Enterprise Architecture Blueprint for Utilities – Part 1:
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Some days ago, I was co-hosting a webinar on “Piecing together the Enterprise Architecture Puzzle for Utilities”. During our virtual roundtable, our guests including Klaus Wagner, (Enterprise Architect, Netze-BW / EnBW) and Rinse Veltmann (Director Solutions, Energyworx) discussed an enterprise architecture blueprint for the Utility 4.0 future and highlighted specific related topics including:
Our lively debate, in which the panelist shared their views on what was good and bad architecture emphasized: What characterizes a good or bad architecture? What does “good” and “bad” mean? Does “good”, “bad” and even “ugly” mean the same for all of us? And can we measure it? See it? Feel it? Or otherwise sense it?
So let me start by sharing some of the typical indicators and symptoms of a bad architecture from my point of view:
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Working with utilities, we sometimes meet an IT landscape that has evolved (or even mutated) over many years with lack of architectural management or strategy. That is what I call an “accidental IT” or “accidental architecture”.
A system of siloed systems:
There might be by far more symptoms or examples for “accidental IT” or “The Bad, and the Ugly”. But it is more important to think about, how to fix and how to handle the shortcomings.
Therefore, my next blog posts in this EA blueprint series will focus on “The Good”. What is “good architecture,” how can we measure it and establish a set of architecture KPIs. Ready to Read part 2?
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