The British Computer Society annual survey of Digital Leaders reveals that business transformation is top of their list of priorities for 2014, followed by Strategy and Planning as a close second. SABSA people will recognise that phrase as the first phase of the SABSA Lifecycle. It seems like SABSA might be important to the success of these business leaders. When […]
The SABSA Institute announces “The Founders’ Matt Whelan Commemorative Award”
The Board of Trustees of the SABSA Institute have launched an annual award for the “Best” Advanced SABSA Exam Answer submitted by SABSA Practitioner or Master candidates. “Best” does not necessarily mean the exam answer receiving the highest mark from examiners. Rather, to commemorate the enormous contribution by our greatly missed colleague and fellow founder Matt Whelan, the Founders will […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Identified
All human interactive protocols depend upon our ability to identify one another. In this article we examine identification in terms of SABSA Business Attributes. It seems at first glance to be extremely simple, but when you start to look closely, it is full of both subtlety and complexity. First of all we shall establish the concept of the core identity. […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Traceable
Traceable is a Business Attribute from the SABSA Business Attributes Taxonomy that is well established in many disciplines but is as yet immature in the field of information security and IT security. We are all familiar with it in our daily lives too. The Attributer has a wife who is exceptionally quick witted and who can process thoughts at a […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Supportable
This Business Attribute from the SABSA Business Attributes Taxonomy is one that deserves a great deal of attention with respect to every solution architecture. First let’s establish a conceptual framework within which business solutions are constructed. The essential goal of any such solution is to create ‘business value’ through what we call ‘value chains’. Supporting this goal we build a […]