Explained: Choosing a Framework

The chief enterprise architect walks out of a vendor presentation holding a glossy deck titled "Your TOGAF Transformation Journey." A consultancy has just pitched Aldermont a two-year engagement to roll out a full formal architecture practice, complete with certifications, a documentation standard, and a review process for every project in the bank. It is thorough. It is expensive. And a quiet voice is asking whether the bank actually … Read More

Architecture: TOGAF and the ADM

Aldermont's board has finally signed off on the thing every engineer at the bank has wanted for years: consolidate the three core banking systems into one. The Calford mainframe, the Piedmont commercial platform, and the Northline cloud core will become a single core with a single definition of a customer. It is a multi-year, multi-hundred-million-dollar program that touches every part of the bank. The chief enterprise architect is handed the… Read More