Enterprise patterns: ADAGIO #entarch

This pattern summarises the essential capabilities to be delivered by enterprise architecture as a practice:

• Architecture Design (AD)
• Architecture Governance (AG)
• Innovatives and Optimisation (IO)

Architecture Design or Delivery (AD) – do right things

Architecture Design defines (at the scale of an enterprise) how solutions to be designed, delivered, operated, monitored, evolved and decommissioned (covering of their full life-cycle). EA has to deliver an overall solution for the whole enterprise. It is possible only as a set of smaller ("normal") solutions. Thus EA must control/influence them.

See related blogposts:

• “Enterprise pattern - Platform-Enabled Agile Solutions (PEAS)” http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.ch/search/label/PEAS
• “Architecting #cloud-friendly application architecture #apparch (inspired by #microservices)” http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.ch/2015/04/architecting-cloud-friendly-application.html
• “Synergy between #BPM, #digital, #IoT, #microservices and #blockchain” http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.ch/2015/12/synergy-between-bpm-digital-iot.html 

Architecture Governance (AG) – do things right

Architecture Governance controls how all artefacts are managed through their life-cycles, individually and in various assembles.

See related blogposts:

• “Enterprise pattern - Govern Handling Of Some Things (GHOST)” http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.ch/2015/03/enterprise-patterns-ghost.html and 
• “Enterprise pattern – Architecture Governance Anchor (AGA)” http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.ch/2014/03/enterprise-patterns-aga.html

Innovations and Optimisation (IO) – at the right time

Because it is not possible to anticipate everything, EA must be adjustable to quickly changing situation without losing the focus. 

See related blogposts:

• “Linking business strategy and IT strategy” http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.ch/2013/02/linking-business-strategy-and-it.html and http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.ch/search/label/IT%20strategy
• “An example of architecting #digital transformation” http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.ch/2015/06/an-example-of-architecting-digital.html

A few related thoughts

Considering that, IT is only the enterprise-wide function which very critical right now (thanks for #digital) then EA must resolve firstly all the problems of IT.

Architecture Design (AD) is actually responsible for a design of transformation.

Innovative Optimisation (IO) primarily is about validating and executing the strategy.

At the same time, EA has no direct responsibility over IT and business. EA a system-thinking applied management discipline for coordinating people, processes, projects and products – see http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.ch/2014/12/yet-another-definition-of-enterprise.html

P.S.

In ballet, adagio refers to slow movement, typically performed by a group of dancers with the greatest amount of grace and fluidity than other movements of dance.

Adagio in music (from Wikipedia):

True and heartfelt transfer Adagio is the touchstone of the art performance of each musician and singer. However, the Adagio is a clear indicator of the degree of true talent, a sign of the composer's talent, because the adagio (which are total internal consistency and richness of musical thought) exposes the talent and skill of the composer.

In acrobatics adagio is the performance of partner acrobalance poses and associated movements that involve stationary balances.

Thanks,

AS