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Consultants Saying Things
- Episode 71: The One About The Buggy Whip Moment
- CST’s Patreon Site
- Episode 70: The One About Deliberate Career Planning
- Episode 69: The One About Un-Learning
- Episode 68: The 2023 Christmas Special
- Episode 67: The One About Community
- Episode 66: The One About Disillusionment
- Episode 65: The One About Corporate IT
- Episode 64: The One About Workshop Must-Haves
- Episode 63: The One About Driving Real World Outcomes
Architecture is Not Archive
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Architecture is Not: A White Paper
Posted on August 18, 2011 | No CommentsAn architecture that is merely a PDF with a couple of generic line-box-arrow diagrams coupled with a few colorful "pancake" pictures isn't really an architecture. It's a marketing glossy. A white paper is too generic to be passed off as a real solution to a real problem. -
Architecture is Not: A Proof of Concept
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No CommentsAn architecture for a solution requires understanding the problem at hand well enough that solving it can be described in terms that everyone understands. The architect speaks in terms of capabilities, not products. -
Architecture is Not: a Vendor Product
Posted on March 24, 2011 | No CommentsArchitecture is about holistically describing the system of people, process and technology. It can be abstract and conceptual, or it can be concrete and detailed. But it is never merely a specific product set from a specific vendor. -
Architecture is Not: Infrastructure
Posted on February 28, 2011 | No CommentsA comprehensive architecture that is made up of things like mission, vision, goals, objectives, requirements, roles, activities, capabilities, services, technical components and yes, physical components is a holistic thing. It is something we bake, not something served up in piecemeal ingredients. We don't eat flour and call it bread just because everyone around us happens to be an expert in flour.