I begun writing stories on paper, taking photos with Instamatic cameras and broadcasting radio long time before using a computer. Therefore, it’s not a surprise that I have started a media company a while ago.
But how does this relates to Enterprise Architecture at all? Isn’t EA only for large and complex companies and not for small businesses?
I don’t agree, so what is better than to show how to use an EA mindset for a small business.
Last scene in a manuscript
Jimmy enters the black taxi from the right side and you could hear som music from his mobile.
The question now is how is Jimmy dressed and what music is playing on his phone?
Did you miss the Naked Architect at BCS EA conference in London this week?
We are editing the video from the event and it will soon be published on BCS site.
When writing software, the question sometimes arise, ”What’s good enough code” and how you can define code quality.
For a non software developer, these levels may not that easy to understand, so therefore I would like to make a more visual description of acceptable quality, using film as an example.
There are two main challenges with customer software development, compared to using package based software.
The first one is how to be ready in time, on budget and with the fulfilment of requirements. This is especially true when you develop a system that would replace something existing.
The other is more long term and how to build a bespoke solution that could be maintained over the years. If it’s a bigger investment and core business, you will need to develop a solution that there for many years.
On the other and, package based solution with to much customer based code inside is also very cumbersome to maintain, so as a decision maker you are between a rock and a hard place.