Enterprise Architecture and the DevOps Center of Excellence

This chapter introduces two orchestrators of the DevOps evolution and is divided accordingly into two main parts. We start with Enterprise Architecture (EA), outlining its overall value proposition for the DevOps evolution, and afterward we discuss the three layers of domain criticality, as well as their importance in the DevOps evolution, using examples. Continuing, we define the main alternative choices for platform modernization-facing incumbents by providing the business case and examples for each choice. Afterward, we shift focus to the importance of reference architectures in accelerating the DevOps evolution and we discuss the most decisive and dominant of these in the financial services industry. Closing the first part, we highlight the importance of establishing an EA assembly. The second part starts by discussing the value proposition of the DevOps Center of Excellence (CoE) and outlines the four potential roles...