Author and enterprise strategist
Gregor Hohpe
Hohpe co-wrote the integration pattern language most messaging systems still use, then turned to the architect's role in large organisations, connecting the boardroom with the engine room.
- Essential reading
- Enterprise Integration Patterns
- The Software Architect Elevator
- Cloud Strategy
- Platform Strategy
- Models in this guide
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- No. 082Strategy & Enterprise
Platforms and Network Effects
A platform's value grows with each participant — design for adoption, not just function.
- No. 085Strategy & Enterprise
Optionality
Prefer positions that give you the right, but not the obligation, to act in the future.
- No. 091Strategy & Enterprise
Exit Strategy (Lock-in as a Design Input)
Decide how you would leave a vendor or platform before you commit, and trade the switching cost consciously against the value the dependency brings.
- No. 112From the Masters
The Architect Elevator
Ride between the penthouse and the engine room: connect business strategy with technical reality.
- No. 113From the Masters
Architects See More Dimensions
Many either-or conflicts dissolve once you add a dimension the debaters are not seeing.
- No. 114From the Masters
Starbucks Does Not Use Two-Phase Commit
Real businesses scale through asynchronous, compensating processes, not distributed transactions.
- No. 115From the Masters
Economies of Speed
Digital organisations win by how quickly they can learn and change, not by how big they are.