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Relating Enterprise, Application, and Infrastructure Architects

Relating Enterprise, Application, and Infrastructure Architects
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Author(s): Eoin Woods (Artechra, UK)and Nick Rozanski (Artechra, UK)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 22
Source title: Aligning Enterprise, System, and Software Architectures
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ivan Mistrik (Independent Consultant, Germany), Antony Tang (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia), Rami Bahsoon (University of Birmingham, UK)and Judith A. Stafford (Tufts University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2199-2.ch001

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Abstract

The architect takes a high-profile role in many IT departments today. In fact, it can be quite difficult in some organizations to find a senior member of IT technical staff whose job title does not include the word “architect.” However there is little consensus in the academic community or amongst practitioners as to the responsibilities of the many different types of architect we encounter – or indeed, what they should even be called. In this chapter, the authors propose a simple, widely applicable taxonomy of architects, namely enterprise architects, application architects, and infrastructure architects. The authors define distinguishing characteristics, their responsibilities, the stakeholders with whom they engage, and the tools and techniques they use. The chapter shows how this taxonomy can be applied to most, if not all, practicing architects in the information systems domain, and explains how it helps us understand how such architects work together to help deliver the organization’s business goals.

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