Simple Architectures for Complex Enterprises

In my recent white paper, The IT Complexity Crisis , I discussed how much IT failures are costing the world economy. I calculated the worldw...

At the recent ITARC conference in NYC, I facilitated a open meeting on IT Failures. We only had one hour, but some interesting ideas were di...

When I advocate for reducing the complexity in a large IT system, I am recommending partitioning the system into subsystems such that the ov...

When it comes to IT failure, there is no lack of "the usual suspects". We can look to failures in project definition, project mana...

What does IT failure cost us annually? A lot. According to the World Technology and Services Alliance, countries spend, on average, 6.4% of ...

- Complexity is like heat. We need just enough to solve the problem. Any more kills us. - The best IT solution is the simplest IT solution t...

The most important factor in building a successful IT project is simplification. Simplification means that the overall system should be as s...