9780735625785
Simple architectures for complex enterprises.
Sessions, Roger.
Microsoft Press
2008
181 pages
$34.99
Paperback
Best practices
QA76.9
Sessions, an enterprise software architecture consultant, shows how
to make simplicity a core architectural requirement, as critical as
performance or security. The approach he presents can be applied to
either business architectures or IT architectures, but is most effective
when applied to both levels in an organization. The book begins with a
non-mathematical look at complexity concepts, followed by more formal
instruction in the mathematics of complexity. The second part of the
book describes a specific methodology for addressing complexity in
enterprise architectures, with chapters on software components of
autonomous business capabilities and the SIP process. A real-life case
study of a project for Britain's National Health Care System is
included. The audience for the book includes IT executives and managers,
software architects, and business analysts.
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