Often the architecture of a system becomes the breeding ground of dynamic complexity due to the rising popularity of spaghetti structures that may unnecessarily introduce dependencies between components. In this chapter we offer guidance on how businesses can architect a system to keep dynamic complexity...
During a project, when the team encounters any sort of problem, it often looks up to the business analyst to provide some guidance on a possible solution. A well-trained business analyst has several tools at their disposition that they can use to find out the root cause of the issue. Deci...
The first boundary that the architect has to set up is whatpatterns and idiomsthe team will use in building the application. To a large extent, this requires that an architect not only understand the importance of patterns but have internalized a catalog of patterns that they can recognize and...
If you are an Enterprise Architect (EA) in an organization transitioning to lean or agile practices, you may be feeling a bit lost. You have worked hard to get where you are. You probably wrote most of the critical system software keeping your enterprise running. You helped implement and ...
What is the role of an architect? Sorry, I don’t get it, architect *is* already a role, not an individual. Should an architect design? Yes, the mere essence of architecting if that of describing —from the standpoint of the business and end-user— an abstract, coherent and ...
1. Aligning Marketing With Business Goals Today’s CMOs are business drivers who ensure marketing strategies contribute to revenue, market share, and long-term growth. To achieve this, leaders must develop a deep understanding of the company’s overarching objectives and regularly collaborate ...
The architect's role in the development of an EDM or PDM system is to maintain the integrity of the vision statement produced by the owners, users, and funders of the system. R Continually asking architecture q uestions in response to system requirements, requests for new features, alternative...
Eventually, increased complexity required a higher level of specialization, leading to the separation of the designer and the builder. Since that separation, the role of the designer or architect has continued to shift and evolve. The exact role of the architect today is unclear. However, in ...
through the team, and accessibility of readiness to data. A truly data-driven organization must focus on using data more effectively. To use consumer or customer emotional data, transactional data, and operational data, and to make sense of it to help the organization, EAs have to architect. ...
Some of the responsibilities mentioned above are sometimes not handled solely by the architect. Instead, they may be handled by a project manager, an interaction designer or a business analyst. That’s all good and well if you have those roles in your project. Any large project would. What ...