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Re: New directions: TOC for IT

Charles Betz — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:23:02 GMT

yes... On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Stuart Charlton

Re: New directions: TOC for IT

Stuart Charlton — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:21:42 GMT

Theory of Constraints? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 4, 2009, at 6:52 AM, Charles Betz wrote: New directions: TOC for IT I feel like being

New directions: TOC for IT

Charles Betz — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:53:54 GMT

New directions: TOC for IT I feel like being cryptic. I just registered toc4it.com, toc4it.net, and toc4it.info. erp4it is nearing the end of its run...

IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF)

jqpearson — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:02:25 GMT

I see that the "Innovation Value Institute (IVI) at National University of Ireland (NUI) Maynooth" have introduced "the IT Capability Maturity Framework

Re: Systems dynamics: a challenge to "enterprise" architecture?

Charles Betz — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:22:04 GMT

Stuart, your thoughtful post got flagged by Google as spam. Many apologies for the delayed acceptance. On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Stuart Charlton

Re: Systems dynamics: a challenge to "enterprise" architecture?

Stuart Charlton — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:19:33 GMT

I have Sterman's book and found it useful; when I was an EA I do recall a couple of colleagues that were influenced by (an older but still relevant view of

Re: SPAM-LOW: [erp4it] Re: The CMDB is an Operational Data Store

Roy Roebuck — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:11:05 GMT

Yes, considering that semantic technology is by definition, metadata technology. Roy Roebuck Managing Director One World Information System A Non-Profit

Re: SPAM-LOW: [erp4it] Re: The CMDB is an Operational Data Store

Charles Betz — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:31:36 GMT

Interesting points I generally agree with. However the concept of ODS is architectural and does not specify implementation technology. I think we could call

Re: SPAM-LOW: [erp4it] Re: The CMDB is an Operational Data Store

Roy Roebuck — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:04:55 GMT

Building and maintaining a CMDB using just a relational database is very inefficient and ineffective. Using a metadata repository (MDR), e.g., MOF, is better,

Re: The CMDB is an Operational Data Store

John M. Clark — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:40:57 GMT

I agree with the arguments provided here for what CMDB is but there is one point that I would argue is often missed... Volatile. "Every time the data in the

The CMDB is an Operational Data Store

Charles Betz — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:37:01 GMT

The CMDB is an Operational Data Store Longtime readers know that bringing some sense of architectural rigor to ITIL is an ongoing goal of this blog. The CMDB,

Re: ERP- 4- IT Reports

Charles Betz — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:20:37 GMT

See http://www.amazon.com/Metrics-Service-Management-Peter-Brooks/dp/9077212698

ERP- 4- IT Reports

heather — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:10:28 GMT

New to the group here. Question re: IT Utopia ERP in the classic sense derives it's value from the information it brings to all the entities participating, and

Re: Systems dynamics: a challenge to "enterprise" architecture?

Oliver Sims — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:12:46 GMT

Charlie, I don't claim to be super-current on Systems Dynamics, but I was much into the same sort of thing in the 1970s (then called by names such as

Systems dynamics: a challenge to "enterprise" architecture?

Charles Betz — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:04:35 GMT

Systems dynamics: a challenge to "enterprise" architecture? Followers of this site and IT Skeptic may have noticed a number of debates concerning industrial