Creating a program

“John Kotter has a book called Leading Change. At a meta level, all of the frameworks and processes for architecture boil down to the eight steps he outlines: create a sense of urgency, build a coalition, form a strategic vision, enlist others, enable action by removing barriers, generate short-term wins, sustain acceleration, and institute change. One of the primary sources of value for architecture is reducing technical debt. Stay focused on that: how can we make our lives easier in the future based on what we do today?”

– Adam Shostack, President, Shostack & Associates

You’ll note that at this point, we still don’t have any fully realized documentation for our goals, capabilities, or target state. We’ve done quite a bit of thinking about these things and maybe created some informal notes, but we have yet to put pen to paper to document this officially. To do that, we find it helpful to set up a structure within...