Lean Enterprise Architecture

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Welcome to the Leanpub Launch video for Lean Enterprise Architecture: A Practical Guide to Value-Driven Enterprise Architecture https://leanpub.com/leanenterprisearchitecture by Romano Roth! 0:00 Introductions: Romano Roth and Dietmar Wetter introduce themselves and the book 0:45 Dietmar's role: bridging theory and practice in enterprise architecture 1:31 Romano's background as Chief AI Officer at Zühlke and his role in the book 2:17 Why traditional enterprise architecture management fails: the bottleneck problem 3:05 Governance, compliance, and security decision-making in EA boards 3:51 The importance of structured ideas when organizations face change 4:38 What 'lean' means in Lean Enterprise Architecture: origins in the Toyota Production System 5:26 Value streams, removing bottlenecks, and treating the enterprise as a smooth-running factory 6:12 Book availability in print and as an ebook on Leanpub 6:58 Accompanying course with quizzes, exercises, and video interviews for each chapter About the Book Lean Enterprise Architecture (LEA) is a practical, value-driven guide to enterprise architecture for organizations that need to change fast. Roughly two out of three EA initiatives fail because they operate as ivory towers, producing artifacts that nobody uses. This book teaches you how to avoid that fate. It treats enterprise architecture as a leadership discipline that connects strategy with execution and business with technology, and it applies a lean philosophy throughout: start small, deliver value early, and expand only where the organization genuinely benefits. Every chapter stands on its own, so you can read the book end to end or go straight to the topic you need. 32 chapters in seven parts cover the full spectrum of EA practice, from foundations to governance, methods, and AI. Chapters open with learning objectives and close with key takeaways, and close to 100 diagrams support the text. LEA is also the lecture companion for the CAS Enterprise Architecture program at HSLU (Hochschule Luzern). You will learn how to: Position EA as a steering instrument that translates strategy into roadmaps and traceable decisions. Design business architectures with capability maps and use them to plan your application landscape. Drive enterprise transformation and change management with proven frameworks and patterns. Set up governance that works: project portfolio management, IT controlling, and compliance without heavyweight bureaucracy. Model and communicate with TOGAF, Zachman, ArchiMate, BPMN, DMN, UML, and C4. Navigate today's technology landscape, from cloud-native platforms and API-first integration to FinOps. Work with artificial intelligence as an enterprise architect, from fundamentals to AI strategy and daily practice. Who is this book for? For enterprise architects, business architects, solution architects, IT strategists, and transformation professionals who want to strengthen their practice, and for students of the CAS Enterprise Architecture program. Whether you come from a technical background moving toward strategy or from a business background seeking to understand technology decisions, this book meets you where you are. Why this book? Because organizations need architects who reduce decision latency and integration risk, and who lead with influence rather than documents. "Lean" means prioritizing practical relevance over theoretical completeness: every chapter gives you knowledge you can apply immediately in your own organization. About the Author I believe the next competitive edge isn’t AI itself, it’s the organisation around it. Feedback loops, governance, and continuous adaptation across people, process, and technology. With over two decades in the technology sector, I focus on AI-augmented delivery, platform engineering, and enterprise evolution. As Group Chief AI Officer (CAIO) at Zühlke, I shape the global strategy and service portfolio for AI-Augmented Delivery & Platform, AI integration, platform engineering, and cloud solutions. My work redefines how organizations innovate, adapt, and scale in industries such as finance, insurance, cybersecurity, energy, healthcare, and aerospace. In a world reshaped by Artificial Intelligence (AI), I believe the key to resilience and competitiveness lies in becoming AI-augmented, AI-enabled, and ultimately AI-native: a new operating model driven by feedback loops, intelligent workflows, and self-learning systems that place customer success at the center. I empower companies to continuously create value by harmonizing people, processes, technology, and AI. I began my journey at Zühlke more than two decades ago, evolving from software engineer and architect to trusted consultant, and now to my leadership role as Chief AI Officer. My passion for value creation through automation and quality led me from engineering into the DevOps movement and further into the forefront of enterprise transformation. I organize the monthly DevOps Meetup in Zürich and serve as president of DevOpsDays Zürich, an annual conference within the global DevOps movement. I share my insights via my YouTube channel, with over 500 videos, and through well over 30 blog articles focused on DevOps, architecture, leadership, and transformation. My commitment to thought leadership and education extends to my role as a lecturer in DevOps leadership, agile methodologies, digital transformation, and enterprise architecture at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. I champion a culture of innovation and agility, helping enterprises evolve into adaptive systems capable of thriving in complex, fast-changing environments. My work has been recognized through several awards and honors, reflecting my contributions to technology leadership and digital transformation. About the Author 80 per cent of successful attacks on ICT infrastructure trace back to the human factor – more often a misunderstanding than an act of intent. With one foot firmly planted in ICT security, I want to play my part in making sure enterprise architecture is not just designed on paper, but genuinely lived. I currently work as IAM Solution Engineer in Switzerland, where I am responsible for the global roles and permissions concept, working closely with both the architecture team and the people who use these systems every day. Identity and Access Management, and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), have been my focus for more than ten years. This specialisation grew out of earlier years as team and project lead at the intersection of IT strategy, organisational change and technical delivery, including leadership and consulting roles in Switzerland. That period sharpened a conviction I still hold: architecture only works if the people who use it every day help carry it. The foundation for all of this is over twelve years of international experience in the SAP environment, where I was responsible for ERP landscapes, process integration and system architectures across multiple industries. That time gave me an instinct for how complexity builds up – and how governance fails the moment architecture is treated as a mere formality. I bring this same conviction into teaching. As Head of Program at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, I am responsible for the CAS Enterprise Architecture, the CAS Cloud Platform Manager and the CAS Digital Transformation. My aim there is the same as in my daily work: to keep architecture and technology anchored to those have to understand, apply and ultimately trust them. Throughout, I have looked at enterprise architecture from two sides that overlap more than they differ: as a practitioner among its users, shaped by my time in SAP, at SWISS and at Swisscom, and through the lens of compliance, governance and security. Both keep bringing me back to the same starting point – the 80 per cent that decides whether architecture stays on paper or is genuinely lived is human. Follow the author here! https://x.com/RomanoRoth Thank you for watching, please like and leave a comment, we'd love to hear from you! Please Subscribe and Follow! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/leanpub X: https://x.com/leanpub Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leanpub Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leanpub Create Your Own Leanpub Book! 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