for Negligent Cybersecurity? Or do root cause analysis. from 2023-07-28T19:44:18

A United States Senator – Senator Wyden – has asked the FTC, and DOJ to investigate Microsoft for its role in a previous cyber-hack and an email breach.  I applaud this direction, but suggest th...

Large data sources with bad data. Smaller data sources with good data. Which is better? from 2023-07-26T18:58

Large bad data.  Obviously not good and some have recognized this as “model collapse” – the bad data causes more bad data to be generated.  Small bad data – nothing needs to be said here.  Small...

Outputs and Outcomes - What are you producing from your Architecture Efforts? from 2023-07-25T19:01:12

Outputs – something that is produced.  Outcomes – the result of something.  What is your “end state” that you are producing from your Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture efforts?  W...

Model Collapse and AI from 2023-07-14T18:51

There is a growing realization that AI large models are being trained on AI generated content.  You may have to read this sentence again!  In some circles, this is being called AI generated spam...

The Software Development Maturity Model from 2023-07-13T18:26:51

We describe the three maturity levels for organizations that write computer software and develop applications.  Maturity Level 1 – Make to Order, Maturity Level 2 – Provide from Stock, Maturity ...

Patch the Patch, and we spend our time and money doing this. from 2023-07-12T19:12

A vendor releases a software update to address a serious flaw in their software.  The treat was serious enough to cause the software vendor to rush out a patch.  The patch itself had a problem. ...

Hackers already are attacking EV charges – so what is new? from 2023-07-11T18:31:51

Some of the newest software is being developed for electric vehicles charging stations. Guess what?  Hackers are having a field day.  What is the reaction of the government and industry?  Contin...

Think Simple and Complete, not Minimal from 2023-07-10T18:22:30

You hear numerous phrases like “minimal viable”, “just enough”, and terms like this.  Yet, the implementations tend to default to massive, costly, and lengthy “final solutions”.  Let us think in...

Computer Hardware Compute Capabilities and Software Development Advancements from 2023-07-07T16:05:54

We review some eye-opening statistics on the incredible increases in computer hardware advancements in processing capacity and relate that to the very different productivity and effectiveness of...

Confirmation Bias in Artificial Intelligence Solution Selection from 2023-07-06T16:29:56

Confirmation Bias is defined as the tendency to attribute more weight than we should to information or solutions that are consistent with our beliefs. The technology industry has seen this in cl...

RightSourcing - Making Sourcing Decisions Based on Optimizing Achieving Organizational Goals from 2023-07-05T14:42:55

How do you make decisions on when to do things in-house, offshore, or outsourced?  We suggest the optional decision is what is the most direct way to achieve organizational goals and strategies....

The Architect Roles In An Enterprise from 2023-07-03T17:18

Enterprise Architecture is a discipline.  Enterprise Architect is one Architecture Role.  We name the twelve architect roles in an enterprise. These names are associated with The Enterprise Fram...

The Fuel for the Internet/Knowledge Age Is Data, and Who Owns The Data Is Front And Center from 2023-06-30T16:31:28

Two articles were recently published that demonstrate clearly, the Data ownership debate/discussion/concerns that are going to determine where the public internet, search engines, and AI are fac...

Digital Transformation – Going on Fifty Years? from 2023-06-29T17:02:42

When we were asked this question by one of our clients, the question being what is digital transformation, we did a bit of research.  As typical, we started with Google and Bing.  And to be a bi...

The Key Skill for Business Architects and Enterprise Architects from 2023-06-28T15:56:09

What is the key skill that is not generally taught in Business Architecture or Enterprise Architecture Seminars and Training Courses?  Soft Skills!  The skills needed to get your point across an...

Cloud Computing and In House Computing - The New Reality from 2023-06-27T15:42:58

It has been ten-plus years since the meteoric rise in the use of off-premises computing – cloud computing.  Of course, we all know things change, and a little advertised change in the Informatio...

The Six Questions To Ask When Hiring A Consultant, and One That Is A Waste Of Time from 2023-06-26T15:50:18

We have compiled the six most often asked questions when we are called on for a potential consulting engagement. These six questions address the most important skills a consultant needs.  And yo...

Leveling the Playing Field Between Content Producers and Content Outlets from 2023-06-23T22:14

In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Paul Vieira outlines the actions taken by the Canadian Government that would force Facebook and Google (amongst others) to pay media outlets for l...

What questions do you need to ask when looking at new technologies? from 2023-06-22T21:50

An article I read - "7 Ley questions CIOs need to answer before committing to generative AI," got me thinking about what questions need to be ASKED prior to not just AI - but any technology that...

Paid Information Sources or the Public Internet from 2023-06-21T22:12:43

Whether you are into AI or not, we all have a choice to make when we are looking for information of any kind – restaurant recommendations, business trends, gasoline prices, strategies, or best p...

AI Writing Your Code? You are still in Maturity Level 1 from 2023-06-20T20:36:43

I recently read an article titled AI is Writing Code Now. For Companies, That is Good and Bad. In summary, it is bad.  It is not only bad because we are increasing complexity and exacerbating te...

Eight Famous AI Disasters (Plus One) from 2023-06-19T21:01:49

In a recent CIO article, eight famous analytics and AI disasters are described, discussed, and analyzed.  There is a common theme that is apparent after a bit of analysis is done.  I call this t...

Google AI Bard Privacy and Use Statement and Best Practices from 2023-06-16T16:57

As a public service, I am reading the actual “Bard Privacy Notice” in this podcast.  It is worth all to spend five minutes listening to this Notice.  I will then relate this Notice to what it me...

EA and BA Multiple Choice Exams - the time has come to end this practice from 2023-06-15T13:19

On the heels of a widely published academic study on the AI-enabled cheating occurring on college campuses surrounding exams, college campuses are studying and looking at alternatives – both ora...

What Data are AI Engines Being Trained On? from 2023-06-14T13:03:48

The fuel for Artificial Intelligence is data.  Good fuel (data) will provide good energy (answers).  However, bad fuel (bad data), will cause issues both in the long term and short term (bad ans...

Artificial Intelligence HAL 9000 and Risk from 2023-06-06T15:52

There is much discussion about the potential use of Artificial Intelligence for purposes that are less noble or in the best interest of most of us. OK, no disagreement. But does anyone really be...

Best Practices Artificial Intelligence and the Internet from 2023-06-05T14:55:11

Let us begin with a summary – the Internet does not have best practices. The Internet has published practices. Let us work through the logic because there are no best practices on the internet. ...

Agile Techniques, Cyber Attacks, and the Four C’s from 2023-06-02T20:01

In this episode of Real Talk, we explore the correlation, causation, coincidence, and/or contribution to the increase in cyber attacks of all kinds and the increase in the use of agile technique...

Internet Research - The Past, and AI - The Present Part 2 from 2023-06-01T19:12

In this two-part broadcast, we will recap the use/misuse of the internet and its information sources for research on topics in various fields. Part two of this two-part broadcast will then look ...

Internet Research - The Past, and AI - The Present Part 1 from 2023-05-31T19:56

In this two-part broadcast, we will recap the use/misuse of the internet and its information sources for research on topics in various fields.  We go back to our experiences with graduate studen...

If AI is Ill - We Need To Know What It Ate from 2023-05-30T17:43:41

You are what you eat. AI engines are what data they consume. If AI needs to be “cured” or wants to be “cured,” it starts by admitting what it has consumed. Yet we hear that the training data for...

Business Architecture – The Definition from 2023-05-26T16:55

In this Broadcast, we will define Business Architecture, what it is, its components, audience, and its output – Business Capabilities to achieve the Organization’s Goals, and Objectives.

AI and First-Mover - Advantage or Disadvantage from 2023-05-25T16:17:22

First-Mover is not automatically a win. Each industry and technology need to be looked at through two dimensions – Market Evolution Speed and Technology Evolution Speed. A simple two-dimensional...

Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture Mistakes to Avoid from 2023-05-23T20:29

This Broadcast will outline mistakes organizations have made in training their staff in Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture.  As you will hear, the most common mistakes are easily a...

Can you really trust Artificial Intelligence? from 2023-05-23T08:19

In this direct reading of an article by Johnathan Turley, published in USA Today, Professor Turley recounts his horrifying experience with an AI “published” article about himself. Could it happe...

Software, Technical, and Innovation Debt from 2023-05-21T20:43

This Broadcast will discuss these three growing concerns that most of the CIO’s we have interfaced with are trying to address.  Quite simply, these three debts are stifling innovation and inhibi...

Malware, Misinformation, and Disinformation – Oh My! from 2023-05-19T21:20

Malware, Misinformation, and Disinformation – they are different, and they are something we need some thoughts around as we move more into Artificial Intelligence. This Real Talk episode will de...

19 Tech Myths That Some People Still Believe from 2023-05-18T21:05:32

We bring to you a summary of an article penned by Eric Griffith outlining what he considers nineteen tech myths that some people believe. We cover each one of these myths, with a bit of explanat...

Business Architects and Enterprise Architects – are you getting the recognition you deserve? from 2023-05-17T09:10

We hear that the results of an Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture are not being used, or the value of those architectures appreciated or recognized.  Perhaps there are two fundamen...

Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture – Comparing and Contrasting from 2023-05-16T09:01

Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture.  What are they?  What are the similarities?  What are the differences?  In this broadcast, we will begin with a consistent definition of the wo...

Knowledge Base and Methodologies - They are Quite Different from 2023-05-15T08:28:11

We will compare the concepts of a base of knowledge and a methodology for both Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture.  A base of knowledge is like an encyclopedia – good for general ...

Business Architecture or Enterprise Architecture Framework - What is it? from 2023-05-12T12:50

This Broadcast will define and describe a Framework for Business Architecture or Enterprise Architecture.  From that understanding, we will provide three examples of Frameworks in other professi...

Business Capability - What is it? from 2023-05-11T20:50

Business Capability - what is it?  This broadcast will define the concept of a Business Capability, a definition of a Business Capability, what is "contained" in a Business Capability, and an ex...

Enterprise Architecture - The Definition from 2023-05-10T20:45

The Broadcast will define Stakeholder-Focused Enterprise Architecture – R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architecture that produces a “human-consumable” result.  If you are a practitioner and do not have a s...

Rationalized and Focused Artificial Intelligence is Beginning to Appear from 2023-05-09T20:32

Hurray already!  We are beginning to see vendors and organizations realizing that because the artificial intelligence engines need GOOD data rather than a lot of (questionable) data, this traini...

AI and the Future of the Internet from 2023-05-08T20:38:19

I review the thoughts of Neil deGrasse Tyson on the effect AI is having on the Internet and how I believe it will result in a realization that it is not the AI "engine" that is the issue but the...

AI Hallucinations - A New Way to Avoid Responsibility or Liability? from 2023-05-05T18:12

We used to call them “bugs,” then “revisions,” then “updates,” and now, in Artificial Intelligence (AI), “hallucinations.”  The correct term is “mistakes.”  Let us, as an industry, address these...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Words Do Have Meanings! from 2023-05-04T15:16:37

Let us take a look at the term(s) that make up the composite phrase Artificial Intelligence.  When we analyze these terms, we find this is not the phrase we want to continue to use for a number ...

AI Engines - What are the Categories of Data used for Training? from 2023-05-03T15:44:14

There are four categories of data that are used/available to "train" Artificial Intelligence engines.  (1) open data on the Internet and other sources, (2) Copyrighted data, (3) Data requiring s...

Artificial Intelligence Components from 2023-05-02T17:10:14

This Broadcast will define and describe the four components of an Artificial Intelligence Environment.

R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architecture Defined (Realistic, Enabling, Actionable, Logical) from 2023-03-28T21:07:59

We define and break down the definition of R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architecture. Enterprise Architecture is explicitly describing an organization through a set of independent, non-redundant artifact...

Cyber Security Root Cause Analysis – The State Of The Practice from 2023-01-09T03:00

Root Cause Analysis is a term that encompasses methods, tools, techniques, and strategies to surface problem causes. The root cause is the “ultimate” problem to be address...

Optimizing and Streamlining IT for Business Agility from 2022-12-26T03:00

With the increased emphasis on "digital transformation" and "agility" in Enterprises worldwide, it has become more difficult to separ...

Enterprise Architects and Business Architects; do you have a seat at the ”Big Persons Table?’ from 2022-12-19T03:00

Enterprise Architects and Business Architects; do you have a seat at the “Big Persons Table?” Perhaps it is not only what you are delivering but HOW you are delivering it. The key to delivery is...

Real Annual Predictions from Sam Holcman from 2021-07-19T15:08:03

It is that time of the year, where we make ten or so observations and/or predictions on where various technologies, Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture, Software Development Practices...

Business Capability Maturity Model (BCMM) Maturity -What’s and the How’s from 2021-07-19T15:06:49

With the increased emphasis on Business Architecture in Business and Enterprises worldwide, organizations are finding that requires a “gauge” on how they are progressing with this endeavor. As t...

The Enterprise or Business Architect, and the General Contractor – A Fable from 2021-07-19T15:04:39

Empirical evidence has indicated that who does Enterprise or Business Architecture has as almost as much importance as the framework or methodology followed. In the “physi...

Strategy, Hyper-competition, Business and Enterprise Architecture from 2021-07-19T15:03:48

True Enterprise and Business Architecture – the baseline for addressing, leading, and managing change. True Enterprise and Business Architecture – the enabler of business and mission strategy. L...

Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture Tools Versus Human Beings. And the Winner is… from 2021-07-19T15:02:12

A few out-of-context examples. Congress is measured on the number of laws that are passed - really!! That is a measure of success – really?? Not what I would measure. Advi...

Base of Understanding in Business Architecture - What's Next? from 2021-07-19T14:58:58

Have you recently passed your Business Architecture exam? Perhaps you have had your Business Architecture certification for some time now? Are you now wondering, well, wha...

Reprioritizing IT Project Priorities – Coronavirus Pandemic Realities from 2020-11-25T13:10:28

Reality has set in.  Near term and long-term enterprise and information technology priorities are being “reshuffled”.  Naturally, sort term “keep the lights on” projects are high on the list. Listen

Which comes first – Business Architecture or Business Capabilities? from 2020-11-25T13:02:49

Business Capabilities, Business Capability Models, Business Capability Heat Maps, Capability Flows, Capability Footprints, System Capabilities, and I can of course list many other “capability” o...

The Information Technology Inventory – the Gateway to Cybersecurity from 2020-06-24T10:11:38

Cyber threats are possible actions or actions that intend to cause some degree of harm, using digital weapons and digital ammunition. It is much more than information security. More broadly spea...

Enterprise Architecture in the Era of Hybrid Cloud from 2020-06-24T09:38:05

Enterprise Architects are becoming Cloud Architects in many instances, or at least are finding the need to apprise themselves of whole new ways of strategically managing data. And as hybrid clou...

The What, How, Where, Who, When,&Why of Security Architecture from 2020-06-24T09:27:46

Our EACOE Enterprise Architecture practice has looked at security as part of Enterprise Architecture, not as a separate activity. Simply, the objective is ensuring only authorized access to a pr...

Enterprise Architect Participants? from 2020-06-24T08:53:22

Who are they? Who makes a good enterprise architect partner?  Who makes a good enterprise architect practitioner?

Business Architect participants? from 2020-06-24T08:47:52

Who are they? Who makes a good business architect partner? Who makes a good business architect practitioner?

We discuss this and more in our podcast.

Confirmation Bias from 2020-06-17T17:22:16

What it confirmation bias is and why you need to know about it.

Architecting to Create Business Agility to Compete in the Post Pandemic World from 2020-06-17T13:32:48

The Coronavirus pandemic is the latest in a long list of disruptors to established business models. Whether it is competitors, technology, natural disasters, foreign or domestic threats, a disru...

Applying Logic to Consumer Behavior in Times of Crisis from 2020-06-17T13:28:42

Our guest, Ken Metviner, very interesting & fresh perspective on the what the future holds as we move out of the most current crisis we are in. This won't be the last crisis, & perhaps w...

Focusing on the Here and Now – A One Day Exercise from 2020-06-17T13:11:01

If you're tuning in in the April 2020 timeframe, we are in a bit of a turmoil situation.

Pressures are coming from a number of directions, & focus is easily lost and replaced by motions ...

Architecting for the Cloud and the Cloud Repatriation Movement from 2020-06-17T13:10:10

The cloud is discussed as the potential for better technology & business agility, but moving computing resources has two sides.

IT leaders are learning that running applications in the c...

Moving From Crisis Management to Creating Resilient Organizations In Anticipation of the Next Crisis from 2020-06-17T13:09:13

A new reality has been set- the global movement of people & goods provides a new set of opportunities and challenges, which cannot be predicted, but should be anticipated. Today's crisis is the ...

Why Some People Revel In Complexity from 2020-06-17T13:08:08

Triggering my thoughts in developing this episode was YAF. What is YAF? YAF is Yet Another Framework! This is a consortium of academics, industry, & government people published YAF on enterprise...

Applying Enterprise Architecture to Identify Cost Containment and Optimization Opportunities from 2020-06-17T13:07:04

We have all turned, to some degree, to a short-term focus in both our personal & business lives. We must deal with reality.

How do you address both short & long term issues & opportuniti...

Applying the EACOE and BACOE Architecture Methodologies to Analyze the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic from 2020-06-17T11:06:43

We look at this Pandemic through the eyes of Enterprise & Business Architecture. A robust architecture methodology is a tool we can use to analyze things that are complex, and we are seeing sign...

Improve Your Company’s Enterprise Architecture Health - Obtain an Independent Assessment from 2020-06-17T11:05:42

What is an Enterprise Architecture (EA) Health Assessment? The “health” assessment of your Enterprise Architecture will provide you an informed, independent perspective of your strategic EA asse...

An Introduction to Process Distribution Centers (TM) and Data Distribution Centers ™ from 2020-06-17T11:04:46

Make to Order, Provide from Stock, Assemble to Order. The three maturity levels that are understood & tried & true in the manufacturing community. In the IT community, most organizations reside ...

Process Mining the Complement to Data Mining from 2020-06-17T11:03:49

In the age of digital transformation, big data, cloud computing, one fundamental fact remains. What we in organizations are doing is processing data. Technology departments have many names nowad...

Luke Peters On The Hard Part of Digital Transformation is Organizational Change from 2020-06-17T11:01:38

Luke is the President/CEO at Retail Band, where he aims to help businesses sell appliances through online channels and allow their market to grow and expand. He has extensive product development...

The Status of the Cloud Revolution from 2020-06-17T10:59:46

The movement of applications to the cloud are well underway. With this movement, of course, comes observations both pro & con.

We will cover the good stuff & gotchas - some obvious & som...

Security Architecture - What, How, Where, Who, When, Why from 2020-06-17T10:57:57

Our EACOE Enterprise Architecture practice looked at security as part of Enterprise Architecture, not as a separate activity.

Starting with this objective is key. In the physical world, ...

Mass Customization is in your hands - your stakeholders and customers also want this true agility from 2020-06-17T10:52:47

Have you looked at your “smart phone” and its “agility” – your ability to change what you see with a simple press on the screen, and compared it to your internal technology systems or those that...

No One Really Wants An Enterprise Architecture from 2020-06-17T10:43:50

You want a roadmap to clearly define what needs to be done to enable your Mission Strategy.

No one wants a series of endless “sprints” not knowing where the goal line is. You want to kno...

Business Outcome-Driven Enterprise Architecture - Join the Revolutionary Movement from 2020-06-17T10:39:55

Major analyst & advisory firms recognize two distinct focus areas in Enterprise Architecture – (1) focus on technology enablement, & (2) focus on facilitating and creating deliverables that guid...

Are You Making Decisions Based on Solid Data or a Data Swamp? from 2020-06-17T10:36:48

Being data driven, achieving digital transformation, developing effective marketing campaigns, making valid business decisions, & ensuring regulatory compliance, are just a few things businesses...

Top 10 Questions and Answers to DeMystify Enterprise Architecture from 2020-06-17T10:35

What is Enterprise Architecture (EA)? How long has EA been around? How do you cost justify EA? Where should EA reside in the organization? Who is the audience for EA? When do I need to do EA? Wh...

What Business Executives and Managers Need To Know about Software from 2020-06-17T10:33:48

Most agree that software are a fundamental requirement in today's digital focus & transformations.

What do we really have to understand about software? What should business expectations ...

In Search of a Search Engine from 2020-06-17T10:12:43

We examine what search engines actually are, & possibilities of what will come next in the future of search. We draw on history for some ideas.

Are the issues we are seeing because of bi...

Artificial Intelligence - Perhaps Augmented Intelligence from 2020-06-17T10:10:45

Artificial Intelligence was first coined by John McCarthy in 1956.

We define what artificial intelligence is, then summarize both positive & negative developments in this field. We sugge...

Technical Debt – It Is Much More Than Just Technical from 2020-06-17T09:56:09

Technical debt is a shortcut taken by technologists, & business personnel, to get the solution out the door. It's also used to justify different challenges faced.

All facets – the busine...

Your Business has an Architecture - do you know what it is? Part 2 from 2020-06-17T09:51:38

All businesses have an Architecture – the question is, if explicit or implicit.

Various groups approach the concept & practice of Business & Enterprise Architecture from differing value ...

Your Business has an Architecture, but do you know what it is? from 2020-06-17T09:12:57

A driving need for Enterprise & Business Architecture is to enable IT teams to quickly, accurately & iteratively deploy prioritized, stable & operationally excellent business solutions.

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The Critical Role of the Business Technology Collaborator/Partner from 2020-06-17T09:11:58

The Business Technology Collaborator/Partner (BTP) understands business needs, possibilities of technology to address needs, & presents a business case that's suitable & understandable to the st...

RightSourcing – Balancing Inhouse/Purchased Services and Software from 2020-06-17T09:10:10

Most organizations have had a mix of purchased, leased, or rented technologies, software, and human services. Yet we have seen little practiced or written about how to determine what this balanc...

Process Visualization Unlocking your Hidden Assets from 2020-06-17T09:08:35

In this age of digital transformation, big data, cloud computing, & numerous other actions you may be undertaking or thinking about in your organization, one fundamental fact remains. What we in...

Application Portfolio Rationalization and Optimization Strategies from 2020-06-17T09:06:14

Application Portfolio Rationalization & Optimization is an approach to maximizing the value of current application assets, & laying a firm foundation for future growth. Organizations are moving ...

Business Architecture Actually Developing Business Capabilities from 2020-06-17T09:04:10

Model mania develops model after model, based on some identified general body of knowledge, rather than doing REAL Business Architecture – the identification, & development of Business Capabilit...

Business Architecture - Identifying Needed Business Capabilities from 2020-06-17T09:00:38

Business Architecture is explicitly representing an organizations desired state and as is state, through a set of independent non redundant artifacts, defining how these artifacts relate with ea...

Cutting Through Technobabble/Claptrap in Business and Technology from 2020-06-17T08:54:15

IoT Platform, Deep Neutral Networks, Digital Twin, Biochips, Brain-Computer Interface, Quantum Computing, & 5G. Global, downsize, marketplace, 110 per cent committed. We have enough to digest in...

The Digital Transformation Mistakes to Avoid! from 2020-06-17T07:48:48

Public reports states 84% of Digital Transformation projects are failing to deliver their expected benefits. Organizations realize that looking for the “silver bullet”, technological magic, or m...

Enterprise Architecture – The How-To Methodology from 2020-06-17T07:45:21

Most information technology personnel look at & “do” information technology modeling & implementation, rather than REAL Enterprise Architecture – the enabler of enterprise and business strategy ...

Enterprise Architecture – what is it and what is it not, actually from 2020-06-16T18:00:32

A great thing about the internet, is anyone can write anything about anything. One of the problems with the internet IS, anyone can write anything about anything! For Enterprise Architecture (EA...

Enabling Business Strategy in the Hypercompetitive Digital World from 2020-06-16T17:58:14

Public reports state that 84% of Digital Transformation projects fail to deliver their expected benefits, organizations look for “silver bullets”, that transform organizations to a 2020’s enterp...

Hyper-Competition – Going Beyond Digital Transformation from 2020-06-16T17:51:41

Many organizations embarked on digital transformations are underwhelmed at the return on investment they see. Our observations suggest a high percentage of digital transformation projects and pr...

Cybersecurity – what you need to know from 2020-06-16T17:49:32

We discuss cybersecurity, & what you as a business person, technology professional, or just an innocent citizen needs to know. Do you need or know about cyber insurance? What are your rights if ...

Human and Business Change is Hard - you need A.C.T.I.O.n. from 2020-06-16T17:47:14

Less than 50% of Digital Transformation is about technology. Why? This is the "easy" part. The difficult area of Digital Transformation is the human side of change driving Business activities. T...

Get over it – the hackers have won! from 2020-06-16T17:43:20

Finger-pointing is great, but that doesn’t mean anything is going to be addressed.

The path is clear. The path is logical. It is really not complicated. Yes, it is probably a bit differe...

Big Data and Good Data and Enterprise Architecture from 2020-06-16T17:41:43

As consultant Tom Davenport said, “At American Airlines, they told me they had 11 different usages of the term ‘airport’. As a frequent traveler on their planes, I was initially a bit concerned ...

Moving To An Agile Digitally Transformed Strategic Enterprise from 2020-06-16T17:38:47

Any other hyped words I can throw into the title of this episode?! Much has been discussed in virtually every media outlet on the movement toward digitization, agility, and a host of other phras...

A Rational Approach to Government Contracting from 2020-06-16T17:37:08

If you heard the term "beltway bandits", this episode will be refreshing to you. We interview Brad King and Liam Speeden CEO & CTO of Robbins-Gioia, LLC respectively.

Since 1980, they ap...

Digital Transformation and Continuous Change is here! from 2020-06-16T17:35:33

We are entering the Information Age, & existing the Internet Age. Digital "everything" is no longer a nice-to-have, it is an imperative. Yet, most organizations are being inhibited in addressing...

Fostering State Government Tech Excellence - Getting to know NASCIO from 2020-06-16T17:33:52

Eric Sweden, Program Director at NASCIO – the National Association of State Chief Information Officers is our guest today. NASCIO’s mission is to foster government excellence through quality bus...

Soft Skills - What are they and do I need them - YES! from 2020-06-16T17:31:31

We explore the other side of the brain – soft skills. Being a technical wizard, or expert in a field, is no longer enough in today’s digital communication intensive world. We provide a case for ...

The Hard Part of Digital Transformation is Organizational Change from 2020-06-16T17:29:02

As Digital Transformation efforts sweep across Government & Corporate America, enterprises find results of Digital Transformation efforts are much less than expected. The difficulty is analyzing...

Moving from the Internet Age to the Information Age: Part 3 from 2020-06-16T16:55:02

We complete our discussion on understanding 12 attributes of the Industrial Age, the Internet Age, and the movement to the next age – the Information Age. Each of these attributes will have a pr...

Moving from the Internet Age to the Information Age: Part 2 from 2020-06-16T16:50:52

We continue our discussion on understanding 12 attributes of the Industrial Age, the Internet Age, and the movement to the next age – the Information Age. Each of these attributes will have a pr...

Moving from the Internet Age to the Information Age from 2020-06-16T16:49:34

We provide an understanding of 12 attributes of the Industrial Age, the Internet Age, and the movement to the next age – the Information Age. Each of these attributes will have a profound impact...

Setting the Stage for the 2020 Enterprise and Beyond from 2020-06-16T16:41:52

This show is about sorting through the internet-driven advice madness that exists in business today. We provide practice-based insights in business transformation, organizational transformation,...

Data Driven Marketing – the Key to Digital Transformation from 2020-06-15T15:28:04

Technology changed the way companies deliver their marketing message but not its basic marketing principles. Customer data is the most valuable asset a company has and they se reviews as a way o...

Distance Learning – The New Normal? from 2020-06-15T15:27:51

We speak with 3 college students, from 3 different universities, on their experiences with the change to Distance Learning as a result of the current pandemic.

School closures led educat...