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The data management literature is full of exhortations to recognize business needs: hold workshops to gather requirements, get approval for data models, appoint Data Stewards with a vested interest...
View ArticleClarity, Guaranteed, and Available Now
In June and July, Metimea is offering short consulting services. One-day engagements have a money-back guarantee, and non-profit organizations could get free consulting!
View ArticleWorking in the public interest
When I became an independent consultant, I was hoping to continue working in the public interest. I’m glad to report that I’ve helped people and the environment by being involved with: protection of...
View ArticleVisceral response to diagrams
I showed a new diagram to a business client. She said “My visceral reaction is…” and I knew the diagram would need re-arranging. At the top of the diagram, smack-dab in the centre, was a central...
View ArticleIn the Family Business
I called my dad on Father’s Day and was rewarded with a few stories. Apparently he spent a summer working in Toronto in the 1960s (while studying math at University of British Columbia). His job was...
View ArticleThe elephant in the room
Over the last few months I have helped one of my clients to start talking to the Big Scary Department about their overlapping project scopes. I used a few simple architecture diagrams to describe my...
View ArticleLife-drawing lesson in observation
Today in my life-drawing class I realized a way that art school may have helped me be a better consultant. Drawing teachers train you to observe what is really there, not what should be there. If the...
View ArticleValue of Business Architecture
My new clients at the Ontario Ministry of the Environment wanted one slide to explain the essence and value of Business Architecture. This is what I came up with:Filed under: Basics Tagged: business...
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