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Beyond Enterprise Architecture: A Transferable Lens for Cloud and Solution Architecting
A common concern is scope: “This is enterprise architecture, does it apply to solution or cloud architecture?” The honest answer is: the artifacts differ by level, but the mechanisms travel well. Why transfer is defensible Demir et al. (2024) provide a careful bridge: software architecture is described as a stakeholder-negotiated process producing architectural decisions, and… Continue reading
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Measuring Architecting: Time-to-Decision, Rework, and Incidents as Signals
If architecting is socio-technical decision-making, you should be able to observe it in the traces organizations already have. You do not need perfect metrics; you need useful signals. Why measurement is legitimate (and where to be careful) Architectural decision-making is not only technical. Industrial survey evidence describes software architecture as an “extensive process” in which… Continue reading
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ADRs and Diagrams as Boundary Objects: Coordination Technology in Disguise
One of the most persistent misconceptions is that architecture artifacts exist primarily to satisfy documentation requirements. Empirical work suggests something more important: certain artifacts act as boundary objects that enable cooperation across professional communities. Boundary objects and why they matter EA practice uses EA artifacts as instruments of communication and collaborative decision-making intended to bridge… Continue reading
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Why Architecture Work Breaks: Engagement Inhibitors and Coordination Friction
If architecting is socio-technical, then “progress” depends on more than technical correctness: it depends on coordination across stakeholders. The enterprise architecture literature is direct about this: communication and stakeholders are key problem areas, and a “lack of communication and collaboration” is characterized as a core obstacle to effective work (Kurnia et al., 2021, p. 4).… Continue reading
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Architecting Is Socio-Technical Decision-Making (Not Technical Design)
Most architecture conversations still drift toward a technical default: choose a pattern, pick a cloud service, optimize a quality attribute, and proceed. That framing is incomplete. Architecting is fundamentally decision-making in a coupled socio-technical environment, where organizational arrangements and technical choices continuously shape one another. The socio-technical premise Architecture practice (architecting) and the decisions it… Continue reading
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