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		<title>Managing Project Architectural Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darin Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The original title was “Managing Projects Implementing Crap”… but I thought that was a little too harsh. It&#8217;s reality and each organization will need to make difficult decisions as part of each implementation.… Occasionally significant architectural principles/standards of an EA Strategic implementation, or related project, are sacrificed, even when architectural governance is in place. Why? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darinpaton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8507470&amp;post=550&amp;subd=darinpaton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Streamline TOGAF with Enterprise Modeling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darin Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever try to find the most current architecture model or documentation in your organization? In the majority of organizations I&#8217;ve been in it has always been a challenge. My modeling experience: 1. 1997-1998 Modeled in Oracle Designer 2000 which at that time had pretty good modeling capabilities. However, was not a priority to the business [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darinpaton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8507470&amp;post=438&amp;subd=darinpaton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kicking Off or Evolving Your Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darin Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WWW.CORNERSTONE-EA.COM I’ve been holding off on answering this question (How do I start an EA Practice?) for a while which has been posed from a few of my contacts. So I thought I would share a few of my experiences&#8230;over the past 14 years of being involved in architecture teams. Top 3 realities: Architecture teams [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darinpaton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8507470&amp;post=351&amp;subd=darinpaton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Got the Patience to Run the EA Race?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darin Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a testimony of a good friend who is a data architect. We were both invited to speak at the SAP Sapphire conference in 2011. The subject we were speaking on was the importance of data governance and EIM. As we began to pull our slide deck together he mentioned, &#8220;I have been trying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darinpaton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8507470&amp;post=323&amp;subd=darinpaton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Software Licensing Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darin Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As enterprise architects we are always drawn into licensing agreements in some capacity. Having been involved in many licensing agreements there are some key things to keep in mind. 1. When re-licensing get a list of what you own, type of and capacity license, and how new products map to any new product licensing. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darinpaton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8507470&amp;post=274&amp;subd=darinpaton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Zoom Factor for the Enterprise Architect</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darin Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Key Learning’s from Sharon Evans Book, Zoom Factor for the Enterprise Architect Zoom Factor &#8211; Executive Summary Just read a great EA book (a couple of times) by Sharon Evans called Zoom Factor giving her perspective on developing a high performing Enterprise Architect and the EA practice. It was one of those books you don’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darinpaton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8507470&amp;post=239&amp;subd=darinpaton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part II – 3 More Tips to Develop Your EA Career</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darin Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last Blog we talked about some of the things to do if you are just starting your career. What if you have “Been there done that” and are still not where you desire to be from an architecture perspective. I sat down today with a team of developers, a data modeller, business analysts, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darinpaton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8507470&amp;post=235&amp;subd=darinpaton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Part I – 3 Tips to Develop Your EA Career</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darin Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I got a call from a friend who wanted me to give him advice on how to become an enterprise architect. It made me think about my career over the past 20 years. If I were to summarize an EAs purpose it would be &#8220;Having a broad expertise in business and technology [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darinpaton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8507470&amp;post=209&amp;subd=darinpaton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Path of Least Resistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darin Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[…to a high quick-to-value EA Practice. This past week I attended a local PMI dinner meeting where a friend of mine was speaking on the evolution of Project Management, Business Architecture, and Service Management in the IT Organization. Listening to his presentation which was very well articulated, seemed to be amazingly aligned to pet project [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darinpaton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8507470&amp;post=131&amp;subd=darinpaton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprise Architecture (EA) &#8211; Listening &amp; Understanding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darin Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK before I get started, the first part is a little odd, so just work past it to get to the meat of the subject. Last night I was watching something on TV called &#34;Love &#38; Respect&#34;&#8230; without going into any detail there was something that really caught my attention and is really important to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=darinpaton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8507470&amp;post=127&amp;subd=darinpaton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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