Enterprise Architecture
5 essays tagged “Enterprise Architecture”.
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Transformation Under Scale · Part 5
Transformation Under Scale — Part V: Derive the Roadmap
A transformation roadmap is not drawn from preference. It is the operating model laid out in time: the dependencies between capabilities are facts about how the business works, the …
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Transformation Under Scale · Part 4Transformation Under Scale — Part IV: Write Authority
A capability's boundary is the set of facts it alone writes. Draw the line by write authority, then move the pen from the legacy system to the target one, one boundary at a time, …
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Transformation Under Scale · Part 3Transformation Under Scale — Part III: Read the Estate
You cannot bound what you have not read. Before any target state, read the estate at the right depth: rank the evidence, label the inferences, and let the reading size the plan.
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Transformation Under Scale · Part 2Transformation Under Scale — Part II: Transform the Company, Not the Technology
A transformation re-draws the company's operating model, who owns which business capability, not its technology. The architecture is the downstream expression of the ownership …
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Transformation Under Scale · Part 1Transformation Under Scale — Part I: Constrain the Possible, Not the Ideal
A transformation does not begin by designing the ideal system. It begins by turning the company's objectives into constraints and holding them over the estate you already have.