Part 1 – Enterprise Architecture Foundation and Implementation
In this first part, you will learn about the critical core foundation components of enterprise architecture (EA) and how to relate them to the AWS cloud. This part of the book will assist you in applying EA architecture principles and domains to the AWS cloud by building the right core foundation.
If you need help with the basic concepts of the EA core foundation or are looking to learn more about its importance, the first three chapters about the core foundation will help you to make decisions and realize business values. With this, you will learn how to achieve business agility. You’ll be in a better place to explain the building blocks of architecture to derive solutions driven by both architecture and solution building blocks.
The EA foundation and implementation help you to achieve operational efficiency and help you define the success of the core foundation.
Organizations often struggle to keep up with ever-evolving technology. Hence, innovation and growth process slows down a notch. The way forward is by implementing EA that navigates an organization through business processes for desired business outcomes. Hence, a well-structured and thought-through business agility model is needed now more than ever.
By the end of these chapters, you will be able to execute an EA strategy by building a core foundation. You will be more capable of handling the constant need to adapt to continuous advancements within a system. Plus, some background on the core foundation of an execution strategy comes in handy. You’ll know more about the EA leadership principle of business dynamics and the ways to set up the right core foundation.
This part of the book comprises the following chapters: