Monthly Archives: July 2002

This book is about how to make architectural changes across an organisation. It’s very much about the softer aspects of selling ideas, getting buy-in, and then seeing changes through. It has wider applicability than the title and very focused text might suggest: although it’s written in terms of "architecture", "architects" and "product lines" it could equally easily apply to "strategy", "strategists" and "portfolio".

This is a practical book, who’s authors have realised that software architecture is about people and processes, not standards or definitions. Maybe it reflects the growing maturity of the field, but this book gets down to the meat in a way that most earlier books didn’t. The book includes some useful material for any architect trying to sell his efforts, particularly real business examples where major businesses succeeded or failed because of the quality and timing of architectural investments.

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