Architecture Governance

According to TOGAF framework, "architecture governance is the practice and orientation by which enterprise architecture and other architectures are managed and controlled at the enterprise-wide level." We include following activities in setting up an architecture governance process:

• Establish an architecture board, representatives from senior executives and senior manager (Business & IT), responsible to achieve following goals:
  • Consistency between sub architecture
  • Identifying reusable components
  • Flexibility of enterprise architecture
  • Enforcement of architecture compliance
  • Ensuring that the discipline of architecture based development is adopted
  • Development and adoption of architecture governance framework - A governance framework is required to ensure that each architectural discipline (business, information, technology) deliver real and tangible results and to manage the risk.
• Develop processes (architecture review, compliance, retirement, dispensation) to manage architecture life cycle.
• Development of architecture principles

Case study- Architecture Governance

Enterprise Steward developed an architecture governance and enterprise architecture program for Noteworthy Industries Inc. A power point presentation is available here.