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How Many Different Ways Can Your Organization Be ‘Silo-ed’? Why You Need to Address Every ‘Silo-ing’

by Ronald G. Ross on April 10, 2012

‘Silo’ is so common as an industry buzzword we mostly just take it for granted. The usual sense is ‘functional’ silo or ‘organizational silo’.
I recently heard ‘no man stands alone’ (‘alone’ = ‘silo-ed’) as a common-sense justification for Big-P process. (See http://goo.gl/Cuk3s) That logic is simply flawed. Here are other ways your business can be [...]

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How Business Rules, Decisions, and Events Relate in True-to-Life Business Models

by Ronald G. Ross on November 10, 2011

What is operational business know-how? How can you model it? What results can you achieve by doing so?
The answers lie with creating true-to-life business models based on behavioral rules, decision rules, operational business decisions, and operational business events — all as first-class citizens. Understanding their intertwined roles is key to creating top-notch business solutions and [...]

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My New Talk and New Take on Business Architecture at BBC2011: The Architecture of Enterprise Know-How

by Ronald G. Ross on October 27, 2011

Business Architecture Summit at BBC2011 – Thurs, Nov 3, 2011 – 10:10am
I am giving a talk next week called The Architecture of Enterprise Know-How at the Building Business Capability (BBC2011) event in Florida. If you’re there, I hope you’ll come listen. I’ll be plowing new ground. We’ve done some fascinating work the past several years [...]

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The Debate Continues … Business Rules in Zachman 3.0 … and the Upcoming Business Architecture Summit at BBC2011

by Ronald G. Ross on October 20, 2011

At the Business Architecture Summit in Ft. Lauderdale (BBC2011 – Oct 31 – Nov 4) I will be joining John Zachman and Roger Burlton for one of our rabble-raising 3Amigo sessions. The session is only an hour long, so I’m sure there will be some fast talking(!).
One of the first questions I want John [...]

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Rules in the Zachman Framework … Get Ready for a Burst of Architectural Rethink

by Ronald G. Ross on October 4, 2011

As it turns out, rules have been one of the hardest things to figure out in the Zachman Framework. From a purely selfish point of view, that’s been a good thing, because it’s given an excuse for John and I to have many long dinners over the question in places that have really, really good [...]

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What is a ‘Business Capability’ … And Can It Be Part of a Business Architecture Methodology?

by Ronald G. Ross on October 2, 2011

Suppose you wanted to make ‘business capabilities’ the centerpiece of a business architecture methodology. Could you go out into the business and find existing ‘business capabilities’ in some form? Would a focus on business capabilities help you better design the business as a whole?
My answer is at this point in time is … well … [...]

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I Wrestle with a LinkedIn Business Rule … Find Out Who Won

by Ronald G. Ross on September 29, 2011

The subtitle of my Business Rules Concepts handbook (now in its 3rd edition) is ‘Getting to the Point of Knowledge’. I wasn’t trying to be cute, I meant it literally.
Here’s an example. Try entering a URL in a LinkedIn invitation. I don’t know if it’s a new business rule or not, but I tried it [...]

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Business Analysis & Business Rules – Announcing Our New Book and BBC 2011 Conference – **Special Discounts** for Friends and Colleagues

by Ronald G. Ross on September 23, 2011

Let me mention two important things happening soon and special discounts for them – Both discounts good only through **Friday, September 30**  
1. ANNOUNCING OUR NEW BOOK … Coming in October!
BUILDING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: BUSINESS ANALYSIS WITH BUSINESS RULES … an IIBA Sponsored Handbook (304pp) … It’s all about taking Business Analysis to the next level of [...]

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I talk about business rules – Roger Burlton and I both talk about recent problems of the financial sector

by Ronald G. Ross on September 8, 2011

Here’s a short clip about business rules from an interview in Amsterdam not too long ago. I actually agree with what I said …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhv7bGf3r3Y&feature=related
There are several related clips there with John Zachman, Roger Burlton, and Silvie Spreeuwenberg (LibRT) worth a few minutes of your time — business rules, decisions, business processes, enterprise architecture, and more.

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Where are Your Business Rules … In a Big-P Process Dead Zone?

by Ronald G. Ross on September 6, 2011

On an EA LinkedIn group last week, Nick Malik wrote the following about business rules in Zachman Framework 3.0:
“I’ll bite. If the ‘enterprise ontology’ is similar to the periodic table of elements, then business rules are molecules. They are compositions of elements with specific implications, embedded in event handling logic. Why would you expect to [...]

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