What is happening to the film production business described in the EA case study?
Even the best plans could be delayed, so the first theatrical premiere is scheduled to August- September this year.
Covid had a huge negative impact on the market last two years, so we are not yet on track from a business growth perspective, therefore the plans need to be updated.
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I’m a board member in a local utility company so the question is if EA is relevant for me in this position?
I would say no, as we talk about business plans, investments, risks, financial results and other KPI.
However, all these things are of utterly importance for those persons in the organisation doing EA related work, regardless of their title.
What is the main reason for you to work with Enterprise Architecture?
Are you more into theory and your thing is how to describe models and improve architecture thinking? You are in good company.
Or are you more like me? I see EA as a valuable toolbox to solve business and IT problems, and with a better method I’m more productive.
Third option I can think of. You have a position as Enterprise Architect and you get more glory and rewards than your previous position.
If you think of more drivers, please comment bellow.
If our model for enterprise architecture is scalable, then it would scale from a small family to the whole earth and beyond.
Most architects have been using frameworks for medium to large size organisations. I’ve done an example of how to apply EA for a small start-up, but what about the grand design of everything on earth?
Does our EA model scale above organisations and national states?
The laws of physics can’t be broken, but we as architects often are very sure of the excellence of our framework. Often more sure than the scientists.
If we can’t model the real extended enterprise, the solar system, our galaxy and the universe as we know it, then our EA model is not yet perfect. Therefore, we need to be very clear of boundaries and limitations when discussing EA.
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So simple, but still so difficult to understand the difference between selling physical products, services and subscriptions for lots of people in the IT-business.
Selling av physical product like a bicycle is very simple. The ownership of the bike change from the seller to the buyer.
Selling a service like a repair of a bike is rather straightforward. The owner of the bike ask you to repair her bike, an you do the work as a service:
If I rent an apartment is it the landlord who owns the aparment and I have pay a rent every month.
When we introduce copyright and other immaterial right in to the equation is a tad more complex. We are now selling the rights to use a physical or digital product to be used according to the terms of license. Basically renting for a one time fee, or an subscription like Spotify.
The problem is when you combine different business models as in the example below.
Imagine that I have an bicycle shop, where I’m selling new bikes, used bikes and repair bikes.
One day, a tourist comes in an want to rent a bike for two weeks. I say yes and I now have a new business model. The tourist rents the bike, but also buys a helmet at the same time. To make it more complex for me, she asks to have everything on one invoice. On the way out, she grabs a bottle of Ramlösa mineral water, and want that added to the invoice. The VAT on food is 6% and 25% on the rest of the items.
When she comes back after two weeks, she want to buy this bike instead of returning it. Meanwhile, another customer already booked this bike for tomorrow.
Can you suggest a standard IT-system that could handle his business without custom development?