| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Architects. The architect elevator -- Movie-star architects -- Architects live in the first derivative -- Enterprise architect or architect in the enterprise? -- An architect stands on three legs -- Making decisions -- Question everything -- Part 2. Architecture. Is this architecture? -- Architecture is selling options -- Every system is perfect ... -- Code fear not! -- If you never kill anything, you will live among zombies -- Never send a human to do a machine's job -- If software eats the world, better use version control! -- A4 paper doesn't stifle creativity -- The IT world is flat -- Your coffee shop doesn't use two-phase commit -- Part 3. Communication. Explaining stuff -- Show the kids the pirate ship! -- Writing for busy people -- Emphasis over completeness -- Diagram-driven design -- Drawing the line -- Sketching bank robbers -- Software is collaboration -- Part 4. Organizations. Reverse-engineering organizations -- Control is an illusion -- They don't build 'em quite like that anymore -- Black markets are not efficient -- Scaling an organization -- Slow chaos is not order -- Governance through inception -- Part 5. Transformation. No pain, no change! -- Leading change -- Economies of speed -- The infinite loop -- You can't fake IT -- Money can't buy love -- Who likes standing in line? -- Thinking in four dimensions -- Part 6. Epilogue: Architecting IT transformation. All I have to offer is the truth. |
| Summary |
As the digital economy changes the rules of the game for enterprises, the role of software and IT architects is also transforming. Rather than focus on technical decisions alone, architects and senior technologists need to combine organizational and technical knowledge to effect change in their company's structure and processes. To accomplish that, they need to connect the IT engine room to the penthouse, where the business strategy is defined. In this guide, author Gregor Hohpe shares real-world advice and hard-learned lessons from actual IT transformations. His anecdotes help architects, senior developers, and other IT professionals prepare for a more complex but rewarding role in the enterprise. This book is ideal for: Software architects and senior developers looking to shape the company's technology direction or assist in an organizational transformation Enterprise architects and senior technologists searching for practical advice on how to navigate technical and organizational topics CTOs and senior technical architects who are devising an IT strategy that impacts the way the organization works IT managers who want to learn what's worked and what hasn't in large-scale transformation. |
| Subject |
Software architecture.
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Architecture logicielle. |
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Software architecture |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1492077542 9781492077541 (OCoLC)1132429007 |
| ISBN |
9781492077510 (electronic book) |
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1492077518 (electronic book) |
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9781492077497 |
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1492077496 |
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(paperback) |
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(paperback) |
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