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Realize Enterprise Architecture with AWS and SAFe

By : Rajnish Harjika
Book Image

Realize Enterprise Architecture with AWS and SAFe

By: Rajnish Harjika

Overview of this book

Agile implementation of enterprise architecture (EA) in the cloud is a powerful organizational tool, but it is challenging, particularly for architects who are used to on-premises environments. This in-depth guide will tell you all you need to know to reap the benefits of applying EA in your organization to achieve operational efficiency. Starting with an overview of the foundations of enterprise architecture, you'll see how it can be applied to AWS as well as explore the frameworks AWS provides for EA, such as the AWS Well-Architected Framework. That's not all – the book shows you how these frameworks align with The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) architecture development method (ADM) and the Zachman Framework so that you can choose the right fit for your organization. As you advance, you'll learn how to apply SAFe to make your organization agile as well as efficient. Once you've gotten to grips with the theory, you can explore use cases and take a quiz at the end of the book to test yourself and see how EA is applied in practice. By the end of this enterprise architecture book, you'll have the skills and knowledge required to apply EA in the cloud with AWS and drive your organization to become super-efficient and agile.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Enterprise Architecture Foundation and Implementation
5
Part 2 – Enterprise Architecture Frameworks
9
Part 3 – SAFe in EA and the Cloud
12
Part 4 – Setting Up an EA

The process and workflow within enterprise architecture practices

The practice of enterprise architect is to analyze, design, plan, and implement enterprise strategies in a way that facilitates business success. Using architecture principles and practices, enterprise architects help companies structure their IT projects and policies to achieve business outcomes and stay current with market trends. This process is also referred to as enterprise architectural planning. EA emerged from various architectural manuscripts and business systems planning in the 1960s, according to the Enterprise Architecture Book of Knowledge (EABOK). During the 1980s, when the first computers were introduced into the workplace, the EA framework emerged to respond to the increase in business technology. Technology has grown rapidly, and companies have realized that they need a long-term strategy to support that growth.

A modern-day EA strategy encompasses the entire organization, not just IT, to make sure...