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The CMDB as an architecture source

Enterprise architecture , Managing information , Managing technology
November 15, 2025

Every company that I’ve helped start their enterprise architecture practice so far, always tell me that they might not have architecture setup yet, but they do have a ton of information in the CMDB that we can use to kickstart the exercise.

Solution designs should only be a few pages

Solution architecture , Application layer , Managing information
October 3, 2025

Architects always get a bad rap when it comes to design documents. We get blamed for delivering these massive solution design documents that take weeks to produce, eat into the time for development and in the end result into an encyclopedia that nobody reads.

How teams grow organically

People , Managing information
August 21, 2025

I’ve been working a lot with service line architecture recently. If you’re not familiar with that; it’s how business units such as IT, HR, or Sales bring services to clients, both internal and external.

People, Processes, Technology and Information

Enterprise architecture , Managing information
May 16, 2025

In my last post1, I briefly talked about how I include information (PPTI) in my operating model (PPT), and I even promised to write a post about it.

What's the use of Archimate anyway

Enterprise architecture , Managing information
March 21, 2025

Last week, I discovered a new podcast called The Enterprise Architecture Experience. They had two episodes featuring interviews with Dr. Svyatoslav Kotusev about his books and work.

Modeling data and information in an organization

Enterprise architecture , Managing information
February 5, 2025

The last weeks I’ve been focusing a lot on the data and information models in our architecture. Organizations have so much data flowing around that it’s hard to effectively map it all out.