Enterprise Architecture Workshop Part 2

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is one of the most misunderstood terms in our industry. Ask 10 people what EA is and you will get 10 different answers. To better understand what EA is and how it impacts your company (and you!) we will go back in time to maritime Britain in the late 1700's. Through exercises in designing a fleet of war ships and making decisions about what to do with the fleet you will understand the various approaches, directions, and implications of EA and how necessary EA is to achieve any company goal. In part one the workshop you will decide on an EA approach and construct a fleet of ships based on that approach given a specific scenario, In part two of the workshop you will then engage those fleets in battles with others based on the different directions (project initiatives) discussed during the session. The fleet exercises you will be doing are specifically designed to reinforce the concepts presented in this session. This is a two-part workshop with workshop exercises in both Part 1 and Part 2, so it is important to attend both parts for the workshop exercises to work.

I will be handing out the rules for the fleet game we will be playing at the start of the exercises.

In part one the workshop you will decide on an EA approach and construct a fleet of ships based on that approach given a specific scenario, In part two of the workshop you will then engage those fleets in battles with others based on the different directions (project initiatives) discussed during the session. The fleet exercises you will be doing are specifically designed to reinforce the concepts presented in this session. This is a two-part workshop with workshop exercises in both Part 1 and Part 2, so it is important to attend both parts for the workshop exercises to work.

About Mark Richards

Mark Richards is an experienced, hands-on software architect involved in the architecture, design, and implementation of microservices architectures, service-oriented architectures, and distributed systems. He has been in the software industry since 1983 and has significant experience and expertise in application, integration, and enterprise architecture. Mark is the founder of DeveloperToArchitect.com, a website devoted to helping developers in the journey to software architect. He is the author of numerous technical books and videos, including the recently published Fundamentals of Software Architecture, Microservices AntiPatterns and Pitfalls, Microservices vs. SOA, the Software Architecture Fundamentals video series, The Enterprise Messaging video series, Java Message Service, 2nd Edition, and contributing author to 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know. Mark has a master’s degree in computer science and is a regular conference speaker at the No Fluff Just Stuff (NFJS) Symposium Series. He has spoken at hundreds of conferences and user groups around the world on a variety of enterprise-related technical topics.

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