Lightweight architecture governance in the large
summary
Describes a lightweight governance framework proven on a multi‑year enterprise modernization that moves teams from 5 to 15+ and across acquisitions, showing concrete artifacts and practices: architecture decision records (ADRs) used as small, fact‑based records; internal paved‑road platform that embeds key choices; roadmaps, architecture scorecards and architecture review boards that act as facilitators not gatekeepers; evolutionary architecture with fitness functions. Claims these reduce flip‑flop decisions, preserve local autonomy while improving alignment, and make modernization and M&A rationalization tractable.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:37What we mean when we say....?
- 1:41What does good
- 2:37Product Lifecycle
- 3:41What about startups?
- 5:32And what if I am little bigger?
- 6:15Scale up
- 8:53And what about large scale?
- 9:36Legacy modernization
- 11:04Mergers & Acquisition
- 13:26Enterprise BAU
- 15:32Key Takeaways
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