Architecture

Definitions of Architecture (digital, software, internet, information, technology):

Overall design of a building, structure, or system that unifies its components or elements into a coherent and functional whole.
Both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing solutions.
Architecture is the starting point for anyone who wants to take humanity towards a better future
A formal description of a system, or a detailed plan of the system at component level, to guide its implementation

Key architecture disciplines:

	Enterprise Architecture	Solution Architecture	System Architecture
Strategic thinking	enterprise, programs	projects, solution, integrations	component re-use, maintainability
System interactions	highly abstracted	very detailed, complex	centered on single application
Communication	across organization	multiple teams/projects	single project
Design	minimal, high level	detailed	very detailed
Artifacts	catalogs, strategies, vision	capability, nfr's, matrices	sad, diagrams, blueprints