Best Practices in Enterprise Architecture

by Michael Rosen

Whether they're driven by the need for business-IT alignment, the spread of service-oriented architectures, or other factors, enterprise architecture (EA) programs are clearly proliferating. In this month's Cutter IT Journal, you'll see how Subaru's EA effort transformed a maze of overlapping applications and unsupported technology platforms into a simple, flexible IT environment that keeps pace with changing business needs. You'll learn how architects can get agile developers to actually heed their advice — rather than shunning them. And you'll discover an agile "middle path" that can help you avoid the extremes of perfection and chaos in your own EA efforts. Join us for a lively discussion of the best practices that lead to EA success.

Whether they're driven by the need for business-IT alignment, the spread of service-oriented architectures, or other factors, enterprise architecture (EA) programs are clearly proliferating. In next month's Cutter IT Journal, you'll see how Subaru's EA effort transformed a maze of overlapping applications and unsupported technology platforms into a simple, flexible IT environment that keeps pace with changing business needs. You'll learn how architects can get agile developers to actually heed their advice — rather than shunning them. And you'll discover an agile "middle path" that can help you avoid the extremes of perfection and chaos in your own EA efforts. Join for a lively discussion of the best practices that lead to EA success.