Patterns and Good Practices – Dr. Stefan Malich

Business Models, Business Strategy, Change Management, Internet of Things, IT Change Management, IT Strategy, Patterns and Good Practices, Reference Models and Architectures, Smart, Connected Devices, Standards and Technologies, Styles and Patterns

Reference Models and Architectures related to Smart, Connected Devices and Internet of Things

Introduction It's been a while since I started to collect and review reference models for the domain of Smart, Connected Devices aka Internet of Things (IoT) (see this former blog post). A reference model is a standard decomposition of a known problem into parts that cooperatively solve the problem (see [BaCK2003, p. 24 ff.). It facilitates the transfer of knowledge … Continue reading Reference Models and Architectures related to Smart, Connected Devices and Internet of Things

Patterns and Good Practices, Software Architecture, Standards and Technologies, Styles and Patterns

New Knowledge Page focussing on REST, SOA, APIs and Microservices Available

Recently I'm involved in various activities around APIs and Microservices. Unfortunately, I discovered that especially in relation to Microservices, it's the same setting as with Digital Transformation. Usually the topics aren't put into perspective and therefore ignorance leads to the 'Great! It's new!' effect. However, a lot of the ideas, concepts, pattern and principles already … Continue reading New Knowledge Page focussing on REST, SOA, APIs and Microservices Available

Business Models, Business Strategy, Change Management, Enterprise Architecture Management, IT Change Management, IT Governance, IT Strategy, Patterns and Good Practices

The Myth of Digital Transformation

At the moment Digital Transformation (sometimes also called Digitalization or just Digital) is a prevalent term used on the Internet, in research and various industries. The behemoths of the consulting business have shaped offerings around Digital Transformation (e.g. Accenture, PWC, CapGemini, McKinsey) and established research organizations have embraced the theme (e.g. MIT Center for Digital Business, Digital Business … Continue reading The Myth of Digital Transformation

Change Management, EA Meta Models, EA Principles, EA Tools, Enterprise Architecture Management, Evaluation, IT Organization, Patterns and Good Practices

No Politics, Just Great Architecture

A few days ago a friend of mine changed the short description of his business on his Linkedin page to the slogan: 'No politics, just delivery.'. What a brilliant slogan! He's working in the IT project business for many years and I assume that he's tired of all these projects that are heavily influenced by … Continue reading No Politics, Just Great Architecture

Enterprise Architecture Management, IT Change Management, IT Governance, IT Organization, Patterns and Good Practices, Standards and Technologies

TOGAF 9.1 released

The Open Group released Version 9.1 of TOGAF. According to this post of Andrew Josey and Garry Doherty version 9.1 is no major release but a maintenance update which includes over 450 changes to the standard. It is assumed to be upward compatible with version 9.0. Andrew Josey's and Garry Doherty's post summarizes some of the … Continue reading TOGAF 9.1 released

Change Management, Enterprise Architecture Management, IT Change Management, Patterns and Good Practices, Reference Models and Architectures, Styles and Patterns

Welcome to the Architectural Change Management Blog!

My name is Dr. Stefan Malich and I devote myself to the disciplines of enterprise and software architecture. I started my career as a freelance IT consultant and software developer. In 2001 I joined the global management consulting company Accenture. Within the consulting business I developed many architectures and led several architecture teams mainly in … Continue reading Welcome to the Architectural Change Management Blog!