Polyphony in Architecture

Bas van der Raadt, Jasper Soetendal, Michiel Perdeck, Hans van Vliet

DOI 10.1109/icse.2004.1317475 dblp

Abstract

Based on interviews with a number of architects and managers from a wide range of organizations, we characterize how architecture is perceived in practice. We identify three groups of organizations that differ with respect to their level of architectural thinking and the alignment of business and IT on architectural issues. Analysis of the interviews further indicates that these three groups differ in the architecture aspects and critical success factors they emphasize. Our results provide a starting point for assessing architecture maturity and alignment within organizations, and can be used to help harmonize different architectural tunes played within organizations.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{vanderRaadt-al:ICSE04,
  author    = {Bas van der Raadt and
               Jasper Soetendal and
               Michiel Perdeck and
               Hans van Vliet},
  title     = {Polyphony in Architecture},
  booktitle = {ICSE},
  pages     = {533--542},
  publisher = {{IEEE} Computer Society},
  year      = {2004},
}

Polyphony in Architecture

Abstract

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