Spec-Driven Development is Better With Core Architecture

By Paul Preiss A new term has arrived in the software development conversation: spec-driven development (SDD). Tools such as Kiro (AWS’s agentic IDE, released 2025), spec-kit (GitHub’s open-source CLI, released September 2024), and the Tess…

CIO Priorities 2026: AI Value and Financial Discipline Define IT Leadership

By Holt Hackney IT leaders in the Asia-Pacific region are entering a year defined by faster adoption of artificial intelligence, increased cost sensitivity and greater accountability to executive leadership, according to a report by Info-Tech […]

Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Enterprise Architecture (EA) Discipline

By Tushar Hazra, Ph.D. Introduction: AI Forces a Structural Re-think of EA Artificial Intelligence (AI) has often been described as a disruptive technology in industry today. For Enterprise Architecture (EA), this characterization is misleadingly mild….

Chief Architect Jim Wilt Talks Discipline and His Successful Career in Technology

By Holt Hackney James Wilt is a voraciously curious CTO, Distinguished Chief Architect & Engineering Advocate dedicated to advancing the profession of Architecture. With over 40 years of experience spanning aerospace, operating systems, cloud platf…

When Systems Recognize Capability But Governance Delays Authorization: A Structural Gap in Modern Institutions

By Mansi S. Rai Executive Summary Modern institutions increasingly rely on digital systems capable of detecting performance, eligibility, and risk in real time. Yet governance frameworks often remain constrained by legacy authorization models that were…

When Excellent Technology Architecture Fails to Deliver Business Results

By Nadzeya Stalbouskaya Strong technology architecture is no longer rare. Clean layers, cloud-first strategies, modern platforms, and well-defined principles have become standard practice across large organizations. On paper, architecture often looks s…