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Introduction (PDF) Like good actors, architects play many roles, and often, it seems, that technologist is the least of them!
| Authors: | Sandra Y. Jeffcoat and Miriam Grace |
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Capability Mix Identification (PDF) To be successful, an architect must be able to assess an organization’s readiness to change.
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Compliance: Audits, Certification, Licensing and Regulation (PDF) Compliance is a complicated domain built upon a simple concept: doing what you said you were going to do.
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Cost Estimation and Tracking (PDF) Cost estimation and tracking are two very important elements in software development and implementation, but the relationship between them is even more important.
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Engineering (PDF) What is software engineering, and should we care?
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Governance (PDF) How to implement business policies without creating a bureaucratic nightmare.
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| The Infrastructure Landscape (PDF) A quick exploration of an infrastructure architecture model that really works. |
Knowledge Management Systems (PDF) It’s not what you know, but whether you can find it.
| Author: | Ranju Saroch and Jean Barmash |
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Maintenance and Support (PDF) The purpose of this article is to convey the importance of maintenance to the application architect, and to make mention of the importance of recognizing the value of those who provide it.
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Organizational Dynamics (PDF) Become a lighthouse, a place where people in the industry point to as a place that is doing everything right, a place where others wish to work.
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Organizational Structure (PDF) No man is an island. Nowhere is this truer than in software architecture.
| Authors: | Sandra Y. Jeffcoat and Miriam Grace |
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Outsourcing (PDF) Outsourcing is no longer a rare card in an architect’s deck—how does project design change when the time comes to play it?
| Author: | Brian Alexander Lee |
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Resource Balancing and Management (PDF) Load balancers are helpful, but be careful—they can become part of your problem.
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Stakeholder Definition (PDF) Forgetting to properly identify and understand your project’s stakeholders may spell disaster for your project.
| Authors: | Maxim Poliashenko |
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Vendor Management (PDF) Outsourcing and acquisitions force architects to deal with key strategies and techniques for dealing with vendors in the context of their projects.
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Anti-virus and Patch Management (PDF) An anti-virus solution alone will not solve all malware problems. What can and should be done to tackle the malware in enterprise environments?
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Summary (PDF)
| Authors: | Sandra Y. Jeffcoat and Miriam Grace |
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