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The book discusses how to succeed as a software systems architect despite the politics, budgets, setbacks, personnel issues, and technological challenges. It features numerous 'confessions,' which are pragmatic tips, warnings, and guidance from a practicing architect garnered over a career in independent practice.
List of contents
1. Incite to Insight 2. What is Enterprise Architecture? 3. The Role of an Enterprise Architect 4. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions... 5. Essential Design Principles 6. Building Large-Scale Systems 7. The Life and Times of an Enterprise Architect 8. What Causes Projects to Fail? 9. What is the Future Role of the Enterprise Architect?
About the author
Charles F. Bowman is a respected Enterprise Architect serving numerous prestigious clients, including the New York Stock Exchange and the United States Patent Office. He has taught graduate and undergraduate computer science courses at St. John's University, the City University of New York, and St. Thomas Aquinas College. Mr. Bowman has published numerous books, including
How Things Work: The Computer Science Edition (Chapman & Hall),
How Things Work: The Technology Edition (Chapman & Hall),
Algorithms and Data Structures: An Approach in C (Harcourt Brace/Oxford University Press);
Objectifying Motif (Cambridge University Press/SIGs Books);
Wisdom of the Gurus (Cambridge University Press/SIGs Books); and
Broadway: The Complete Internet Architecture (Addison/Wesley). In addition, Mr. Bowman has served as Editor-in-Chief for
The X Journal, UNIX Developer, and
CORBA Development; and Series Editor for the
Managing Object Technology book series of Cambridge University Press/SIGs Books and the
How Things Work Series for CRC Press. He is also a regular contributor to many respected journals and magazines. A graduate of New York's prestigious Brooklyn Technical High School, Mr. Bowman also holds a BS degree in Computer Science from St. John's University and an MS degree in Computer Science from New York University.
Summary
The book discusses how to succeed as a software systems architect despite the politics, budgets, setbacks, personnel issues, and technological challenges. It features numerous ‘confessions,' which are pragmatic tips, warnings, and guidance from a practicing architect garnered over a career in independent practice.
