Dynamic Enterprise Architecture: How to Make It Work

Introduction.

Target Audience.

The Structure of This Book.

Chapter 1: Agility and Coherence: A Conflict of Interests?

Potential of Information Technology.

Using IT: A Problem in the Making?

Agility and Coherence.

Increasing Tension.

The Challenge.

Chapter 2: Agility and Coherence Considered Separately.

Different Answers to Different Questions.

Increasing Agility: New Development Methods.

Increasing Coherence: Architectural Awareness.

One Answer to Both Questions: Dynamic Architecture.

Chapter 3: Dynamic Architecture.

Wanted: Agile Architecture.

Architecture: A Multifaceted Concept.

Dynamic Architecture: Architecture Aimed at Agility.

Enabling Change.

Quickly Achieving Business Objectives: DYA.

Chapter 4: The DYA Model.

Making It Work.

Ten Principles of DYA.

DYA: A Theoretical and Working Model.

The Model and the Principles.

How to Use the Model.

Filling in the Model.

Chapter 5: Strategic Dialogue.

Crisis at WWW-TeleBel.

Strategic Dialogue: Doing the Right Things.

Determining Business Cases.

Elaborating Business Cases.

Strategic Dialogue: Coherence and Agility.

Intermezzo: The Business Case for WWW-TeleBel.

Chapter 6: Architectural Services.

Architectural Ups and Downs at TeleBel.

Architectural Services: Doing Things Properly.

Maintaining an Overview with the Architectural Framework.

Architectural Services Supports the Strategic Dialogue.

Architectural Services Supports the Development.

Architectural Team.

Architectural Services: Coherence and Agility.

Intermezzo: WWW-TeleBelâ??s Project-Start Architecture.

Chapter 7: Development with(out) Architecture.

WWW-TeleBel One Year Later.

Development with(out) Architecture: Doing the Right Things the Right Way.

Three Development Strategies.

Anticipative Strategy.

Offensive Strategy and Defensive Strategy.

Project Team.

Maintenance with(out) Architecture.

Development with(out) Architecture: Coherence and Agility.

Intermezzo I: A Building Permit for WWW-TeleBel.

Intermezzo II: A Management Letter for WWW-TeleBel.

Chapter 8: Governance.

Deadlock for TeleBel.

Successful Processes Do Not Just Happen.

Responsibilities and Authorities.

Coordination of Developments.

Monitoring.

Processes Also Require Maintenance.

Governance: Coherence and Agility.

Intermezzo: Embedding Dynamic Architecture at TeleBel.

Conclusion.

Appendices.

Appendix A: Technique for Interactive Process Design.

Appendix B: Information Economics.

Appendix C: Architecture Maturity Model and Dynamic Architecture.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.