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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

EA and digital transformation

Businesses have always benefited from strategic planning. However, with the urgency of digital transformation and the complexity of these initiatives, such planning has become even more critical. This complex technology is connected with the business context through EA to drive desirable business outcomes.

Different organizations have varied meanings of digital transformation that include technology trends such as the shift to cloud services, the adoption of AI and machine learning (ML), advanced analytics and big data infrastructure, the emergence of IoT, the rise of robotic process automation (RPA), and more.

In business and organizations, digital transformation is defined as the ability to effectively leverage the challenges and opportunities of mixed digital technologies in a strategic and prioritized manner in response to current and future shifts in society. Organizations can react faster to market changes by transforming; this allows them...