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Cracking the IT Architect Interview

By : Sameer Paradkar
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Cracking the IT Architect Interview

By: Sameer Paradkar

Overview of this book

An architect attends multiple interviews for jobs or projects during the course of his or her career. This book is an interview resource created for designers, consultants, technical, solution, domain, enterprise, and chief architects to help them perform well in interview discussions and launch a successful career. The book begins by providing descriptions of architecture skills and competencies that cover the 12 key domains, including 350+ questions relating to these domains. The goal of this book is to cover all the core architectural domains. From an architect’s perspective, it is impossible to revise or learn about all these key areas without a good reference guide – this book is the solution. It shares experiences, learning, insights, and proven methodologies that will benefit practitioners, SMEs, and aspirants in the long run. This book will help you tackle the NFR domain, which is a key aspect pertaining to architecting applications. It typically takes years to understand the core concepts, fundamentals, patterns, and principles related to architecture and designs. This book is a goldmine for the typical questions asked during an interview and will help prepare you for success!
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Architecture governance


Architecture governance is the methodology by which EAs are managed and controlled at an enterprise level. It includes the following:

  • Establishing a system of controls for creation and management of architectural assets and ensuring the efficient introduction and evolution of architecture standards and best practices

  • Establishing methodology for compliance with regulatory frameworks and industry standards

  • Defining methodologies supporting effective management of governance processes with agreed parameters

  • Establishing framework to ensure accountability to the stakeholder community, both external and internal to enterprises

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What value does enterprise architecture governance create?

Governance is a framework consisting of approach, processes, cultural orientation, and responsibilities that ensure the effectiveness and efficiencies of the architectures. The following are the benefits derived through effective governance of architectures:

  • Interlinking...