Hype Driven Enterprise Architecture
posted by John Spacey, April 04, 2011Hype driven architecture — needlessly adding trendy technologies to a enterprise architecture.
Root Cause
Enterprise Architects (EAs) may allow their excitement for popular technologies to to cloud their judgement.Other EAs may face executive pressure to adopt trendy technologies.
Results
Hype driven architectural decisions may result in costly projects that have questionable business benefit.Hype driven projects often fail when the hype bursts — everyone eventually realizes the project is pointless.
The Solution
Adding new technology to an organization's technology stack should be driven by real business needs — based on the merits of the technology.
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