Year: 2015

VCDX – My Journey

I deliberately did not write my “VCDX journey” story last year, since there are a plethora of blogs with the same message (read the blueprint, it is about the journey, everything is under NDA, etc.).  Instead I started the VCDX Deep-Dive Series to shed an “NDA-compliant” light onto the process and now 12 months later I am posting this unique spin on my “journeyman” story.

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VCDX – How to Start Your Design

When you start your first architecture design project, it will likely be very organic and unstructured and will focus on physical technology, where you will “add tech, for the sake of coolness”.  In the back of your mind, you will have some requirements, but you will not use them to measure success (ie. were my business requirements met and is my design the simplest it can be?).  Your supporting documentation will probably be non-existent and you will be lucky to have an implementation plan.  This certainly was true for me when I began my VCDX journey.

List of articles in my VCDX Deep-Dive series (more than 70 posts)

So how do you make the leap to “VCDX-level” Architecture Design?  Through hard work and a lot of pain and suffering!  However, there are some things you can do to make the transformation easier:

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#vBrownbag #VCDX series – Art of Infrastructure Design

Last night we had the third vBrownbag VCDX session – titled “The Art of Infrastructure Design” with John Arrasjid and Mark Gabryjelski, Gregg Robertson and myself.  The session focused upon the upcoming book, “The Art of Infrastructure Design”, authored by John, Mark and Chris McCain.

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