Why Enterprise Architecture Usually Sucks.

Why Enterprise Architecture Usually Sucks. Phillip Calçado ThoughtWorks http://fragmental.tw Saturday, 11 September 2010

1.Conway-Driven Architecture 2.Architecture-Driven Business Saturday, 11 September 2010

1. Conway-Driven Architecture “Any organisation that designs a system will inevitably produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organisation's communication structure.” -Melvin Conway Saturday, 11 September 2010

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team a team c team b Saturday, 11 September 2010

system a system c system b Saturday, 11 September 2010

system a doesn’t trust system c doesn’t trust doesn’t trust system b Saturday, 11 September 2010

system a system c legacy billing database system y x inventory system z system b hr system w portal s Saturday, 11 September 2010

can I have this feature? pretty please? Saturday, 11 September 2010

LOL r u crazy? Saturday, 11 September 2010

This “small” system a change means... system c legacy billing database system y x inventory system z system b hr system w portal s Saturday, 11 September 2010

This “small” system a change means... system c legacy billing database system y x change inventory system z system b hr system w portal s Saturday, 11 September 2010

This “small” system a change means... system c legacy billing database system y x change inventory system z system changeb hr system w portal s Saturday, 11 September 2010

This “small” system a change means... system c legacy billing database system y x change inventory change system z system changeb hr system w portal s Saturday, 11 September 2010

This “small” system a change means... change system c legacy billing database system y x change inventory change system z system changeb hr system w portal s Saturday, 11 September 2010

This “small” system change a change means... change system c legacy billing database system y x change inventory change system z system changeb hr system w portal s Saturday, 11 September 2010

This “small” system change a change means... change system c legacy billing database system y x change change inventory change system z system changeb hr system w portal s Saturday, 11 September 2010

“I don’t understand why things are so hard around here!” “IT doesn’t deliver; we need more people. Get me some consultants!” “In-house is too complicated, let’s buy a package!” “We are too slow. We have to become agile! ” Saturday, 11 September 2010

2. Architecture-Driven Business “Developers have to translate for domain experts. Domain experts translate between developers and still other experts. Developers even translate for each other. The indirectness of communication conceals the formation of schisms. This leads to unreliable software that doesn't ﬁt together.” -Eric Evans Saturday, 11 September 2010

IT always wins. Saturday, 11 September 2010

IT always wins. We need invoices to be available in our sales channel to our customers Saturday, 11 September 2010

IT always wins. We need invoice.xsds to be available in our portlets to our contacts Saturday, 11 September 2010

developer’s kingdom business’ nightmare Saturday, 11 September 2010

business’ developer’s Oracle Invoice Server + Invoicing PDF Printing Service + SAP Identity Manager + Customer mapping CUS_SYS_01 Database + CRM CMS + E-Commerce Sale Server + Warehouse System Saturday, 11 September 2010

“How did we end up with three CRMs again?” “These customers are in another database. We can create a service for that...” “This may be a simple change for the business but in our end it’s complicated!” Saturday, 11 September 2010

Some Suggestions Saturday, 11 September 2010

1.Don’t try to break the law 2.Design principles are fractal 3.Domain-Driven Architecture Saturday, 11 September 2010

system a system c system b Saturday, 11 September 2010

system a system c system the b governance group Saturday, 11 September 2010

system a system c system the b governance group bottleneck Saturday, 11 September 2010

create one project team with people from different departments Saturday, 11 September 2010

system a system c legacy billing database system y x inventory system z system b hr system w portal s Saturday, 11 September 2010

system a Attribute Attribute Operation Operation system c Attribute Attribute Operation billing system y Operation legacy Attribute database Attribute x Operation Operation inventory system z Attribute system b Attribute Attribute Operation Attribute Operation Operation hr system w Operation Attribute Attribute Operation portal s Attribute Operation Attribute Operation Operation Saturday, 11 September 2010

•Layers •Cohesion •Coupling •Dependency Injection •... still applies Saturday, 11 September 2010

big bang mapping Saturday, 11 September 2010

Adopt Layers } Business Services } Services Infrastructure Saturday, 11 September 2010

Adopt Layers Business Vocabulary } (and Business Logic) Business Services Technical Vocabulary (and no Business Logic) } Services Infrastructure Saturday, 11 September 2010

Adopt Layers little mapping Saturday, 11 September 2010

Good Architectures support and are driven by the business Bad Architectures require the business to change What’s easy to change in the business model should be easy to change in your architecture Saturday, 11 September 2010

References •http://www.melconway.com/research/ committees.html •http://fragmental.tw/2009/02/24/what-is-a- service/ •http://fragmental.tw/2010/08/17/thoughts-on- abstractions-part-1-%E2%80%93-abstractions- everywhere/ •http://fragmental.tw/2010/09/06/thoughts-on- abstractions-part-2-abstractions-in-your-domain/ •http://fragmental.tw/2010/03/22/nevermind- domain-driven-design/ Saturday, 11 September 2010

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