Saturday, September 13, 2014

IT Architects – here is your task – Computer Sweden

title architect brought to denote persons working on a comprehensive plan with IT solutions. In short, they’ll have an eye on the great relationships. And they will serve as the binding element between IT and business.

The architect’s task is not only difficult to its basic character. It becomes even more difficult by the existence of a plethora of different types of IT Architects: solution architect, system architect, business architect, enterprise architect, and so on.

It gets messy, simply.

Nor is there no consensus on the functions to be performed and the skills required. To remedy the confusion, Sweden Department of the compound Iasa, see sidebar, defined four architect roles and function, see side article. Now work continues to clarify. It’s not about having a super person to sit as a spider in the web and have complete track of:

– There is a need rather a well functioning interface between IT and activities, and to get the entire organization towards common goals. There is no answer for how to do, so it is good to meet people from different companies and sectors and discuss and contribute ideas, says Joakim Jerbrant, chief enterprise architect at Nordea.

He is part of a working group of 15 architects in Sweden who are employed in companies and authorities as Nordea, Scania, SBAB, Ericsson, LRF, SKB, KTH and Government Offices. They should be supported by Iasa try to define what abilities required by IT architects. There is also a working group of ten consultants working on the same task, and even more that will serve as commentators.

Concept abilities are chosen with care:

– The word ability includes both knowledge and skills. With the ability refers to both the specification of capacity and how the capacity is created and maintained for both the individual and the organization, says Lottie Aderinne on Vilante Consulting, which operates in Iasa.

The goal of the working groups is to write a report, so-called white papers, case studies, before the year is out.

– The goal of term is to contribute to a better definition of the architectural profession, which should lead to a greater understanding that architecture is important and ultimately to more efficient firms, says Per-Erik Padrón on Iasa.

How disseminates man the message in the best way

– Our hope is to be able to complete major architecture frameworks with practical advice and tips closer everyday. Is it enough briefly, it will be read by many, says Olle Mulmo, chief architect at SBAB.

– The difficulty is to satisfy both short term and long term goals and also to integrate different types of architects. There is no common language, says Mathias Zetterfeldt, chief solution architect at Scania.

– The starting point of development must always be rooted in business strategy, says Joakim Jerbrant.

After a while , he manages to formulate a basic definition of the architecture work should be carried out:

– The architects must be involved from the beginning of the project and ensure that the development is integrated in all the different methods, models and processes, and understand the business strategy so that company goals and visions are met.

There Sounds like spider in the web. But it should not therefore end in a person addicted, but everyone should know the needs of architecture, function, or role of architecture or architecture capabilities, satisfy.

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