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Business Capability | ronsdesk
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Concepts Map of 'Business Capability'. On Sun, 12/22/2013 - 20:50. He potential for a company to achieve its strategy can be said to be enabled or limited by the sum of its capabilities. This idea has been strongly adopted by the business archiecture community, which pursues a 'scientific' approach to business design, and where it has become popular to map or model an organisation's capabilities with a view to finding gaps or opportunities for improvement. And indeed, does it matter?
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Why I dislike 'Alignment' | ronsdesk
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Why I dislike 'Alignment'. Why I dislike 'Alignment'. On Sun, 12/22/2013 - 22:16. Now I may have become super sensitised to increasing use of the term, but it seems to me that use of the word 'alignment', apart from being yet another vague business mantra, actually provides some insight into organisation culture.
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The Power of Concepts Maps | ronsdesk
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The Power of Concepts Maps. The Power of Concepts Maps. On Wed, 06/11/2014 - 22:53. Human visualisation and understanding of a subject, or a problem space. As a basis for common agreement on concepts that relate to a subject or problem area (i.e. all talking the same language). For exploring new ways of thinking about a problem area, precipitating innovation. Described on directional links. This kind of linking of ideas is reminiscent of 'mind maps' ( http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind map. An important p...
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Putting Architectures into Perspective | ronsdesk
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Putting Architectures into Perspective. Putting Architectures into Perspective. On Sun, 12/22/2013 - 22:20. He diagram below represents some ideas on resolving the meaning of different architectures.
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Qualification Based Software Procurement | ronsdesk
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Qualification Based Software Procurement. Qualification Based Software Procurement. On Mon, 06/29/2015 - 23:40. QBS is being used increasingly for complex Engineering projects in different parts of the world, including for building architecture, roading and other civil construction projects, particularly for 'intellectual' roles and phases of projects where design competency and innovative ability are critical. In software engineering projects, all phases demand significant design and intellectual ca...
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What is Value in Business? | ronsdesk
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What is Value in Business? What is Value in Business? On Sun, 12/22/2013 - 22:12. The concept of value in business is critical and yet remarkably elusive. As a business architect I'm very interested in the concept of 'value', as people's perception of value dramatically influences business design and decision making. 1 Alain - 'I believe value is always going to be money, sooner or later. '. The reason for the paradox is that end-point value is a complex outcome of the interaction between the other enter...
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Business Competence | ronsdesk
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Concepts Map of 'Business Capability'. On Sun, 12/22/2013 - 20:50. He potential for a company to achieve its strategy can be said to be enabled or limited by the sum of its capabilities. This idea has been strongly adopted by the business archiecture community, which pursues a 'scientific' approach to business design, and where it has become popular to map or model an organisation's capabilities with a view to finding gaps or opportunities for improvement. And indeed, does it matter?
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Short Professional Profile | ronsdesk
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On Mon, 11/24/2014 - 02:12. Ron has over 35 years of experience as a consultant in strategic information systems. Although his early career was as an Applied Psychologist. He has worked predominantly as a Strategist, Analyst and Architect of major Information Systems. He is an accomplished ‘ methodologist. Having developed, used and indeed coached many different methods, modelling techniques, and frameworks. Ron has also managed. A significant number of projects. To and in direct support of. Working for ...
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Confusing IS with IT can Cause Projects to Fail | ronsdesk
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Confusing IS with IT can Cause Projects to Fail. Confusing IS with IT can Cause Projects to Fail. On Sun, 12/22/2013 - 22:00. Information Systems and Information Technology are often thought of as though they were synonymous, which is a misconception that can result in projects with ill conceived goals that fail to deliver the required business outcomes! Is a large umbrella referring to systems designed to codify, gather, create, store, manipulate, and communicate information. There are often skillful as...
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