by Kimberley Hagerty Introduction In the fast-paced world of supply chain management, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies has brought about a revolution. Businesses are no longer confined to the constraints of traditional methodologies and are now equipped with powerful tools to navigate the complexities of modern commerce. Demand Planning Revolution Consider the scenario of demand planning, historically reliant on lagging historical data. Such an approach often led to inaccuracies and unreliability in forecasting inputs for production and mat ..read more

I’m getting cranky with all the LinkedIn posts that are leading new Enterprise Architects down the wrong path, making it harder for us to be successful at what we do. They want you to believe that Enterprise Architecture is a Technology thing. So, I am writing this article and welcome my learned partners and colleagues to add their stories and experiences of what makes an Enterprise Architecture great for business. When my pal, Craig Martin (affectionately known as the Sweater Man), introduced me to this model way back in 2012, it made so much sense to use it as a guide to help folks understan ..read more

A BUSINESS ARCHITECT`S PERSPECTIVE by Kaustuv Halder Businesses are operating in environments that are drastically more complex than the times traditional management methods were developed for. A Systems Thinking approach to management that helps us make the transition from viewing businesses as machines to thinking of them as living organisms, from looking at the “parts” to looking at the “whole”, is considered by experts and leading organizations like OECD as the paradigm shift needed to deal with complexity. Incorporating Systems Thinking principles within Strategy, Organizational Design an ..read more

by Giovanni Traverso, Riccardo Bausola and Nan Zhao EA can be, more than ever, determinant in addressing the challenges of Quality Assurance in today’s industry. This includes areas such as: The need to evolve quality culture from Compliance-Oriented to Business-Oriented, while ensuring stakeholder engagement in continuous improvement. The role of Quality in the realization of Industry 4.0 and digital transformation. The need to enhance Quality Management Systems (QMS) to become an Integrated QMS, embracing Sustainability. The paper below describes a real-world example of applying EA in Qual ..read more

Based on job descriptions posted on recruiting websites, it is easy to get confused about the role of enterprise architects (EAs) versus solutions architects (SAs). Both types of postings often require years of experience in specific industries, business applications, programming languages, and infrastructure technologies, as well as skills such as communication, project management and leadership by influence. Both EAs and SAs need a strong understanding of business needs, technological trends, and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders. They both work towards aligning IT cap ..read more

From the Editor: Here at the EAPJ, we look for material that we believe is useful for the ongoing learning and development of Enterprise Architecture practitioners. Some are directly related to the practice of EA, and others add a different persepctive on the situations in which EA is practiced. In this case, we are discussing a book by Dr Joanne Casey, released in mid 2023. Entitled “Leading with the Social Brain in Mind – Cognition, complexity and collaboration in schools”, it provides the reader with Dr Casey’s material from her PhD thesis, written in a highly accessible way and for a speci ..read more

Non-Technical Enterprise Architecture in Healthcare: Challenges and Recommendations by Wei Sheng Lim, Philip Loya, Vaibhav Sinha, Laura Vander Slott, Jie Yu and Rod Dilnutt Introduction There are many papers written on Enterprise Architecture, but most focus, at least in part, on technical aspects of EA and its implementation. This paper, from students at the University of Melbourne, instead focuses on the non-technical aspects of EA, with particular focus on the healthcare sector which itself presents unique challenges due to competing goals of clinical outcomes on the one hand, and business ..read more

Investigating the Practical Application of Enterprise Architecture Artifacts as an Instrument for Knowledge Management Systems by Jiayi Gao, Shuqi Guo, Xinyu Luo, Wenqian Shen, Boyang Zhao and Rod Dilnutt Introduction Reusability is a common pattern in IT to increase efficiency, however there is limited research exploring the reuse of enterprise architecture artifacts in a broad sense. This article by students from the University of Melbourne examines 13 common EA artifacts and their reuse specifically in implementing Knowledge Management systems, using McCampbell et al’s Knowledge Management ..read more

Leveraging Enterprise Architecture to Address Big Data Analytics Challenges in the Retail Industry by Ruchika Ambekar, Jenna Lynn Ong, Thu Thao Nguyen, Palak Sharma, Rowena Rae Tanafranca and Rod Dilnutt Introduction Big Data for the purposes of analytics has become somewhat mainstream in businesses over the past decade or so, particularly in the “big end of town”. Implementing this set of technologies and responsibilities, however, can be enormously challenging. One industry segment that has adopted Big Data Analytics strongly is Retail, which is the focus of this paper from students at ..read more

Well, that got your attention!  You need to read the rest of this article because we need you to act.  Why you ask?  We are allowing people who know nothing about our discipline to take control of what and who we are.  We are allowing these people to erode the value to enterprise architecture by their gross lack of understanding of what enterprise architecture is, what enterprise architects do and what roles are required in organisations to derive optimal value out of enterprise architecture work. The biggest challenge we have right now is that we do not set up our hiring m ..read more