Image made by the author in Sketchwow This article will only fascinate die-hard enterprise architects or CIOs/CTOs who desperately need to fix their organisation’s IT mess or cost. If you are either, read on to roll out a solid EA practice and reap its rewards.… Read the rest
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Enterprise Architecture Image made by the author in SketchWow Introduction Everyone is discussing AI and applying it helter-skelter. Whether or not we like AI, we should understand it and know how far it can go. So, I asked myself: As an Enterprise Architect, how do I know I’ve not missed AI anywhere?… Read the rest
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Architecture Essays Constant, well-managed change is the lifeblood of enterprise success. So, everything in the EA Practice leads to this — the Enterprise’s Architecture and Technology Strategy and Plan, the EATSP. (Although this template is tailored for commercial businesses, it can be easily used for government and non-profit organisations by changing the inputs to be the motivations…
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The EA method Image made by the author in Canva Pro The advantages of thinking, planning, and systematic work are well known, whether baking a cake or going to Mars. The practice of Enterprise Architecture provides this mature way for an organisation to realise its full potential.… Read the rest
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Image made by the author One of the holy grails for an Enterprise Architect is a document (including or accompanied by diagrams and spreadsheets) that captures everything in the Information Technology domain of the organisation. This core EA artefact is the current Enterprise Architecture & Technology Document, abbreviated to EATD.… Read the rest
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An architecture essay Image by the author Your enterprise has an architecture, but without a good Enterprise Architecture Practice, it’s unlikely you are doing as well as you can. We can also call it the organisation’s Enterprise Architecture (EA) capability, competency, framework, or engine.… Read the rest
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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 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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