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Cincinnati Reds vs. Miami Marlins: Looking Back On Memorable Moments Ahead Of Seven-Game Season Series
South Florida Caribbean NewsJune 6, 2022
Reds & Marlins Both Fighting To Avoid Last-Place Finish In Trying 2022 Year
The Cincinnati Reds and Miami Marlins both benefited from the expanded 16-team playoff field in the shortened 2020 season, but both franchises have since taken several steps back.
In 2020, the Reds claimed one of the National League wild-card spots with a 31-29 record. The Marlins ended a 17-year playoff drought by finishing second in the NL East with an identical 31-29 record. The Atlanta Braves, however, ended the Reds' season by defeating them 2-0 in the best-of-three Wild Card Series. After sweeping the Chicago Cubs in the opening round, the Marlins were swept by Atlanta in the NLDS.
Cincinnati finished 83-79 last season, a distant 12 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the NL Central. The Marlins were a major disappointment, going 67-95 and finishing fourth in the NL East. Here we are in June, and the Reds and Marlins find themselves in the running to finish with the worst record in baseball.
Legalized mobile/online sports betting is expected to launch in "The Buckeye State" by Jan. 1, 2023. Though the state offers plenty of in-person casinos and tournaments, Cincinnati sports fans should know that you can also bet online in Ohio if legalized betting goes live.
FanDuel, DraftKings, and BetMGM are among the top sportsbooks that will likely run in Ohio. Should they all launch, Reds fans will have the opportunity to bet on their favorite team through these sportsbooks. For instance, you could bet on rookie pitcher Hunter Greene winning the NL Rookie of the Year award. He has +4000 odds at both DraftKings and FanDuel.
Barring a quick and impressive turnaround by either team, the two summer series between the Reds and Marlins could have significant implications in the 2023 MLB draft lottery.
2022 will be the last year in which MLB doesn't hold a draft lottery to determine the order. The Reds, Marlins, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, and Oakland Athletics are all in a very tight race for the worst record in all of baseball.
To the credit of the Reds, they've been playing closer to .500 baseball since that historically awful 3-22 start to the season.
Cincinnati will welcome Miami for a four-game set at home from July 25 to 28. After a three-game home series with the Baltimore Orioles, the Reds will travel to Miami to take on the Marlins in a three-game set (Aug. 1 to Aug. 3).
As we await the two series between these two NL bottom feeders, let's reflect on a couple of the best moments between the Reds and Marlins.
José Fernandez Makes History At Marlins Park (July 9, 2015)
José Fernandez's life was cut way too short in a boating accident at the age of 24 on Sept. 25, 2016. Fernandez was a beloved teammate and rising star who was about to start fatherhood with his girlfriend, Maria Arias.
Arias gave birth to their daughter, Penélope, in February 2017.
His life may have ended in a tragic accident, but Fernandez left behind a special legacy that hasn't been forgotten about.
One of the most memorable moments of his career took place against the Reds at Marlins Park (now LoanDepot Park), on July 9, 2015. That day, Fernandez pitched seven near-flawless innings, allowing only six hits, zero walks, and no runs while striking out nine in a 2-0 Miami victory.
This was the 22nd consecutive start at Marlins Park to open Fernandez's career in which he managed to avoid a losing decision. The 22 straight home starts to begin a career without a defeat became the longest streak in 101 years.
Hernandez finished the 2015 season with a 6-1 record, a superb 2.92 ERA, and 79 strikeouts against only 14 walks.
Aaron Boone Walks It Off (May 26, 2000)
The Marlins and Reds were tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth for their May 26, 2000 game.
Aaron Boone, the younger brother of former Reds All-Star Bret Boone, stepped up to the plate against Dan Miceli. The latter veteran reliever left a ball up in the zone for the younger Boone, who crushed it into the left-field seats to walk it off for the Reds.
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The Western Conference dominated the NHL last season, which made the Los Angeles Kings' five-game Stanley Cup Final triumph over the New York Rangers a fitting end to the 2013-14 campaign.
In fact, many media members and fans joked on Twitter that the Cup should have been presented after Game 7 of the Western Conference Final between the Kings and Chicago Blackhawks, who clearly were the two best teams in the league.
The West had six teams tally over 100 points in the standings, while the East had four. The West had four 110-plus point teams, and the East had only one — the Presidents' Trophy-winning Boston Bruins with 117 points.
The gap between Western and Eastern conferences has become even wider after the moves made in the free agent and trade markets this summer.
Here's a recap of notable players who remained in or moved to the West this offseason.
After the Kings dominated the playoffs with superior skill and depth down the middle with Anze Kopitar, Jarret Stoll, Mike Richards, and Jeff Carter, many of their Western rivals made a serious effort to upgrade at center.
It began with the Ducks replacing Saku Koivu by acquiring Ryan Kesler from the Canucks via trade. He'll form an excellent 1-2 center punch with Hart Trophy finalist Ryan Getzlaf.
The Stars acquired Jason Spezza from the Senators in a multi-player trade, just one year after acquiring a No. 1 center in Tyler Seguin from a deal with the Bruins. The Blackhawks gave top prospect Teuvo Teravainen another year to develop into the No. 2 center role by signing veteran Brad Richards, and the Blues — who lost to the Blackhawks in Round 1 in part because of their lack of scoring at center — signed Paul Stastny for $7 million per season. Colorado made up for the loss of Stastny by signing Jarome Iginla.
Not only did just about every playoff team from the West last season upgrade in some form, many that missed the postseason also made moves to improve. The Canucks signed seven-time 30-game winner Ryan Miller as their No. 1 goalie, the Flames added veteran netminder Jonas Hiller, the Predators signed center Olli Jokinen and traded for 40-goal scorer James Neal, and the Oilers added depth by signing forward Benoit Pouliot and veteran D-man Mark Fayne.
One contender that has been surprising in the offseason is the San Jose Sharks, although, trade speculation continues to surround captain Joe Thornton.
I usually hate when teams honor division titles with banners hung from the rafters, but considering the strength of the Pacific and Central next season, whichever teams emerge fully deserve to recognize the accomplishment without criticism.
What does the strength of the West mean for the Bruins?
The weakness of the East gives the Bruins — who went 18-4-5 against the West in 2013-14 — a tremendous opportunity to reach their third Stanley Cup Final in five seasons.
Even with the departure of 30-goal scorer Jarome Iginla, Boston has more than enough talent and depth to finish atop the conference and earn the No. 1 seed in the 2015 playoffs. Pittsburgh, Montreal and the Rangers all have been weakened by free-agent departures of top-six forwards and/or top-four defensemen. The only East team that has significantly improved is the Tampa Bay Lightning, but questions remain about their blue line and goaltending.
Failing to win the East next season would be a massive disappointment and a huge opportunity lost for the B's.


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Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) day program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Volunteers are needed to teach arts & crafts, music lessons and exercise therapy. Individuals are also needed to teach or provide manicures for the residents.
Volunteers are needed to provide instruction for dance, music, arts & crafts, resume writing, hairstyling and cooking. There is also a need for volunteers that can help with filing and organizing activities and outings in the community. A volunteer is needed to organize a Next Chapter Book Club in Montgomery County (Biscoe area).
Volunteers are needed to provide instruction for dance, music, arts and crafts, resume writing, hairstyling and cooking. There is also a need for volunteers that can help with filing and organizing activities and outings in the community.
Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 24-hour awake staff supervision is provided.
Volunteers are needed to serve as mentors, assist during social outings, teach arts and crafts and dancing.
Volunteers are needed to serve as mentors and assist during social outings.


PRICES VARY SLIGHTLY DEPENDING ON WHICH VENUE AND DAY OF THE WEEK YOU ARE BOOKING FOR. ALL PRICES ARE SHOWN ON THE BOOKING PAGE FOR YOUR SELECTED SESSION.
WE SUPPLY EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR A SESSION (PLEASE SEE OUR DRESS CODE). DURING YOUR 2 HOUR SESSION YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE-ON-ONE COACHING FROM OUR AXE THROWING PROS, TIME FOR SOME TARGET PRACTICE THEN A BUNCH OF GAMES/MATCHES IN A DOUBLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT TO FIND THE AXE THROWING CHAMP OF YOUR GROUP. ALL SESSIONS ARE FULLY SUPERVISED BY OUR AXE THROWING PROS WHO WILL BE THERE TO HELP YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
Can I book a session for less than 8 people?
YES you can, we have limited sessions avAILABLE EACH MONTH WHERE YOU CAN BOOK IN FOR SMALLER GROUPS OR EVEN ON YOUR OWN. CHECK OUT MORE DETAILS AND SESSION TIMES HERE.
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YES, Normally participants must be 18 years of over. However teenagers 15 and up may participate with parent or guardian supervision throughout the session. The parent or guardian must sign a waiver on behalf of the adolescent prior to participation.
closed-toe shoes are a must. Besides that, you can wear whatever you like as long as you're able to throw an axe in it.
You must wear closed-toe shoes when throwing axes. Thongs and sandals are not permitted. High heels are not recommended.
Keep in mind we are only open for booked events so if you're thinking of dropping in to check out our venue (which you are more than welcome to do), make sure you email us and check that staff will be in attendance.
WE HAVE 3 LOCATIONs - soon to be 4! We are coming at you radelaide!
YES, there is lots of free parking. enter off edith st. into precinct 75. click on the 'find us' page for more info.
NO, NOT ON SITE. THERE IS TIMED PARKING SURROUNDING THE VENUE OTHERWISE SAVE YOUR GAS AND THE WORLD AND CATCH A BUS, TRAIN OR UBER!
Yes, That's what we do! Group events can be booked for groups of 8 people or more (we can do less than 8, but you will need to pay for the 8 minimum). Group events can be booked 7 days a week with numerous time slots available from 10am-10pm. Click here to BOOK YOUR GROUP EVENT.
we have soft drinks, water, Chocolate and chips available for purchase at the venue.
maniax brisbane - we have a licence to serve alcohol. limit to 3 drinks per person whilst at the venue. we have craft beer and cider available. no BYO alcohol permitted.
maniax sydney + maniax melbourne - Alcohol is not permitted on the premises.
Yes! Girls and guys are equally awesome at throwing axes. one of our axe throwing pros weighs in at barely 40kg and she is an awesome shot! It's technique that will make you a winner, not strength.
Yes! We have expert axe throwers to coach you throughout your session. Every axe throwing session begins with coaching to get you feeling confident before you battle it out against your mates (WITH OUR COACHES WATCHING EVERY THROW TO HELP YOU HONE YOUR NEW FOUND SKILLS).
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yes, we accept visa, masterCard, amex and debit at the venue. CASH IS NOT ACCEPTED AT THE VENUE.
yes, children are welcome to come as a spectator, however they must be supervised by a parent or guardian at all times.
Our regular competition axes weigh about 1.3kg and are made of raw steel. Most people don't consider the axe to be very heavy. You may throw the axe with 1 hand or 2 hands, whichever feels most comfortable for you. OUR COACHES WILL HELP YOU FIND THE TECHNIQUE THT WORKS BEST FOR YOU.
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yes, however, just like any extreme sport, we highly recommend you seek your doctor's advice prior to participating.
Can I get there by public transit?
Yes, Maniax SYDNEY is less than 10 minutes walk from sydenham train Station (750m) or an 11 minute walk from St Peters station (900m). enter our venue via edith st or mary street entrances. see map.
YES - MANIAX MELBOURNE IS LOCATED JUST 200 METRES FROM COLLINGWOOD TRAIN STATION AND NUMEROUS BUS AND TRAM LINES ON HODDLE STREET AND ALEXANDER PARADE. ENTER OFF EITHER HENRY OR RUSSELL STREET (BETWEEN GIPPS AND LANGRIDGE STREETS).
YES - MANIAX BRISBANE IS LOCATED just a quick 15 minute walk from Bowen Hills or Fortitude Valley Train stations, 8 minutes walk from the bus stops on Wickham Street or Ann Street and only 5 minutes walk from the James Street Precinct in the Valley or the Gasworks Precinct, Newstead.
no, council restrictions prohibit us from allowing you to bring your own axe - all axes are supplied by us. BESIDES, WE'VE THROWN JUST ABOUT EVERY AXE WE COULD FIND AND HAVE FOUND THE BEST AXES SUITED TO THROWING.
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LEAGUE NIGHT - spectators over 18yrs are more than welcome and encouraged on our league nights - it's completely Free. spectators will be admitted on a first come first serve basis - we can only accept 15 spectators MAX on league nights. If spectators are keen to try out axe throwing, they are more than welcome to stick around after league competition is finished and give it a go (TIME PERMITTING).
Click here for information about joining our leagues.
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We have 48% chance of breaching 1.5°C target by 2026, says Met Office
The world could soon temporarily overshoot the 1.5°C warming threshold – showing how close we are coming to missing the Paris Agreement's target
Environment 10 May 2022
Greenhouse gas emissions have pushed us close to exceeding 1.5°C of global warming
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The UK Met Office has warned there is an almost 50-50 chance that the world will briefly overshoot its crucial 1.5°C climate change target within the next five years.
The Paris Agreement set an aim to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, a threshold seen as vital for limiting the worst impacts of global warming on people and ecosystems. That aim would only be missed if a temperature rise is sustained over a couple of decades.
The Met Office's climate models estimate there is a 48 per cent chance that the average global temperature of any year between 2022 and 2026 will be more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. For the previous five-year period, 2017 to 2021, the chance was less than 10 per cent.
The prediction shows how close the world is to failing on its climate goals. "It's not a magic threshold, and things are not going to suddenly change," says Leon Hermanson at the Met Office, part of the team behind the analysis produced for the UN's World Meteorological Organization. "One year's exceedance doesn't mean anything; it just means that we're getting closer and it's a warning that we need to really double up on the efforts to cut carbon dioxide and reduce our use of fossil fuels."
The reason the chance of temporarily hitting 1.5°C has increased is a combination of continued carbon emissions pushing Earth closer to the threshold, and new temperature data causing researchers to revise upwards their estimates of past warming since pre-industrial times.
Read more: We can still avert climate catastrophe – but there is barely time
As human-induced climate change has driven average temperatures up, the chance of natural cycles such as El Niño pushing us over 1.5°C have increased. El Niño can raise temperatures by 0.2 to 0.3°C, says Hermanson.
Last month, a major report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said there are still pathways where emissions fall enough to stay under 1.5°C of warming. Whether that conclusion can be squared with the new study depends on the uncertainties in the models, including how sensitive the climate is to greenhouse gases, says Graham Madge, a spokesperson for the Met Office. However, the IPCC report did acknowledge that those pathways only give a 50 per cent chance of staying under 1.5°C.
Hermanson's report, Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, also finds there is a 93 per cent chance that one of the next five years will eclipse 2016 as the warmest on record. The analysis offers bad news for California, which is expected to continue the run of dry weather that has set the stage for forest fires in recent years. Hermanson says there is some good news for the Sahel region in North Africa, where rain-dependent subsistence farmers are expected to see wetter conditions than in the past 30 years.
Overturning Roe v Wade would be a disaster for public health
Amazon deforestation in April was the worst in modern records
Growing demand for air travel is counteracting the aviation industry push to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Carbon offsets will be necessary – or fewer passengers
Earth's 'geological thermostat' is too slow to prevent climate change
Rock weathering has helped keep Earth's climate relatively stable for millions of years, but the process isn't fast enough to keep up with human carbon emissions


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Women outnumber men in public sector
Women outnumber men among the state's workforce, but they have a long way to go before equalling the number of men in government.
Altogether some 7,240 women were recorded as working for the state as civil servants or employees last February, Public Service Minister François Biltgen has revealed.
Compared with 5,676 male staff, it shows that women are in the majority in the public sector, however, only because most of the country's teaching staff happen to be women.
Altogether teachers account for just under half (3,276) of the women working in the civil service and professors represent a further 1,100 women.
The number of women employed to assist in government matters remains behind that of men with 140 women in "attaché de gouvernement" positions, compared with 208 men.
Furthermore, Minister Biltgen revealed that in 2011, not a single woman was recorded as being on the board of 14 out of 53 public institutions in Luxembourg. The remaining 39 counted at least one female among the management body.
"This amounts to a percentage of 15.63 percent, a proportion which has most probably grown in the course the last two years," the minister said.


The photos below are self explanatory. One five kg tin has been changed into ten presents. Eight were posted yesterday, after 2 hours was spent at the Post Office wrapping them in the prescribed manner. I know that it worked as the first has just landed in London. Two more remain for hand delivery or post Christmas sendings.
And we still have ten litres left for ourselves. When you buy olive oil at Tesco is it this green? Nope. This is a first press of the olives from the Greek Hovel. The peppery back of the throat aftertaste is very powerful. There is no need to add pepper to this as you prepare to dunk in your bread. This is the real deal squeezed from some of the 2.681 tonnes of olives I helped harvest from the hovel a few weeks ago.
In decanting I spilled a bit on the worksurface. That was a bonus as i could mop it up with bread and treat myself whikle also clearing up so impressing the Mrs. I am such a domestic God.


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TOGAF at the crossroads
Posted on 20 June 2009 by Tom G	Posted in Business, Enterprise architecture, Knowledge	— No Comments ↓
A good Twitter exchange with John Polgreen (thanks John!) set me thinking yet again about the future of TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework).
At present, TOGAF is just about the standard for the enterprise-architecture (EA) field, and the recent Version 9 release has further cemented that position. The catch is that the Open Group is an IT-standards body; and as EA at last starts to expand outward to a true 'architecture of the enterprise', that history is beginning to be a problem. Possibly a serious problem. Quite possibly serious enough, in fact, to kill the future usefulness of TOGAF for enterprise architecture. Not good… Hence, right now, TOGAF is facing a crossroads.
Up until the latest version, it prided itself on its detail: it provided detailed reference-models, a detailed methodology, and so on. In Version 8.1, the 'Technology Architecture' section provided 50 distinct steps to assess the architecture of an IT infrastructure. It was all too evident, though, that everything was grounded in that low-level technology: business, applications and data were all glossed over (8-9 steps each, compared to 'Technology Architecture's 50 steps), because they were relevant only inasmuch as they impacted on the technology infrastructure. Which was fair enough, given the Open Group's history as a standards-body for IT.
But although many, if not most, people with an 'enterprise architect' job-title still believe that enterprise-architecture is an IT-specific discipline, there's an increasingly urgent need for something that really is 'an architecture of the enterprise', rather than solely of the enterprise IT. That shift in awareness has been growing fast over the past couple of years, as I've commented about recent EA conferences such as TOGAF London and EAC2009. So there are two fundamentally different perspectives about EA:
an IT-centric view, 'bottom-up', focussed on detail-level technology, applications and services, and in which 'business architecture' is a summary of 'anything not-IT that might impact on IT'
a global or 'holistic' view of the enterprise, initially 'top-down', in which IT is merely one amongst many potential domains of interest, and in which 'business architecture' is partitioned into distinct domains such as strategy, value-chain, process and capability-infrastructure, and in which whole-of-enterprise integration and agility are the real overall goals
TOGAF Version 9 tried to reconcile those two views, by bringing its descriptions of its 'four architectures' (technology, data, applications and business) into better balance, and adding new tools such as its Capability-Based Planning section. The result, unfortunately, is a classic compromise: in trying to satisfy all needs, it ends up satisfying none. It's now doubled in size, to just under 800 pages – way too big to be usable – and even so it's lost too much of the applicable detail, especially in 'Technology Architecture', which achieves a balance with the other 'architectures' by rounding down to the same eight steps. The same applies almost everywhere else: the sections on iterations, on security, on services, all present skimpy overviews that summarise the issues but fail to provide enough detail to be actionable, yet also give little or no indication as to how to derive that detail for any given context. In ISO-9000 terms, each section is stuck somewhere between an actionable work-instruction and an abstract procedure to derive work-instructions, satisfying neither need. And whilst TOGAF's inherent IT-centrism still made some degree of sense in information-centric industries such as insurance, banking and finance, in other industries it constrains the 'enterprise' architecture in a dangerously blinkered way, often trying to enforce IT-based assumptions in areas where they make no sense at all. Hence, unsurprisingly, a lot of frustration…So it seems to me that TOGAF is now caught on a double-dilemma:
should it go for the detail ('work-instruction'); or for the abstract ('procedure')?
should it stay with bottom-up IT-architecture (and preferably stop calling it 'enterprise architecture'…); or should it expand to a true 'architecture of the enterprise'?
It can't do all of these: that much is certain.
If it goes for the detail, it will need continual update: a new release every year as a minimum, and probably more frequent than that. Practical realities will mean that going for the detail will also force a narrowing of scope, probably right back down to low-level technology-infrastructure again.
If it goes for the abstract, the scope can be broader; but it will need detailed examples of how to derive actionable practices from the procedures, otherwise – as is close to the case already – the material will be unusable in practice.
If it stays with the IT-centric view, it's a more comfortable fit with the Open Group's history; but it risks being left behind – other than as a tool for a narrow niche market – as the EA industry, of necessity, moves outward to cover the true whole-of-enterprise scope. Trying to promote an IT-centric architecture as 'enterprise architecture' will guarantee that business-folk will reject it, worsening the already notorious 'IT/business divide'; to resolve that, EA practitioners will be forced to use alternatives to TOGAF, leading to a wasteful 'reinventing the wheel' for the entire industry.
If it aligns with the industry trend, there's a real risk that too many of the Open Group architecture-forum members could be forced too far out of their comfort-zone: as John Polgreen put it in one of his 'tweets', the Open Group members collectively tend to be very strong on IT-architecture issues, but "[perhaps] not enough good minds with real business architecture experience". This in turn risks causing a split in TOGAF, or even within the Open Group itself – neither of which would be a good outcome.
What it can't do is all of these. TOGAF is at the crossroads: it has to find an appropriate balance in this double-dilemma.
The 'obvious' solution is for TOGAF to retreat back to its roots: concentrate on IT only, and attempt to clean up and control the detail. At first glance, that would seem to be the best fit with the Open Group's legacy and charter, and it would fit well with the fact that most of the big players in this not-so-open group are focussed on selling IT systems, software and services. And it would work, for a while, but in reality it would be the start of a spiral into angry irrelevance as the industry itself moves on – something I've seen happen several times with overly IT-centric 'enterprise architecture' teams out in real-world EA practice.
A far better solution would be to apply lessons-learned from other frameworks such as ISO-9000 and ITIL.
The early versions of the ISO-9000 quality-systems standard were a disaster-area: at best useless, at worst a bureaucratic nightmare, drowning in the detail of a pointless paper-trail. But someone, somewhere made the essential observation that, unlike IT-boxes, people don't follow the rules, because the real world doesn't follow the rules either: to make things work, people must adapt 'the rules' to the specific details of the specific context. So in ISO-9000:2000, everything changed: instead of an obsessive emphasis on compliance to predefined work-instructions, there was an explicit layering from work-instruction (live practice) to procedure (how to define new work-instructions) to policy (how to define new procedures) to vision (to guide new policies). The predefined work-instructions thus became worked examples of how to use procedures to define contextual 'work-instructions' for live practice; and so on up the audit-trail all the way back to vision, which (in principle, at least), would always remain the same. The standard itself doesn't properly explain how this works in practice; but the guidance-notes do explain it, and so do all the better training-courses. Applied wrongly, as a means of 'control', ISO-9000 still creates a pointless paper-trail; but applied right, as a context-aware framework, it enhances every aspect of quality-management throughout the enterprise.
So to ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), the IT service-management standard. Up until Version 2, ITIL was much like TOGAF today: literally with IT on one side, business on the other, and IT service-management uncomfortably straddling the gaping void between the two. But in Version 3, everything changes: instead of being focussed almost exclusively on IT issues – again, much like TOGAF today – the standard presents a generic service-management model, using IT as its worked-example of how that generic model is used in practice. Anecdotal evidence suggests that for many IT service-management folks there isn't enough detail in that worked-example: too much was lost from the previous version, they say – much like the detail lost from 'Phase D: Technology Architecture' between TOGAF's Versions 8 and 9. But again, the guidance-notes do explain it, and so do all the better training-courses. Applied right, as a context-aware framework, ITIL can be used for any service-management need.
If we look at how TOGAF needs to develop, several themes become clear:
it needs to continue to provide full, ongoing, evolving support for IT-architecture – because that's the Open Group's main consituency at present
like ITIL, it also needs to become generic enough to manage any type of domain-architecture, because that's where the EA industry is headed – 'the architecture of the enterprise'
it can't carry all the detail within the standard – there's too much of it already, and will go out of date too soon anyway
like both ITIL and ISO-9000, it needs to describe how to adapt generic principles to real-world practice, by showing how these devolve through architecture's equivalents of ISO-9000's 'policy', 'procedure' and 'work-instruction'
it needs to align with the Open Group's vision of 'boundaryless information flow' and mission of 'making standards work' – otherwise there would be no reason for it to belong to the Open Group
We can resolve all of these as follows:
like ITIL, a new TOGAF should be generic, but should use IT-architecture as its worked-example
like ISO9000's 'guidance notes', it should emphasise how each worked-example practice devolves from procedure, from policy, and from overlighting principle
within the standard itself, it should carry only enough detail to illustrate a useful and actionable worked-example; all other detail should be maintained by the overall EA community on an open public resource 'knowledge-base' of best-practice, 'worst-practice' and, again, explanations of how contextual practices are derived from overall principles. (As Allen Brown pointed out at the TOGAF London conference, the TOGAF TRM and IIIRM reference-models are now years out of date: he suggested that they should be scrapped, but a better option would be put effort into maintaining them as live worked examples of the principles of 'reference-model' creation and use.)
a true 'architecture of the enterprise' must, necessarily, extend beyond the Open Group's traditional IT-centric emphasis; yet that extension does still directly align with the Open Group's vision and mission, because EA is a body of knowledge about enterprise structure and purpose, and hence itself requires 'boundaryless information flow' and a clear need to 'make standards work'. (There is an urgent need, for example, for an information-exchange format for architecture-information above solely that for software-development – as per the existing XMI standard – to enable interoperability between different enterprise-architecture toolsets.)
The real core of TOGAF is the ADM (Architecture Development Method); and as I've explained elsewhere – such as in my books Bridging the Silos and Doing Enterprise Architecture – the amendments needed to make the ADM usable for any architecture scope are almost trivial, and still remain compatible with existing TOGAF architecture and practice. It's all doable, and we could do it today if need be: all that's needed now is the courage to change, and the will to do so.
I won't be able to go to the next TOGAF conference, in Toronto next month, but I hope others will be able to champion these suggestions there. Because if we don't, we risk losing TOGAF itself over the next few years – which would not be a good outcome for the EA industry…
Let's be blunt about this: TOGAF Version 9 was a lost opportunity, the wrong kind of compromise, and we dare not let that happen again. TOGAF at the crossroads: it's up to us to make it work.
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