Tech Debt:From Cognitive Clutter to Architectural Clarity

Technical debt and complexity stall transformation. Clear it to restore focus, speed up delivery, and drive sustainable innovation.

May 8, 2025 · 4 min · 652 words · Gary Thomas

Why Parquet?

Parquet is a columnar storage format that offers advantages for big data processing and analytics

April 30, 2025 · 4 min · 684 words · Gary Thomas

Apache Iceberg: A Modern Data Warehouse

An overview of Apache Iceberg, a modern data warehouse.

April 29, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Gary Thomas

Architectural Options: Managing Change and Uncertainty for Stakeholders

How an architecture provides options for stakeholders

April 26, 2025 · 5 min · 974 words · Gary Thomas

Architecture Maturity

An approach to Architecture Maturity

April 21, 2025 · 4 min · 637 words · Gary Thomas

Strategy and Architecture Delivery

An approach to Strategy and Architecture Delivery

April 19, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Gary Thomas

Business Strategy and Architecture

Business Strategy

April 18, 2025 · 3 min · 426 words · Gary Thomas

A Simplified Approach to Strategy and Architecture

An approach to Strategy and Architecture based on practical experience of applying the TOGAF standard.

April 17, 2025 · 3 min · 502 words · Gary Thomas

Architecture Levels

The different levels of an architecture within the TOGAF standard

April 12, 2025 · 1 min · 69 words · Gary Thomas

ADM Deliverables by Phase

TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) - Deliverables Preliminary Objectives The objectives for the Preliminary phase are: Prepare the organization for successful architecture projects Establish the foundation for architecture capability, principles and framework Define the scope and constraints for architecture projects Deliverables Architecture Capability Assessment Architecture Capability Gap Analysis Organisational Model for Enterprise Architecture Architecture Framework - tailored for organisation and customisations of ADM Architecture Principles Architecture Governance Framework Architecture Request for Work (Scope) Phase A - Architecture Vision Objectives The objectives for the Architecture Vision phase are: ...

April 1, 2025 · 3 min · 557 words · Gary Thomas