Simple Architectures for Complex Enterprises by Roger Sessions
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- Pub. Date: May 2008
- 256pp
- Sales Rank: 416,676
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: May 2008
- Publisher: Microsoft Press
- Format: Paperback, 256pp
- Sales Rank: 416,676
- Series: Best Practices (Microsoft) Ser.
- ISBN-13: 9780735625785
- ISBN: 0735625786
Synopsis
Dismantle the overwhelming complexity in your IT projects with strategies and real-world examples from a leading expert on enterprise architecture. This guide describes best practices for creating an efficient IT organization that consistently delivers on time, on budget, and in line with business needs.
IT systems have become too complex-and too expensive. Complexity can create delays, cost overruns, and outcomes that do not meet business requirements. The resulting losses can impact your entire company. This guide demonstrates that, contrary to popular belief, complex problems demand simple solutions. The author believes that 50 percent of the complexity of a typical IT project can and should be eliminated-and he shows you how to do it.
You'll learn a model for understanding complexity, the three tenets of complexity control, and how to apply specific techniques such as checking architectures for validity. Find out how the author's methodology could have saved a real-world IT project that went off track, and ways to implement his solutions in a variety of situations.
Key Book Benefits:
• Presents a model for understanding IT and enterprise complexity
• Provides practical solutions for controlling complexity, and shows how they can be applied in a variety of situations
• Features a methodology for checking architectures for validity
• Explains how to apply simplification algorithms to software systems
• Includes a real-world case study that demonstrates how the author's solutions could have saved an actual IT project that went wrong
Biography
Roger Sessions is a recognized expert in enterprise architecture. He serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA), is Editor-in-Chief of IASA's Perspectives Journal, and is a Microsoft MVP in enterprise architecture. He has written six books, including Software Fortresses: Modeling Enterprise Architectures, and many articles. He has been a keynote speaker on the topic of enterprise architecture for dozens of events in more than 30 countries. He is the Chief Technology Officer of ObjectWatch.
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February 23, 2009: This resource is a very good option to utilize when deciding which architecture to leverage on a given software system. Many books will attempt to advise what should be used within specific languages like Java, C, or C#. Regardless of the language used in a software system, it is gravely important to understand and use sound, simple architecture when building scalable, dependable, and cost effective application systems which perform complex work.
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