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Principles Overview

Interoperability Principle

Interoperability means having the ability to exchange data between computers, networks, systems, organizations, and individuals.

Types of Principles

Widely recognized types of principles:

Healthcare Principles: Prima facie principles
Building architecture principles: originating De Architectura, by Marcus Vitruvius
Microprocessor Architecture Principles
Garden Architecture Principles
Psychological principles

In the Dragon1 EA method, the following types of principles have been defined:

Architecture Principles - Principles of concepts that are made part of architecture
Design Principles - Principles of design concepts for a higher quality design
Enterprise Architecture Principles
Governance Architecture Principles
Business Architecture Principles
Information Architecture Principles
Data Architecture Principles
IT Architecture Principles
Application Architecture Principles
Technology Architecture Principles
Security Architecture Principles

Many enterprises and their business succeed just because of maintaining high standards or maintaining a high level of minimum standards.

Many enterprises and their business fail because of letting go of minimum standards, just because of ignorance, laziness, and amateurism.

Dragon1 promotes working with high standards, regardless of the financial situation an enterprise is in, like the ones below:

Always plan and prioritize your work.
Make sure that shops, offices, plants, other clients, and working areas are always clean. Repair broken items or dispose of them if this is not possible.
Make sure the processes and procedures are always documented.
Make sure that everyone is instructed well enough to do their job.
Always respect what the customer asks, show interest in what he is doing, and ask what he needs.
Make sure you keep fit. Attend training courses and stay informed about innovations in your specialism or discipline.
Learn from mistakes and problems. Document, discuss, and solve them. Implement solutions.
Replace old and outdated product lines, technologies, and processes with new ones. Never stop innovating.
Be trustworthy and reliable. Do what you say and say what you do.
Only do what makes you proud and believe in your product, business, and enterprise.

One can name these the survival policies or identity policies of your enterprise because you follow these rules, whatever you do.

As an enterprise architect, you must address the minimum standards for designing, constructing, and working with your architecture solution.

Interesting resource of principles (formulates as rules): Principles Design and a Dutch Research article De Geschiedenis van Architectuur Principes