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One of the most important lessons I've learned in Enterprise Architecture, "the question behind the question"

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The Real Ask

When someone comes to you with a question to do something, instead of blindly doing the ask, take a step back and try to understand what they actually want to achieve. Often this task might actually n...

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Jun 30

One of the first things you want to know when you start your cost reduction is actually knowing what your things cost.

#enterprise-architecture #it-management #CTO

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The cost of ownership of a 1000 applications

One of the first things you want to know when you start you cost reduction, is actually knowing what your things costs. This is weirdly something not a lot of companies actually know. Today we will ta...

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Jun 16

Over the years, I’ve settled into a structure that helps me define projects that not only link to the strategy above but also looks at my own team’s environment, I thought I’d share it. #enterprisearchitecture #itmgmt #strategy

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Choosing where to spend my team’s effort

It's the start of a new fiscal year and that's always a time to look forward and define strategy: What are we gonna work on these next months. I've always handled the same structure in defining my str...

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · Jun 12

Teach a robot to fish and soon you won't remember how to.

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Jun 11

I'm not really an "AI person", but it's still valid to point out that an LLM is not exactly the right tool for the job here.

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Maxim Leyzerovich @round.is · Jun 9

sisyphus at daily standup: i had to roll back some changes

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Jun 10

I'm happy there is something new happening in UI land, we've been on the flat design for so long now and it always felt very lazy to me. I do think that the new way Android is going is a lot more useable than the Apple route. Guess the future will tell.

Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Jun 10

And managing your own files I assume

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Jun 10

Do you know a platform that has it? As far as I know they all seem to be structured in the same way

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Jun 7

@johncutle.fish hey John, at @dddeu.bsky.social we briefly talked about business capabilities. Wish we could have talked more about them. Some time ago, I wrote down my thoughts about them here: frederickvanbrabant.com/blog/2024-07...

Business Capabilities, how I like to use them

So we should probably start with this right? Business capabilities (further in this article referred to as capabilities) are the backbone of enterprise architecture. They are also, sadly, one of the m...

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Jun 2

Last week, over drinks, a friend and I debated the role of software in an organization.

#enterpriseArchitecture #BizArch #software #solutionarchitecture #itmanagement

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What's the role of software in an organization

the main role software has in an organization is to facilitate processes. My friend argued that this is a strict and maybe overly theoretical view of software in the workplace. He might be right, but ...

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · May 19

Enterprise Architects often talk about PPT, I always talk about PPTI. Wrote a post to explain why I think Information is just as important #enterprisearchitect #ppt #archimate #bizarch frederickvanbrabant.com/blog/2025-05...

People, Processes, Technology and Information

In this post, I will argue that you can't work towards a goal without **information**. After all, all of the connections in people, processes and technologies have one thing in common: there is inform...

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · May 12

Thanks, Chatgpt, but I'll take my music theory lessons elsewhere.

Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Apr 24

Japan is pretty cool

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Apr 18

The vagueness of the terminology is really an issue in the field of architecture. Even among architects themselves, so here is my take. #enterprisearchitecture #bizarch #solutionarchitecture #itmanagement

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Avoiding vague hand waving: What is Enterprise Architecture

One of the most confusing things about architecture is the vagueness of the naming that surrounds it. Not only for non architects that often don't really know in detail what all the different discipli...

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Frederick Vanbrabant @maybefrederick.bsky.social · Apr 7

The real title was going to be “Business strategy is like a lizard: It leaves behind its tail while it grows a new one,” but that was just too long. #strategy #enterpriseArchitecture #togaf frederickvanbrabant.com/blog/2025-04...

Business strategy is like a lizard

Well the real title was going to be 'business strategy is like a lizard, it leaves behind it's tail while it grows a new one' but that was just too long.

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