There's only one way to maximize the responsiveness and business value of all your products or enterprise systems: architect them. But implementing and managing software architecture across a value-chain, product-line, or enterprise can be tremendously difficult. Unless you understand that architecture will interact with your organization and unless you know what to do, even the most sensible architectures can quickly stagnate or lead to more unpleasant surprises.The authors, a team of leading architects, will show you exactly how to field resilient, long-lasting enterprise architectures. Software Architecture: Organizational Principles and Patterns introduces the breakthrough VRAPS (Vision, Rhythm, Anticipation, Partnering and Simplification) model for software architecture and demonstrates how to leverage it through real-world case studies and patterns.