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Enterprise Architects: Masters of the Unseen City

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The book describes how the decisions driving the complex ecosystem of information technology will be moved into the hands of the people who use the business systems. He describes how this will allow for an unprecedented explosion in innovation.

He presents the role of Enterprise Architect as the key to this transition. The business decision-makers will be able to better understand what to expect from an Enterprise Architect. Enterprise Architects will be able to better understand their responsibility in supporting the decision-making process.

The book is an easy read with the help of two characters, the Enterprise Architect and the Intern. These characters will take you through data-gathering, automated modeling, governance, and metrics which are required to reach the goal of revealing the unseen city. I hope you find this book both informative and beneficial.

Curriculum chartered to uncover the mysteries of the IT enterprise 'black box', the 'Masters of the Unseen City' accomplishes the mission with history, simplicity, visual support, a road map to a corporate IT future, with a guide keeping the reader on course. Students considering opportunities as an IT professional or Corporate leader, or individuals currently empowered in their firm to 'turn the ship' will discover the evolving mindset of the Enterprise Architect (EA) and the value of the many tools available in the EA's tool belt. This is one reference manual you will 'dig' and keep in your library.

As a follow-up to his first book, "Deadlines and Duct Tape: How to Manage the I.T. Function from a Business Perspective", the author continues educating the reader on the Enterprise Architecture (EA) journey of how corporations must strategically architect their systems from the business standpoint, not just ITs understanding of those systems and relationships. As Cloud Computing continues to be defined and evolve throughout the business world, this new book introduces some excellent EA design principles and visual techniques of how grounding your EA function strategically within the organization will facilitate a more targeted, successful approach to designing and upgrading your business information systems in the future.

An excellent portrayal of the role and value of the Enterprise Architecture approach to the utilization of Information Technology in acheiving the over arching strategic goals of the corporation. A creative combination of visualization, graphics, and flow charts combined with continuous dialog between two distinctive characters throughout the book to convey concepts in an easy to understand manner.
If you are interested in seeing where IT is headed, this is a good book for you.