Redefining the Architect's Role in the Digital Enterprise
366 pages
English language
Published July 22, 2020 by O'Reilly Media, Incorporated.
Being an architect is no longer about drawing UML diagrams and studying architectural styles. Rather, today’s most valuable architects modernize the organization’s way of working along with its technology stack. Steering clear of buzzwords, these architects tackle complexity, bring transparency, and make better decisions. They do so by riding the Architect Elevator: they forge the much-needed connection between the organization’s business strategy and the IT engine room, where the enabling technologies are implemented.
This book shows you how to ride the architect elevator to the upper floors. Structured into 41 engaging episodes, it prepares IT executives, enterprise architects, and software architects for a more exciting role or the next step in their career.
https://architectelevator.com/book/
It's a revised version of "37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation" which was very impressive.
It's a revised version of "37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation" which was very impressive.
Argues that the successful architect should easily navigate between “engine room” (in the basement) and the boardroom (at the top of the sky scraper). Book based on years of experience from the trenches.
Don’t miss Hohpe’s 50 min. techtalk summarizing the key points of this book. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq2VcRZmz78
See also the summary on Martin Fowler’s bliki. martinfowler.com/articles/architect-elevator.html
If I had to choose one book on the topic, it would be this one.
"Riding the elevator" analogy emphasized through the chapters is simply brilliant - it gives so much understanding even without reading anything at all but walking with this in mind.
Even though first two parts, "Architects" and "Architecture", were my main points to focus on, there is no single page that I wasn't inspired by. "Communication" and "Organizations" parts were in fact much needed and just in time to read for my current project situation. The "Transformation" one is well applicable to any more or less dramatic transformation (supported or even led by architects) happening in large companies, not limited to enterprise mastodons struggling to become "digital natives".
Definitely a career-defining reading for me.
If I had to choose one book on the topic, it would be this one.
"Riding the elevator" analogy emphasized through the chapters is simply brilliant - it gives so much understanding even without reading anything at all but walking with this in mind.
Even though first two parts, "Architects" and "Architecture", were my main points to focus on, there is no single page that I wasn't inspired by. "Communication" and "Organizations" parts were in fact much needed and just in time to read for my current project situation. The "Transformation" one is well applicable to any more or less dramatic transformation (supported or even led by architects) happening in large companies, not limited to enterprise mastodons struggling to become "digital natives".
Definitely a career-defining reading for me.
