4. Our Questions An Association for All IT Architects
What flavours of
architect?
Who do they
report to?
What do they
do?
How do they
engage?
What’s the context?
CULTURE | TRENDS | OTHER FACTORS
Is their
value
proposition
clear?
6. ~5M
ORGANISATIONS
*survey still open
An Association for All IT Architects
48%
30%
6%
3%
3%
4%
4%
2%
232 PEOPLE
~1M
TECH
PEOPLE
11%DIGITAL ARC
46%BIMODAL
33%BUS ARC
50%DIG TX
33%FULL BENEFITS
7. PATHOLOGICAL BUREAUCRATIC GENERATIVE
power-oriented rule-oriented performance-oriented
Westrum Culture Typology
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1765804/pdf/v013p0ii22.pdf
An Association for All IT Architects
2% 42% 56%
What role does organisation culture play in architecture?
8. ARCHITECT BY THE NUMBERS
70%SOLUTION ARCS
67%ENTERPRISE ARCS
52%INFRA ARCS
variations across industry types +/-10%
44%SOFTWARE ARCS
33%BUSINESS ARCS
30%INFO ARCS
11%DIGITAL ARCS
EMERGING
37%SECURITY ARCS
23%INTEGRATION ARCS
An Association for All IT Architects
58%ARCHITECT MGR
9. ARCHITECT VALUE
24%PROJECT DELIVERY
29%OUTCOMES
23%NOT MEASURED
VALUE
MEASUREMENT
~70%
SOLUTION ARCS
ENTERPRISE ARCS
INFRA ARCS
BUSINESS ARCS
VALUE
PROPOSITION
CLARITYSOFTWARE ARCS
33%FULL BENEFITS
LIFECYCLE
INVOLVEMENT
An Association for All IT Architects
10. ARCHITECT ORGANISATION An Association for All IT Architects
24%BUSINESS DOMAIN
ALIGNED
22%DISCIPLINE
ALIGNED
17%DISCONNECTED
5%PERVASIVE
ARCHITECTURE
58%ARCHITECT MGR
RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE PRACTICE OF
ARCHITECTURE
EntArc
SolArc
34% Head of EA
31% CIO
21% CTO
22% CTO
21% Head of Delivery
17% Head of EA
15% CIO
BusArc
28% Head of Business Unit
17% CIO
16% Head of EA
14% Head of Digital Trans
InfArc
SwArc
27% CTO
21% Head of Delivery
21% Head of EA
27% Head of Dev
18% Head of EA
16% CTO
11. ARCHITECT ENGAGEMENT An Association for All IT Architects
27%LIMITED OR NO
BUSINESS
ENGAGEMENT
8%WORK FOR THE
BUSINESS
50%STRATEGIC
TRANSFORMATION
17%ORGANISATION
INNOVATION
12. ARCHITECT AUTHORITY An Association for All IT Architects
48%SOLUTION ARCS
56%ENTERPRISE ARCS
47%INFRA ARCS
43%SOFTWARE ARCS
49%BUSINESS ARCS
ARCHITECTS
CONSULTED
ARCHITECTS
RESPONSIBLE/
ACCOUNTABLE
~20%
13. PARTICIPATE NOW An Association for All IT Architects
https://iasaresearch.typeform.com/to/WT9Foe
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BEFORE 2PM
14. IASA RESEARCH AGENDA An Association for All IT Architects
1. Explore architecture practices & practice effectiveness
2. Explore architecture impacts on organisation success
3. Explore architecture outcome measurement
4. Initiate long-running research study to track architecture
engagement, maturity and learning
5. Connect to other studies via Cultural aspects
If you have any questions that you need answered please share
gar.maccriosta@iasaoffice.org