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.
"Too often EA programs treat frameworks and tools as the end products instead of as the means to achieving an end that delivers value to the organization."
- Michael Rosen, Guest Editor
Keep It Simple, Stupid
Architecture needs to be direct, relevant, and agile. The simplest approach with the simplest tool is often the best way to describe enterprise architecture and communicate it to IT and developers.
Make It Formal
Frameworks include concepts and organization that span enterprise concerns. Formal models provide precise, actionable information that can be used to manage enterprise infrastructure and application dependencies.
Next Issue
The CIO Dashboard and IT Performance Management: Key to Demonstrating IT’s Value?
Guest Editor: Kenneth Rau
Why are seminars on measuring IT performance so well attended but implementation of performance management programs so rare? Could it be that we are afraid to manage IT like a business? Tune in next month as we look IT performance management full in the face — and live to tell the tale. Our expert authors will show you how to design a dashboard with leading indicators that help you take action. You’ll discover how to identify true KPIs (and eliminate mere metrics). You’ll learn how the wrong dashboard can destroy performance, demotivate your people, and mask serious problems — and what you can do to avoid this fate. Join us next month for a lively discussion of ways to measure IT performance so you can manage it.
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.
