E2E Architecture Newsletter - June 2024

Dear architects and friends,

driving the E2E Architecture Community – we share insights covering great articles, talks, podcasts, trainings, reference materials and more on business and IT architecture. Check out the following Top-5 for this month (personal opinion, sponsored content marked).

How to be a creative enterprise architect?

by Joana Tiedtke and Kevin Weber Being creative as an enterprise architect is no longer optional, it's what we do. This article explores the evolving definition of creativity, the role of AI in enhancing creative processes, and the future of creativity because of AI advancements.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-creative-enterprise-architect-kevin-weber-jwvof

Every Project Needs a Firefighter, and Every Firefighter Needs an Arsonist - Architecture & Governance Magazine

I recently participated in five episodes of the Agile Thoughts podcast with host Lance Kind and his guest Adam Tornhill, author of Your Code as a Crime Scene.

www.architectureandgovernance.com/agile/every-project-needs-a-firefighter-and-every-firefighter-needs-an-arsonist

Open source and AI’s future: The importance of democratization, sustainability and trust

Today, many people are looking at AI/ML as a future technology. It’s still nascent in many organizations, with strategies and planning and big ideas – rather than deployments and production taking center stage. But not for the open source world.

www.redhat.com/en/blog/open-source-and-ais-future-importance-democratization-sustainability-and-trust

Accelerating Technical Decision-Making by Empowering ICs with Engineering Strategy

Carta harnesses the power of a small group of senior engineers called navigators to bridge the gap between global strategy and local decision-making, using a written engineering strategy. Navigators replace a need for consensus and boost velocity by combining technical context, domain context, strategic alignment, and judgment to make engineering decisions quickly.

www.infoq.com/articles/accelerating-technical-decision-making

Observations on Cloud-Native Observability - DZone

Cloud-native observability is vital to success. Learn about observability challenges, trends impacting cloud native's future, and the responsibilities of teams.

dzone.com/articles/observations-on-cloud-native-observability

We share insights covering great articles, talks, podcasts, trainings, references and more on business & IT architecture on a monthly basis. Jonas Nikol, Colin Schneider Anna Fessmann and the E2E architecture team.June