Agile architecture revolution iasa itarc
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The document discusses the concept of agile architecture and its importance in facilitating business agility, which comprises responsiveness, resilience, and innovativeness. It emphasizes the need for organizations to adapt to digital transformation and leverage disruption to enhance their capabilities while balancing optimization and innovation. The author, Jason Bloomberg, argues that effective enterprise architecture is essential for achieving these goals and stresses that digital transformation is ultimately about transforming the organization, not just adopting digital technologies.
Agile architecture revolution iasa itarc
- 1. Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC 1 The Agile Architecture Revolution Jason Bloomberg President jason@intellyx.com @theebizwizard
- 2. About Jason Bloomberg • President of Intellyx • Advise companies on their digital transformation initiatives & help vendors communicate their agility stories • Run Bloomberg Agile Architecture Certification course around the world • Write for Forbes & Wired on Digital Transformation • Buy my latest book, The Agile Architecture Revolution Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC2
- 3. You Say You Want a Revolution… Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC3
- 4. Different Meanings of “Agile” • “Agile-with-a-capital-A” – Software development that follows the Agile Manifesto • General meaning of “agile” – Business agility as property of an organization Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC4
- 5. Business Agility • Responsiveness – Tactical value • Resilience – Risk mitigation • Innovativeness – Strategic value Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC5 PhotoCredit:MasoniteBurnhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/masonite-burn/6273626739/sizes/l Ability to respond to change in the business environment and leverage change for competitive advantage
- 6. Responsiveness • The ability to respond quickly and efficiently to (potentially) positive change in the business environment – Changing customer demand – Changing marketplace environment – Changing supply chain factors • Tactical driver Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC6 PhotoCredit:GoodEyeMighthttps://www.flickr.com/photos/brittanyg/1796000993/sizes/l
- 7. Resilience • The ability to respond quickly and efficiently to negative change in the business environment – Managing risk – Bouncing back from adverse events – Disaster recovery • Tactical business driver Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC7 PhotoCredit:Joehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/bitshaker/167480266/sizes/o/ The opposite of brittleness
- 8. Innovativeness • The ability to introduce change into the business environment in order to achieve a strategic advantage – New products or services – Expand market share – Enter new markets Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC8 PhotoCredit:KayKimhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/kaykim/3883340152/sizes/o/
- 9. Where’s Our Business Agility? • Organizations must be responsive, resilient, and innovative • Business agility is a property of the enterprise • People and technology can be flexible as well, but we must architect our organizations to be agile Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC9 PhotoCredit:StuartBerwickhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/lapleader/793507962/sizes/l
- 10. Why Agile Software Architecture isn’t Agile • Agile movement focuses on working software – Focus on getting the software to meet its requirements – Get all roadblocks out of the way • Agile-built software is coded to be fit for purpose Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC10 PhotoCredit:B4beeshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/brizo_the_scot/4013939756/sizes/l
- 11. Fit-for-Purpose Often Means Brittle • Agile software built intentionally with only today’s needs in mind • Planning for unexpected contingencies contrary to Agile approach Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC11 Brittle software leads to brittle organizations PhotoCredit:VeganFeastCateringhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/veganfeast/
- 12. The Goal of Agile Software • Requirement to build software that responds to changing requirements • Inherent flexibility vs. rapid development & deployment Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC12 PhotoCredit:RobertCouse-Bakerhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/14859431605/sizes/z/
- 13. DevOps Drumbeat Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC13
- 14. From DevOps to “BizOps” • Before: dev chucking code to test, then over wall to ops • Now: continuous test, continuous deployment • In progress: responsiveness to continuous requirements change & variation Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC14 PhotoCredit:fdecomitehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/fdecomite/12598505695/sizes/l
- 15. Today’s Agile Imperative Organizations must capitalize on disruption to achieve greater innovativeness and resilience in the face of digital transformation priorities Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC15 PhotoCredit:WalterLimhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/coolinsights/
- 16. The Core Business Goal Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC16 Agile Digital Transformation
- 17. What is Digital? Customer preferences & behavior drive technology choices Range of technology touchpoints is exploding Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC17 PhotoCredit:RevolWebhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/revolweb/
- 18. What about Transformation? Internal organizational change is necessary to maintain focus on the customer in today’s digital world Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC18 PhotoCredit:Pascalhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/
- 19. What is Digital Transformation? • Customer pressures driving technological and organizational change in companies • Enterprises rethinking: – How they serve customers – The role IT plays – How they build & manage teams – How they innovate Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC19 PhotoCredit:LouisK.https://www.flickr.com/photos/bonaparty/
- 20. Shifting the Center of Gravity Center of gravity is software Center of gravity is the end-user Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC20 PhotoCredit:seanfonellihttps://www.flickr.com/photos/seanoneill/ The Agile World The Digital World
- 21. The End-to-End Digital Challenge • Digital technology begins at the customer touchpoint • Web & mobile apps include numerous third-party services – Generally run in cloud • Apps connect to back end databases & systems of record – In cloud & on premise Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC21 PhotoCredit:RobertClemenshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_clemens/
- 22. Digital Transformation What are you transforming? Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC22 Digital Transformation = Business Transformation Customer Experience Technology Internal Organization All of the Above
- 23. Understanding the Business Agility Driver • Architects must recognize and identify agility drivers • Stakeholders may or may not identify drivers as such • Business drivers always connect to mission priority Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC23 PhotoCredit:WestVancouverArchiveshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/westvanarchives/7153091139/sizes/o/
- 24. Optimization vs. Innovation Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC24 Innovation Disrupt status quo to allow human creativity to flourish Optimization Establish feedback loops that maximize business outcome
- 25. Innovation Requires Disruption • External Disruption – Competitive pressures/new entrants – Globalization – Regulation • Internal Disruption – Digital Transformation efforts – Innovation initiatives Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC25 PhotoCredit:CharlesWagnerhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/chazwags/
- 26. Disruption Introduces Risk • Optimization without disruption stifles innovation • Disruption without optimization is an innovation crap shoot • Optimize what you can & disrupt what you must Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC26 PhotoCredit:epSos.dehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/ Mitigate risk with resilience
- 27. New Role for Enterprise Architects • Leverage data to properly balance optimization and disruption • Essential for achieving market- leading levels of innovation Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC27 PhotoCredit:JamesJordanhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesjordan/
- 28. The Center of Digital Excellence • EA-centric team responsible for end- to-end best practice across digital effort • De-emphasize “architecture” title • How about Director of Digital Excellence? Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC28 PhotoCredit:SonnyAbesamishttps://www.flickr.com/photos/enerva/ Let CODE self-organize
- 29. There is no Shortcut! Remember, Digital Transformation isn’t about the Digital, it’s about the Transformation! Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC29 PhotoCredit:JosephBremsonhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/excitingsounds/9908052865/sizes/l
- 30. Jason Bloomberg President, Intellyx jason@intellyx.com @theebizwizard Send email NOW to itarc@intellyx.com to download this presentation Thank You! Copyright © 2015, Intellyx, LLC