Author: MartijnVeldkamp
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AI is coming for your job!
There were some awesome news articles about AI and the new stuff they could do: Devin a generative AI powered coding engineer from Cognition OpenAI the company behind ChatGPT has been working with a robotics firm Figure to develop humanoid robot There are quite some releases around AI and Project Management Yes I’m skipping SORA,…
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Architectural OCD
A couple of week’s ago the Fridays Nonsense post by Karsten Scherer had an interesting topic that had me thinking about internal systems. He mentioned systems that we are not aware of, until they stop working. For example your inner ear balance. That post kickstarted my thinking about switching between unconscious and conscious. Becoming aware…
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Data Governance as the Bedrock of Effective AI Governance
As an organisation you need a plan to address the market disruption of Generative AI. You don’t need to build your own version of ChatGPT. But you need a plan on how your organisation will deal with all the initiatives that will start. Otherwise I wish you good luck with the conversation you will have…
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AI and its intrinsic link with data governance
I hope you found my previous blog post on AI governance and its link with data governance insightful. The feedback and engagement from you have been very interesting. As I am getting back in the habit of writing a blog a month (or more), I wanted to explore my own thoughts into the critical role…
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“In space, there is no problem so bad that you cannot make it worse.”
In one of his TED Talks/A, Chris Hadfield mentions this saying and sheds a light on how to deal with the complexity, the sheer pressure, of dealing with dangerous and scary situations. Risk Management In the astronaut business the space shuttle is a very complicated vehicle. It’s the most complicated flying machine ever built. All…
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Complexity? It is everywhere!
All of us Architects have experience with our different customers and their complex and bulky application landscapes. And the numerous challenges that they cause. We are not allowed to change or update the MiddleWare because it is so critical for our day to day operations Usual Suspects The Usual Suspects https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114814/ Next to high maintenance…
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What we have done is to make it dramatically easier to navigate the corporate ladder
Conways Law Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization’s communication structure — Melvin E. Conway. I’ve blogged previously on the topic of Technical Debt and ways to prevent and or overcome it. I’ve used my brilliant PowerPoint skills for pictures like this:…
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ChatGPT or AI in your work environment?
ChatGPT, an A.I. system developed by OpenAI, is available to the public since the end of 2022. It has been making big waves since. From making students book…
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Delivery is like a Relay Run
As promised in my earlier blogs. I am writing a blog a month and I write about Architecture, Governance and Changing the Process or the Implementation and last month was about Technical debt. This month it is about going live successfully. Why? The relay run that the Dutch team lost due to a faulty handover…
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Technical Debt and how to solve it
As promised in my earlier blog. I will try to write more often and will write about Changing the Process or the Implementation and Technical debt. Technical debt? What is that? It is a phrase from the famous software developer, Ward Cunningham. Who besides to being one of the authors of the Agile Manifesto, is…