Looks like Chris Birmele has another blog--ALM focused

I noticed that my bud in Australia, Chris Birmele, has created a second blog that just focuses on ALM. He's put together some nice articles out there, the broadest of which is Microsoft ALM Platform: ALM and IO Models - how do they relate?. The Infrastructure Optimization, Business Productivity Optimization, and Application Platform Optimization efforts are pillars in Microsoft's efforts to help customers achieve dynamic IT in the enterprise.

On a side note to that, some of the basis for that initiative comes from the work of Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, and David Robertson. For that and other reasons, Peter Weill is now one of eWeek's "most influential people in IT" (see Page 16 - Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 1). You can find their book "Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution" at a number of fine booksellers (look here for pricing). I found it to be a great read.