ARCHITECT! What Architectures are we talking about? (9 of 15)

Lead with business needs.

Then create the business, application, data, & technology architectures.

In Enterprise Architecture, these are the Architectures that are involved — business - application - data - technology.

In my view, it is essential to lead with your business needs, drilling down from what-to-how. Once the business needs are understood, the applications to support the business will become clear. These applications generate critical data and determine the technology platforms.

We know that industrial asset-intensive organizations are data-rich and insight-poor. An architected approach is the only way to sort through the data that people need to make decisions.

At the end of a day, it’s a people-business.