Building Enterprise & IT Architecture Teams and Governance

A practical guide to designing a modern architecture capability

In a world of cloud platforms, agile delivery, and constant change, the traditional idea of a single all-knowing architect no longer applies. Architecture is not a person, it is an organisational capability. This book shows you how to build that capability with clarity, structure, and impact.

What this book will help you achieve

This practical guide teaches you how to:

• Design and structure a complete architecture team across enterprise, business, domain, solution, security, data and cloud roles
• Implement lightweight governance that accelerates decisions rather than slowing them down
• Define mandates, ownership and decision rights that bring clarity across the organisation
• Establish predictable rhythms, touchpoints and ways of working that embed architecture into agile and product teams
• Develop the skills, behaviours and culture that turn architects into trusted advisors
• Build an architecture function that creates coherence, reduces friction and improves delivery flow

Who is it for?

For enterprise architects, domain, solution and cross-cutting IT architects, CIO/CTO leaders, transformation leaders, and anyone building or maturing an architecture function.

Why this book stands out

Unlike theory-heavy framework books, this guide is action-oriented, easy to apply, and tailored to modern digital organisations. It provides clear models, checklists, tools, and real-world patterns you can use immediately. It's also descriptive, sharing concrete approaches and how-to's.

In short

Building Enterprise & IT Architecture Teams and Governance is the essential handbook for organisations that want architecture to become a strategic, repeatable and high-impact capability.
A must-read for any leader or architect shaping the future of their organisation.

ISBN 9789083636900

A5 - 75 pages