Architecting for Adaptability and Agility
Channel: The Open Group
Date: 2020-07-28

Gordon Cooper is a thought leader in the field of enterprise architecture as a transformative discipline. He has provided vision and leadership in the evolution of EA from a “nice-to-have” cost center into a key enabler of business transformation. Gordon has worked as senior leadership and consulted in companies ranging from Fortune 10 companies to start-ups, and in numerous industries such as insurance, finance, oil & gas, technology, medical/healthcare, government, and education. Prior to MEGA, Gordon was VP of Enterprise Architecture and VP of Technology Risk at AIG.


-  Creating emergent designs that provide flexibility and adaptability
-  Identifying disruptive trends and assess their impact on the business
-  Building a target operating model for operational and business resiliency
-  Modeling business capabilities and value streams
-  Designing innovative solutions to support new business models


Architects are helping to shape strategy
A shift in EA Organization
Hybrid organization
Solution Architecture working more closely with EAs
Architects are architecting the business


Traditional EA
     Manual - labor intensive
     Lengthy process
     Academic, framework focused
     Focused on inventory and diagrams
     Little perceived value


Outcome-Driven EA
     Automated
     Fast time-to-value
     Real customer use-cases focused
     Business-outcome driven
     Measurable ROI