Adaptive Enterprise Architecture (Build Strong Operating Models and Infrastructures for Successful Organizations)

In a complex business landscape, enterprise architecture can't afford to be a static governance process. Instead, architecture must be adaptive and strategic. This book shows how.

Drawing on decades of experiences, Adaptive Enterprise Architecture by Rubi Kaur is a practical guide to enterprise architecture that responds to real business conditions. Explaining why traditional architecture practices are no longer effective, it shows the impact of the pressures of AI, the complexity of modern organizations both in terms of technology and structure as well as the increase of ESG, tech supply chain and geopolitical risks.

The book introduces its FLOW model which covers how architecture must operate in the new world. It explains how architect can work across the entire business, build adaptive and evolving architecture, reimagine their roles as orchestrator, create adaptive and agile governance. It equips architects to operate in flow: adapting in real time, orchestrating across business, technology, people and AI. Each chapter will include reflection prompts and practical experiments. The book will feature real-world examples from financial services, telecommunications, the public sector and consulting from the authors' careers and interviews with leading practitioners.