Sensemaking in enterprise architecture

SENSEMAKING: INTRODUCTION

SENSEMAKING: MAKE-SENSE

Real-time sensemaking with SCAN

Belief and faith at the point of action

1. Enterprise-architecture implications

Using recursion in sensemaking

Sensemaking and the swamp-metaphor

1. The swamp-metaphor
2. SCANning the swamp
3. Idea, hypothesis, theory, law
4. Layers and recursion

Sensemaking – modes and disciplines

1. Four modes and seven sins
2. Emphasis and tactics within each mode

How do you think?

Hybrid-thinking, enterprise architecture and the US Army

Framework versus body-of-knowledge

1. Examples

On sensemaking in enterprise-architectures (1)

1. A brief overview of Boisot’s I-Space
2. A bit of background
3. Uniqueness in enterprise-architecture

On sensemaking in enterprise-architectures (2)

1. Another brief aside on Boisot
2. Sense-making in real-time

On sensemaking in enterprise-architectures (3)

1. Making sense, making decisions: ‘considered’ vs ‘business-speed’
2. At the Simple end of the scale…
3. And the Not-so-simple…
4. Simple and Not-so-simple - a summary

On sensemaking in enterprise-architecture (4)

1. Maintaining the balance in real-time
2. Adding time to the sensemaking equation
3. Architecture for sensemaking

SENSEMAKING: METAFRAMEWORKS

Theory and metatheory in enterprise-architecture

More on theory and metatheory in EA

On sensemaking-models and framework-wars

On metaframeworks in enterprise-architecture

Metaframeworks in practice: Introduction

1. Metaframeworks: context and process

Metaframeworks in practice, Part 1: Extended-Zachman

1. Extended-Zachman framework

Metaframeworks in practice, Part 2: Iterative-TOGAF

1. Iterative-TOGAF framework

Metaframeworks in practice, Part 3: Five Elements

1. Five Elements framework

Metaframeworks in practice, Part 4: Context-space mapping and SCAN

1. Context-space mapping and SCAN

Metaframeworks in practice, Part 5: Enterprise Canvas

1. Enterprise Canvas

SENSEMAKING: SEVEN SINS

Seven sins of dubious discipline

Seven sins - 1: The Hype Hubris

1. Mapping to ‘swamp-metaphor’ disciplines

Seven sins - 2: The Golden-Age Game

1. Mapping to ‘swamp-metaphor’ disciplines

Seven sins - 3: The Newage Nuisance

1. Mapping to ‘swamp-metaphor’ disciplines

Seven sins - 4: The Meaning Mistake

1. Mapping to ‘swamp-metaphor’ disciplines

Seven sins - 5: The Possession Problem

1. Mapping to ‘swamp-metaphor’ disciplines

Seven sins - 6: The Reality Risk

1. Mapping to ‘swamp-metaphor’ disciplines

Seven sins - 7: Lost In The Learning-Labyrinth

1. Mapping to ‘swamp-metaphor’ disciplines

Seven sins - a worked example (‘Natural rights’)

1. A worked- example - ‘Natural rights’
2. Wrapping up

Seven sins and the Hype Cycle

Seven sins, sensemaking and OODA