A question that I am often asked by colleagues and friends alike is “What is an Enterprise Architect, anyway?” This article is the first in a series of articles that will explain the term “Enterprise Architecture,” why it is important, and how each of the disciplines that constitute Enterprise Architecture relate to each other. Most importantly, this article is going to talk about how Enterprise Architecture needs to govern the processes around software development.
Data Architecture – Getting Back to Basics
May 5
Posted by Bruce Gruenbaum in Business Architecture, Commentary, Data Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Information Architecture | No Comments
In a recent study by Forrester Research, they found that 74% of over 400 companies surveyed view data strategy as critical or very important, but only 17% of them had a mature data strategy in place.
When you consider that most enterprises are outsourcing a substantial part of their core business systems, it is frightening that they do not have a strategy in place. The result is that each of their vendors defines their own view of the data and the enterprise loses control of what happens with their application infrastructure.
In this article we will briefly look at what Data Strategy is, and then focus on how data architectural integrity can be maintained in the Enterprise Architecture process.
Tags: Canonical Model, Data Architecture, Database Design, Enterprise Application Integration, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Data Model