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In this post, we are going to touch on, briefly and I mean briefly, several Frameworks to consider pertain to getting into our Software and Systems Architect Series on our UML Operator Channel . We will refer back to this post during the course of our demonstrations. To Begin...Do Not Get Carried Away! When the process is lost, there is good practice. When good practice is lost, there are rules. When rules are lost, there is ritual. Ritual is the beginning of chaos. TOGAF The first is TOGAF, The Open Group Architecture Framework. I recommend studying and achieving a certification in TOGAF. In my opinion, this was the best investment I made over my careers. TOGAF is a widely used framework for enterprise architecture. It offers a methodology and set of supporting tools for developing a wide range of architectures. I couple TOGAF with the idea or concepts of C4 Modeling, BPMN, SAFe, and even PMBOK. Zachman Framework The Zachman Framework is an approach to enterprise architect...

Ask anyone, even ChatGPT, and they will tell you that GIGO stands for "Garbage In, Garbage Out." It's a concept used primarily in computer science and information technology to emphasize the importance of input quality in producing meaningful and accurate output. In essence, it suggests that if you input poor-quality or flawed data into a system or process, the output or results will also be flawed or of low quality. No matter how sophisticated a system is, if the input it receives is incorrect, incomplete, or inaccurate, the output it generates will reflect those deficiencies. This principle highlights the critical need for accurate and reliable data as the foundation for obtaining valuable, valid, and dependable results from any computational or information system. Okay, so most of us have heard this term, so why do most of us seem to forget it? I keep walking into delivery exercises, requirements elicitation, and general delivery practices, and keep seeing "garbag...

2023 was a exiting year for me and our team. I retired at the start of the year and I helped some people deliver their business objectives. In 2024 I start a new chapter in my life and pass my knowledge and experience on. Out of school in the late 70's, I went to work for Sol Price, founder of Price Club which you now know as Costco. Sol taught me more in 6 months than any University Professor, and one thing was "The Cost of Labor". In the early 80's I was constantly going up to him with the latest technologies and advancements in computing. He hated IT due to the hype and expense. Afterall, he was the only one whome was succesful in the Membership Club business. In school we learn about Return On Investment (ROI) and Cost Of Ownership (COO), however "hype" can get the best of all of us. So I learned that each time I took a technology item (new computers, software, or systems), I always started with the COO and ROI first in our conversations. Being in...