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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

Technology and risk management

A risk management program’s goal is to identify preventive and control measures to mitigate risks associated with specific activities and valuable assets. Many risk management efforts are narrowly focused, functionally driven, and disjointed. Therefore, each risk activity uses its own language, metric, and customs, leading to a fragmented view of risks. There is an inability to anticipate, control, or manage interdependent risks when there are no connections between risks and no holistic view of risk. Aiming to address the interoperability and standardization challenges in risk management, this book proposes a coordinated approach involving risk management, governance, and EA. It helps map and trace identified risks back to enterprise artifacts modeled within the EA, supporting an organization’s strategic priorities. While we are at it, let us shed some light on two levels of risks that need to be addressed, as follows:

  • Initial level...