Some Task Management Tips

February 29, 2012

I previously shared a simple method to conquer the task management beast in An Old School Method for Task Management.

Beyond the basic methodology, I do have some specific pointers that help me, many of which I have extracted from the many task schemes that have not worked out for me (many of the ideas come from David Allen’s Getting Things Done approach). Read more



An Old School Method for Task Management

February 23, 2012

Organizational capability is a core competency for an architect, if not for any human being who wants to be remotely effective.

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The Venn of IT Solution Success

December 27, 2011

Changing technology in an enterprise requires that you have the following “must have” skills in your people:

  1. Leadership & organization
  2. Business acumen
  3. Technical chops

Normally, labor in a project is divided up according to these specialties – i.e. developers have the technical chops, business analysts have the business chops, project managers organize themselves and everyone else. Throw them all into a pot, stir vigorously and…presto! A successful project.

Hardly. Read more



Welcome to Our Investigative Architecture Training!

October 27, 2011

We are very busy right now, refining our Investigative Architecture Workshop scheduled for next month.

Investigative Architecture is the term we coined back in 2008 for our approach that facilitates the rapid assessment and documentation of ‘as-is’ and proposed IT architectures. Read more



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