Dynamic Enterprise Architecture: How to Make It Work

✍ Scribed by Wagter, Roel(Contributor);Berg, Martin van den

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 259
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents an approach to enterprise architecture, which enables corporations to achieve their business objectives faster. Focusing on the governance of IT in the organization, it provides tangible tools, advice and strategies for implementing and designing the architectural process within a corporation that will make a major contribution in driving the business forward and achieve its goals.

✦ Table of Contents

Team DDU......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Target Audience......Page 14
The Structure of This Book......Page 16
Chapter 1 Agility and Coherence: A Conflict of Interests?......Page 20
Potential of Information Technology......Page 22
Using IT: A Problem in the Making?......Page 23
Agility and Coherence......Page 25
Increasing Tension......Page 27
The Challenge......Page 32
Chapter 2 Agility and Coherence Considered Separately......Page 34
Increasing Agility: New Development Methods......Page 36
Increasing Coherence: Architectural Awareness......Page 39
One Answer to Both Questions: Dynamic Architecture......Page 43
Chapter 3 Dynamic Architecture......Page 46
Architecture: A Multifaceted Concept......Page 48
Dynamic Architecture: Architecture Aimed at Agility......Page 53
Enabling Change......Page 55
Quickly Achieving Business Objectives: DYA......Page 60
Chapter 4 The DYA Model......Page 62
Ten Principles of DYA......Page 64
DYA: A Theoretical and Working Model......Page 67
The Model and the Principles......Page 74
How to Use the Model......Page 76
Filling in the Model......Page 79
Chapter 5 Strategic Dialogue......Page 82
Crisis at WWW-TeleBel......Page 84
Determining Business Cases......Page 85
Elaborating Business Cases......Page 92
Intermezzo: The Business Case for WWW-TeleBel......Page 99
Chapter 6 Architectural Services......Page 110
Architectural Ups and Downs at TeleBel......Page 112
Architectural Services: Doing Things Properly......Page 113
Maintaining an Overview with the Architectural Framework......Page 114
Architectural Services Supports the Strategic Dialogue......Page 121
Architectural Services Supports the Development......Page 130
Architectural Team......Page 132
Architectural Services: Coherence and Agility......Page 138
Intermezzo: WWW-TeleBel's Project-Start Architecture......Page 139
Chapter 7 Development with(out) Architecture......Page 148
WWW-TeleBel One Year Later......Page 150
Development with(out) Architecture: Doing the Right Things the Right Way......Page 151
Three Development Strategies......Page 152
Anticipative Strategy......Page 155
Offensive Strategy and Defensive Strategy......Page 164
Project Team......Page 168
Maintenance with(out) Architecture......Page 170
Development with(out) Architecture: Coherence and Agility......Page 172
Intermezzo I: A Building Permit for WWW-TeleBel......Page 173
Intermezzo II: A Management Letter for WWW-TeleBel......Page 177
Chapter 8 Governance......Page 182
Deadlock for TeleBel......Page 184
Successful Processes Do Not Just Happen......Page 185
Responsibilities and Authorities......Page 186
Coordination of Developments......Page 194
Monitoring......Page 196
Processes Also Require Maintenance......Page 198
Intermezzo: Embedding Dynamic Architecture at TeleBel......Page 206
Conclusion......Page 212
Appendices......Page 218
Appendix A Technique for Interactive Process Design......Page 220
Appendix B Information Economics......Page 228
Appendix C Architecture Maturity Model and Dynamic Architecture......Page 234
Glossary......Page 242
Bibliography......Page 252
Index......Page 256