Complex Enterprise Architecture: A New Adaptive Systems Approach

Simplifying the task of establishing and maintaining the enterprise architecture cuts the costs of building and maintaining the architecture and frees up those resources for more productive pursuits. System implementers are given the freedom to rapidly adapt to changing user needs without the blessing of the enterprise modeling priesthood, and the architecture is transformed from a static pile of obscure models and documents into an operational framework that can be actively used to manage an enterprise’s resources to better achieve business goals. The enterprise architect is free to stop focusing on building and maintaining models and start focusing on achieving business goals.

 

• Refocus enterprise architecture on business needs by eliminating most of the enterprise-level models
  
• Delegate tasks to the development teams who do system implementation
  
• Document business goals, establish strategies for achieving those goals, and measure progress toward those goals
  
• Measure the results and gauge whether the enterprise architecture is achieving its goals
  
• Utilize appropriate modeling techniques that can be effectively used in an enterprise architecture

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