Your architecture isn’t failing because of tools.

It’s failing because of 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀.

How often does the following occur?

• Beautiful diagrams nobody uses
• Standards nobody follows
• Roadmaps collecting digital dust

It doesn’t matter how big you are or how small, you can have any number of the following:

• Enterprise architects
• Solution architects
• Technical architects

But if they aren’t talking to each other and working towards a common direction:

• Architecture stops being a 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and becomes a 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗯𝗼𝘅
• Common knowledge becomes 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻
• Roadmaps become 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 with the wheel being 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 over and over
• No one takes 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 for the overarching control of the organisation’s offerings

So, how do you flip the script?:

• 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 architecture forums
• The top of the tech tree 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 to all the branches
• 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 reviews
• Shared solution 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

Architecture Management provides an understanding of the elements and interrelationships that allow the organisation to achieve objectives and deliver value.

Get it right and you will:

• Deliver 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿
• Make 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 that stick
• Make 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 flow

It’s not about 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀, it’s about 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

Is your approach to Architecture Management bringing people together or forcing them apart?