Expert Architecture Techniques Free image from Freepiks courtesy MacroVector No humanmade system is immune to failure. However robust we make a service, it will go down sometime. What we architects need to do is deliberately design services to recover quickly. Here’s how, from my experience in architecting and improving resilience in IT systems.… Read the rest
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Architecture essays Image made by the author Senior IT leaders of companies (and, on happy occasions, business heads) regularly ask me how to set up enterprise architecture in their organisations. Sometimes they enquire informally, and at other times, through proposal requests.… Read the rest
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Architecture essays Image made by the author Organisations that promote standards, new ideas and community are vital to the health and growth of any profession. This article is a brief introduction to five organisations that, in my experience, consistently and ably boost IT Architecture skills and practice by supporting: Standardisation Reference architectures Technical documentation Working groups…
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Architecture essays Image made by the author in Canva Pro I practise, teach, and write about architecture. The books below are by giants on whose shoulders I stand. Don’t just bookmark this article; get them in paperback or for Kindle and read them.… Read the rest
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An architecture essay Image made by the author In this article, I will describe the typical data repositories in the IT landscape of an enterprise and how they come into being. It’s an elaboration of a part of the earlier essay linked below.… Read the rest
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A primer Image made by the author After writing many blogs and articles about architecture, I realised I needed to explain precisely what architecture is. It was remiss of me as some may need to know, and others may be curious. I am describing it here.… Read the rest
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Architecture essays Image made by the author The perspective IT systems interact and therefore integrate for the same reasons as people. When we need some information from others for our work When we need someone to do something for us When we want to socialise with someone The corresponding IT examples are an API call…
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Architecture Essays Image made by the author Introduction This article is for IT architects open to a powerful method that delivers better solutions for their clients. It is achieved by infusing essential features of Domain Driven (software) Design (DDD) into the sphere of IT Architecture Design.… Read the rest
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Architecture Essays Picture made by the author Why do we need information technology? Let’s begin at the beginning and check why we need IT and this article at all. Humans do many things for survival, growth and reproduction. Hunting, gathering, farming, mining, converting raw materials into goods, transporting goods for use and exchange, creating and…
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Architecture Essays Image by the author from Canva Pro This story elaborates on one of the critical steps of the Agile EA method I laid out in the story below. A Technique for Agile Enterprise Architecture Strategy & PlanningHow to strategise faster for enterprise IT and delight your clients.… Read the rest
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