cont' from Steep Curves post....
Not just solution architects but also ..... so far and counting;
once upon a time all you had to do was write the code!
All these architects are in place to try and manage the complexity and poorly connected nature of all of the various applications and corporate systems that have grown up over the years without any thought for how they fit or flex within a changing business environment. Not to mention the disparate data sources, multiple systems, multiple variants of the multiple systems.
Or maybe it has all been through design? ..... I doubt it.
This landscape is changing rapidly though.
Do you bother even trying to engineer something into your current IT environment given the issues related to implementing new systems into this complexity? With all the architects in place making sure you don't mess with the business, it can take an inordinate length of time to get anything up and running. That's before you hit any 'stuck bolts' in the new system built itself. There's always a thousand reasons not to bother.
Enter the Cloud. Vanilla environment, vanilla interfaces, vanilla support, vanilla politics, vanilla risk, vanilla .... I can now see the attraction.
What is needed is a 'roadmap' so we know where we are going and a driver to get the bus moving .....
Not just solution architects but also ..... so far and counting;
- Enterprise architect
- Solution architect
- Data architect
- System architect
- Software architect
once upon a time all you had to do was write the code!
All these architects are in place to try and manage the complexity and poorly connected nature of all of the various applications and corporate systems that have grown up over the years without any thought for how they fit or flex within a changing business environment. Not to mention the disparate data sources, multiple systems, multiple variants of the multiple systems.
Or maybe it has all been through design? ..... I doubt it.
This landscape is changing rapidly though.
Do you bother even trying to engineer something into your current IT environment given the issues related to implementing new systems into this complexity? With all the architects in place making sure you don't mess with the business, it can take an inordinate length of time to get anything up and running. That's before you hit any 'stuck bolts' in the new system built itself. There's always a thousand reasons not to bother.
Enter the Cloud. Vanilla environment, vanilla interfaces, vanilla support, vanilla politics, vanilla risk, vanilla .... I can now see the attraction.
What is needed is a 'roadmap' so we know where we are going and a driver to get the bus moving .....
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