solution architecture

Challenging previously held beliefs and moving forward with architectural “anti-patterns” in the enterprise

Nobody claims to like anti-patterns, and I certainly don’t like them. In fact, when it comes to architecture and solutioning, we identify them, make sure we understand why they are bad, and then we avoid them. We help others to […]

The Journey. A Story About Turning Business Requirements Into Solution Architecture.

In a previous article titled A Methodology for a Transparent and Traceable Solution Architecture, I outlined a methodology an architect can use to create a transparent and traceable solution architecture. This article will expand on that and will use a […]

From Assumptions to Hypothesis to Decision. Better Decisions Through Methodology.

The decisions made by Solution Architects have significant impacts and consequences for the organization and their people. They can have broad impacts on their customers, suppliers, and partners. Significant decisions are not to be taken lightly, so architects need to […]

Refining and Applying Methodology and Rules of Engagement at the Onset of New IT Consulting (B2B) Projects

As a consultant and the director and controller of a software consulting company, I’m often regularly engaged as a consultant on new projects with new clients as part of a contract for services business relationship. As a consultant it’s important […]

The Strangle Pattern Approach to Enterprise Legacy System Modernization

As architects help enterprises modernize their core capabilities and transition to modern systems as part of digital transformations, the strangle pattern is a useful pattern in the architect’s repertoire. The idea is to slowly drain the life out of a […]

Architecting Your Enterprise APIs Into a Set of API Experiences and the Demise of the Monolithic API

As organizations move to API-lead approaches to architecture and design new API target states for the organization, the concept of a set of publishing a set of experience based API services no doubt come into play. API Management application vendors […]