IASA State of Architect Engagement 2018 Preliminary Findings

1. STATE OF ARCHITECTURE
ENGAGEMENT 2018 –
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
An Association for All IT Architects

2. This is a story about the use &
abuse of Architects

3. “Remember: all I’m
offering is the truth.
Nothing more.”
Morpheus
Digital Anarchist

4. Our Questions An Association for All IT Architects
What flavours of
architect?
Who do they
report to?
What do they
do?
How do they
engage?
What’s the context?
CULTURE | TRENDS | OTHER FACTORS
Is their
value
proposition
clear?

5. DANIEL RECAP ON SWEDISH ROLES

6. ~5M
ORGANISATIONS
*survey still open
An Association for All IT Architects
48%
30%
6%
3%
3%
4%
4%
2%
232 PEOPLE
~1M
TECH
PEOPLE
11%DIGITAL ARC
46%BIMODAL
33%BUS ARC
50%DIG TX
33%FULL BENEFITS

7. PATHOLOGICAL BUREAUCRATIC GENERATIVE
power-oriented rule-oriented performance-oriented
Westrum Culture Typology
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1765804/pdf/v013p0ii22.pdf
An Association for All IT Architects
2% 42% 56%
What role does organisation culture play in architecture?

8. ARCHITECT BY THE NUMBERS
70%SOLUTION ARCS
67%ENTERPRISE ARCS
52%INFRA ARCS
variations across industry types +/-10%
44%SOFTWARE ARCS
33%BUSINESS ARCS
30%INFO ARCS
11%DIGITAL ARCS
EMERGING
37%SECURITY ARCS
23%INTEGRATION ARCS
An Association for All IT Architects
58%ARCHITECT MGR

9. ARCHITECT VALUE
24%PROJECT DELIVERY
29%OUTCOMES
23%NOT MEASURED
VALUE
MEASUREMENT
~70%
SOLUTION ARCS
ENTERPRISE ARCS
INFRA ARCS
BUSINESS ARCS
VALUE
PROPOSITION
CLARITYSOFTWARE ARCS
33%FULL BENEFITS
LIFECYCLE
INVOLVEMENT
An Association for All IT Architects

10. ARCHITECT ORGANISATION An Association for All IT Architects
24%BUSINESS DOMAIN
ALIGNED
22%DISCIPLINE
ALIGNED
17%DISCONNECTED
5%PERVASIVE
ARCHITECTURE
58%ARCHITECT MGR
RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE PRACTICE OF
ARCHITECTURE
EntArc
SolArc
34% Head of EA
31% CIO
21% CTO
22% CTO
21% Head of Delivery
17% Head of EA
15% CIO
BusArc
28% Head of Business Unit
17% CIO
16% Head of EA
14% Head of Digital Trans
InfArc
SwArc
27% CTO
21% Head of Delivery
21% Head of EA
27% Head of Dev
18% Head of EA
16% CTO

11. ARCHITECT ENGAGEMENT An Association for All IT Architects
27%LIMITED OR NO
BUSINESS
ENGAGEMENT
8%WORK FOR THE
BUSINESS
50%STRATEGIC
TRANSFORMATION
17%ORGANISATION
INNOVATION

12. ARCHITECT AUTHORITY An Association for All IT Architects
48%SOLUTION ARCS
56%ENTERPRISE ARCS
47%INFRA ARCS
43%SOFTWARE ARCS
49%BUSINESS ARCS
ARCHITECTS
CONSULTED
ARCHITECTS
RESPONSIBLE/
ACCOUNTABLE
~20%

13. PARTICIPATE NOW An Association for All IT Architects
https://iasaresearch.typeform.com/to/WT9Foe
SUBMIT
BEFORE 2PM

14. IASA RESEARCH AGENDA An Association for All IT Architects
1. Explore architecture practices & practice effectiveness
2. Explore architecture impacts on organisation success
3. Explore architecture outcome measurement
4. Initiate long-running research study to track architecture
engagement, maturity and learning
5. Connect to other studies via Cultural aspects
If you have any questions that you need answered please share
gar.maccriosta@iasaoffice.org

15. THANK YOU