Architecture governance framework

This section explains architecture governance conceptually and organizationally. Among the many aspects of architecture governance, implementation governance is just one. Its purpose is to manage and control all processes in an organization. The enterprise architecture and other architectural designs are also taken into consideration by the enterprise architect.

With traditional IT silos still in place, moving to the cloud is not standardized, and no centralized management or compliance measures are in place. The difference in standards between enterprise workloads may result in competing interests and inconsistency within an organization when parties are not aligned. Often, IT organizations are unaware of where or how workloads are deployed, what metrics are available for monitoring, or which workloads are vulnerable to security threats. The lack of controls and an audit trail makes this a major compliance risk. Developers may not even follow industry...