Architecture

As enterprise architects, we need to be aware of the plethora of available metaphors. Be extremely aware of the effect they have on our way of working, our mind-set, our deliverables and our effect on the organisations we create and support.

This third and final blog in this series, is about ethics and their relation to architecture principles.

With this basic understanding of what architecture principles are, the next question to be answered is, how are they created and used? Read about this in part 2 of this series.

Focussing on the architecture principles, can we explain something about their working? How does an organisation get to a workable, effective set of principles? Let’s dig in…

This paper gives more insight in the differences between principle-based and rule-based architecture approaches as well as the implications of choosing one over the other. The objective of this paper is to provide a sound basis for organisations to develop a well-informed perspective on how to effectively apply architecture principles within their own specific context. This paper was first released in 2016. Because the content is in line with our vision on Sensemaking Architecture, it has been restyled and added to the series of white papers on Sensemaking Architecture.

With the rise of cloud, cloud-native and a lot of other buzzwords, we also see the rise of all kinds of Dev(fill here)Ops practices. While I'm an avid advocate of the DevOps mindset, all the buzz around pipelines sounds old-school to me.

As this article will focus on the features of a modern ARB, maybe it is appropriate to first define an Architecture Review Board in its traditional form.

Within Sogeti we are progressive, and we want to be and remain a leader. With Sensemaking Architecture, we present an innovative vision on architecture as part of DyA®. The goal of this vision is to ensure that Enterprise Architecture can continue to make an impact and contribute to successful digital transformations that deliver real value through technology. We make technology work!

In a race for speed of delivery, putting restrictions on cloud environments can be contra-productive. On the other hand money can fly out the window if you do not keep everything in check. So what is the solution?

A lot of new initiatives around quality are introduced these days, most are focused on the reliability of the features, not many are focused on which features are in the product...

All over the world, magnificent buildings demonstrate the work of large groups of craftsmen and craftswomen. Each of them has learned, grown their skills and practiced until they were capable of delivering these masterpieces. Today as well, we need digital craftsmanship.

Most of the times, you cannot solve a problem with only low code. Think about scenario's where you should link to old legacy systems or complex API calls. In those cases low code without any enhancement cannot natively connect to those systems.