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Do Requirements or Die…

Posted on March 3, 2026 by admin

Just remember folks, always, always do your requirements capture before buying a solution. I built a mandate compliance system in the 1990s for AMP, Australia’s largest insurer and pension fund manager. I proposed 6 weeks of requirements gathering. They looked … Continue reading →

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openEHR Task Planning v BPMN

Posted on October 31, 2025 by admin

People often ask me why did we develop Task Planning in openEHR (NB: if the status is showing as ‘Retired’, this is an error in the specifications website), doesn’t BPMN do everything needed?

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If musicians can solve interoperability, why can’t we?

Posted on September 3, 2025 by admin

Today, pianists from every country in the world can read and play Bach. Without dropping a note or missing a beat. Why is it so hard in the information-rich technical domains? The history of ‘solving interoperability’ has generally been via … Continue reading →

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