531 words, 2.0 minutes read. By Gerard Blokdyk
Enterprise Architecture 1 big thing: Make sure your staff is involved in network infrastructure, security, data or application development.
The big picture: Ensure you can suggest the benefits of your complementary skills like technical marketing, public speaking, being multilingual, production-grade code development, enterprise architecture, PaaS/SaaS delivery, etc.
Why it matters: Make headway so that your team has potential to consistently exercise sound judgment, manage multiple projects, often with conflicting priorities, and high stress situations.
Between the lines: Secure that your organization provides strategic direction and oversight for the design, development, operation and support of IT systems and programs that fulfill the needs of the business, including enterprise architecture management, application management, security and risk management, and infrastructure and operations support management.
How it works: Verify that your design partners with internal business team to develop process and functional specifications for deploying new functions or changes in the applications and systems landscape.
What to watch: Operationalize design of a solutions architecture for identified medium complexity projects or domain research efforts, or projects based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities and business requirements; obtain peer reviews for feedback and consensus.
On the flip side: Certify your operation designs aspects of the architecture of a data architecture application, including components as user interface, middleware and infrastructure with low to medium complexity.
The backdrop: Lead Program Managers and Lead Engineers in coordinating and conducting governance and portfolio management activities associated with ensuring compliance with the enterprise architecture.
What they’re saying: “Have extensive systems administration involvement with Active Directory, Distributed File System (DFS), Domain Name System (DNS), geographically dispersed synchronization of services and cloud integration.“, Principal Enterprise Security Architect
Under the hood: Participate in the evaluation and selection of hardware and software product standards, the design of standard configurations, the identification of patterns, and the overall design of the services portfolio.
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Yes, but: Liaise with the Chief Technology Officer, Enterprise Architecture and Emerging Technology areas to provide oversight and apply concepts consistently across products in areas such as SOA Governance, Data Governance, Observability, Reuse, etc.
The bottom line: Make sure the recently launched Digital for Growth and Value strategy has the primary objective to accelerate digital transformation at the front face of the Business thanks to agile solutions built on top of enterprise core platforms.
What’s next: Secure that your company is coordinating and conducting governance and portfolio management activities associated with ensuring compliance with the enterprise architecture; and/or ensuring the rigorous application of information security/cybersecurity policies, principles, and practices to all components of the enterprise architecture.
ICYMI: Certify your staff managers should have established involvement in inspiring change, and have involvement leading the development of innovative ideas from concept to fruition.
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