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Document Name: Got Architecture?
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THUS, WITHOUT GOOD ARCHITECTURAL GOVERNANCE AND ONGOING CORPORATE MANAGEMENT PRESSURE TO REDIRECT RESOURCES TO TACTICAL IT PROJECTS, THE ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURES CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE UNNECESSARILY COMPLEX, STATIC, AND FRAGILE. WHAT WAS A MERE ANNOYANCE ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO, IS TODAY A CLEARLY LIMITING FACTOR IN THE BUSINESSES' ABILITY TO CREATE SHAREHOLDER VALUE. THE COMPANY CAN'T EASILY SHIFT INTO NEW AND EMERGING MARKETS, ACQUIRE COMPANIES, AND ADJUST MAJOR BUSINESS PROCESSES WITHOUT A GREAT DEAL OF LATENCY. IN SOME CASES, THEY ARE COMPLETELY UNABLE TO CHANGE. IN OTHER WORDS, THINGS ARE BAD AND GETTING WORSE.
I AGREE WITH DAVID ON THIS POINT. FOR YEARS, MANY IT SHOPS IGNORED THE NEED FOR EA BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO DO, REQUIRED CONSISTENT PROCESSES, AND COST A GOOD CHUNK OF CHANGE TO IMPLEMENT. SO WE BUILT STOVEPIPE APPLICATION AFTER STOVEPIPE APPLICATION WITH NO CONSISTENCY AND NO INTEGRATION BETWEEN SYSTEMS. WE GOT AWAY WITH THIS APPROACH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT EVENTUALLY REACHED THE POINT OF DIMINISHING RETURNS. NOW WITH YEARS OF DEVELOPING SOFTWARE WITH NO STANDARDS, NO CONSISTENCY, AND WITH NO VISION, MANY IT SHOPS HAVE BECOME SERIOUS BOTTLENECKS THAT PREVENT THEIR COMPANIES FROM QUICKLY JUMPING ON NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVE BECOME A VERY EXPENSIVE COST CENTER. TIME SPENT ON MAINTENANCE AND PRODUCTION SUPPORT KEEPS INCREASING AND NEW PROJECTS TAKE TOO LONG TO BUILD. INSTEAD OF PUTTING A FOCUS ON ARCHITECTURE, MANY COMPANIES LOOK TO OUTSOURCING AS THE ANSWER. IF YOU CAN'T DO IT RIGHT HERE, GOOD LUCK DOING IT RIGHT THERE! SO HERE IS MY ANSWER TO MY HR COLLEAGUE'S QUESTION ABOUT THE VALUE OF ARCHITECTURE. TODAY'S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IS ALL ABOUT SPEED TO MARKET, COST REDUCTION, BUSINESS OPTIMIZATION AND REENGINEERING, AND ALIGNMENT. A GOOD ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE CAN HELP A COMPANY MEET THESE OBJECTIVES. THROW IN SOA, AND YOU CAN MEET THESE OBJECTIVES WHILE LEVERAGING YOUR YEARS WORTH OF INVESTMENTS IN YOUR LEGACY APPLICATIONS. SO WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF EA?



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