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- Staffing the architecture team
- The success or failure of any IT implementation depends largely on the strength of the architecture team that's charged with its deployment. Staffing requirements for successful IT architecture teams include the key roles of information steward, integration architect, data planner, application planner, and technology planner. This paper defines these critical...
- Tags: Team, Staffing, Architecture Team, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2005-01-18
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- Enterprise Architecture Essentials, Part 4: Test (and Retest) Your Enterprise Architecture - Uncovering Weaknesses in Your Design
- After successfully building the new IT enterprise architecture, it's time to test it. Testing proves that the hard work the user and his team has put in really works. By stressing the new architecture, one will know where its weaknesses are and how well it will serve the enterprise. Now...
- Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-10-02
- Architecture Principles: Creating the Foundation for Robust Architecture
- This paper discusses the role of principles in developing an architecture, whether it is a reference architecture, an application architecture, or one of the other architecture types. Architecture is a complex effort that must balance the needs of the business with the reality of how technology can support it. Principles...
- Tags: Architecture, Principles, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-03-27
- The Benefits of the Software Architecture: Is the Software Architecture Essential to Your Project - You Bet It Is!
- For the past several months the author has focused on designing a software architecture. The author has talked about requirements gathering, documentation, integration with the development process, and more. One thing he hasn't discussed, however, is the benefits of the software architecture. The author explains the benefits of the software...
- Tags: Software, Software Architecture, Tools & Techniques, Benefits, Management, Human Resources
- White papers 2005-04-06
- Create the Ideal SOA Team: Redefining the Roles of Traditional Software Development Teams
- The prevailing evolution in software development is moving from traditional software architecture to Service-Oriented Architecture SOA. In traditional software architecture, one thinks of a project as the delivery of a single new application. In SOA, one thinks of a project as the delivery of integrated services - some new, some...
- Tags: Software Development, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-07-18
- Extensibility in Visual Studio 2005 Team System-Level 200
- Visual Studio Team System is a powerful new suite of tools and facilities to be offered as part of the Visual Studio 2005 family. At its core lies the Team Foundation, a set of server-based team collaboration tools that supports source control, work item tracking, build creation and more, enabling...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Tool, Visual Studio Team System, Team Foundation, Team Management, Microsoft Development Tools, Management, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts
- Exploring the Fundamentals of Architecture and Services in an SOA, Part 1: Use Architecture and Levels of Abstraction to Create a Better SOA - Why Is Architecture Important in SOA?
- In this first paper in the series, get a closer look at the elements of a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, examine the benefits of architecture, learn how levels of abstraction help improve the development process, who creates and uses the architecture, and where architecture belongs in the software development life cycle.
- Tags: SOA, Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-09-04
- Exploring IT Architecture Disciplines, Part 4: Update Your Infrastructure Architecture to Serve and Protect Your Enterprise
- Now that one has supplemented the business architecture with an information architecture, one can move on to updating the existing infrastructure architecture. This update consists of a validation and a possible realignment of the infrastructure to meet the requirements outlined in both the business and the information architectures. Traditional enterprise...
- Tags: Information Technology, Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-09-19
- Exploring IT Architecture Disciplines, Part 6: Build the Integration Architecture - Putting It All Together
- A key aspect of any enterprise architecture is the integration of all the parts and pieces. This is the purpose of the integration architecture - to make sure that everything works smoothly. Designing this architecture is the sixth step in the enterprise architecture process, the step where everything comes together.
- Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-11-29
- Architecture-Based Development
- The development of a software architecture is a critical step in the development of large software-intensive systems. A software architecture is fundamental for the development of software produce lines where multiple systems with different functionality are created from the same basic architecture. Even with this emphasis on architecture, the process...
- Tags: Software, Architecture, Software Architecture, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers
- White Paper: Six Critical IT Operations Questions for a Successful SOA Deployment
- There's a lot of talk about service-oriented architecture SOA. Organizations eagerly anticipate the increased development flexibility it can bring as well as its promise to speed business innovation. Much less discussed is the importance of the IT operations department to SOA success. To fully capitalize on the value of SOA,...
- Tags: Information Technology, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-07-01
- MSDN Architecture Webcast: Automating Your Build Process With Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server (Level 200)
- Team Build is the build automation tool in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Foundation Server. By using Team Build, the developer can simplify the entire end-to-end build automation process, from building the system to analyzing the health of the completed build. In this webcast the attendee will practice how to use...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Webcast, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Server, Microsoft Corp., Team Build, Team Management, Management
- Webcasts
- Exploring IT Architecture Disciplines, Part 3: Move on to the Information Architecture - Store, Protect, and Manage Your Organization's Data
- As one progress toward the design of the enterprise architecture, one must supplement the new business architecture with an information architecture - an architecture that outlines mission-critical information and how to store it, protect it, and manage it. Learn how to design and maintain an information architecture for the organization....
- Tags: Information Technology, Information Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-08-15
- MSDN Webcast: Managing Team Data With Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)
- This webcast explains the solution architecture within the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals and describes the tools one can use to manage changes to the schema and version control. The webcast explains the features in Team Edition for Database Professionals that help to manage and validate...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Database, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Microsoft Development Tools, Digital Media, Storage, Management, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Webcasts
- Documenting Software Architecture, Part 3: Develop the Architecture Overview
- In this paper, learn about the architecture overview, which provides a high-level schematic of the various dimensions of the architecture. The architecture overview provides different views of the developing architecture of a system. Architecture, by definition, helps communicate the developing solution to key stakeholders of the company, though not all...
- Tags: Software, Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-06-27
- The Four-Domain Architecture: An Approach to Support Enterprise Architecture Design
- Managing an enterprise architecture is a challenging task. While careful planning typically goes into its design, an enterprise architecture actually emerges as a result of implementing individual projects. It is this de facto architecture, not the conceptual one, that provides the capabilities for executing business strategies, and understanding this emergent...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2004-02-26
- TOGAF or Not TOGAF: Extending Enterprise Architecture Beyond RUP
- This paper contrasts the disciplines of enterprise architecture, solution architecture, and business architecture; compares these disciplines to the IBM Rational Unified Process RUP and suggests ways to combine them; and advocates applying The Open Group Architecture Framework TOGAF in combination with RUP to advance the implementation of enterprise architecture within...
- Tags: RUP, Enterprise Architecture, IBM Corp., UML, Strategy, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2007-01-15
- Structure101 for Java (exe)
- Structure101 lets you control the structural complexity of your code-base and ensure that it conforms to a defined architecture, making it less costly and risky to develop, modify, test, and deploy.Structure101 exposes structure, lets you define how it should be, communicate this to the team and know when architecture deviations...
- Tags: Java, Headway Software Ltd., RSS, Team Management, Development Tools, Internet, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-02-06
- MSDN Architecture Webcast: Designing a New Work Item Type Definition and Form (Level 200)
- Work items are used to capture everything from requirements to bugs and are at the heart of the team productivity in Visual Studio 2005 Team System. At any point in the software development lifecycle, an organization may need to change the data they are gathering, or gather a new type...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Webcast, Item, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Development Tools, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts
- Cisco Service-Oriented Network Architecture Workshop
- A carefully planned SONA architecture can help one reduce total cost of network ownership and increase revenue, so one can focus more of IT budget on innovation and strategic investment. To make the most of the Cisco SONA opportunity, one needs to closely examine business issues and determine the best...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc.
- White papers 2006-11-01
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