Architecture Practice and Governance
6 How architects organize, decide and hand over.
TOGAF
The Open Group Architecture Framework for enterprise architecture development
- License
- Commercial
- Maturity
- Established
Zachman Framework
A fundamental structure for organizing enterprise architecture artifacts
- License
- Commercial
- Maturity
- Established
COBIT
IT governance and management framework for enterprise information and technology
- License
- Commercial
- Maturity
- Established
ADR Tools
Command-line tools for working with Architecture Decision Records
- License
- Open Source
- Maturity
- Growing
Architecture Capability Maturity Model
A maturity model for assessing and improving enterprise architecture capabilities
- License
- Free
- Maturity
- Established
Structurizr
Architecture models as code using the C4 model for visualizing software architecture
- License
- Freemium
- Maturity
- Growing
Modeling and Documentation
6 Diagrams, notations and model-as-code.
LeanIX
SaaS-based enterprise architecture management platform for IT landscape governance
- License
- Enterprise
- Maturity
- Established
Archi
Free, open-source ArchiMate modeling tool for enterprise architecture
- License
- Open Source
- Maturity
- Established
Mermaid
JavaScript-based diagramming and charting tool using text-based definitions
- License
- Open Source
- Maturity
- Growing
draw.io
Free, open-source diagramming application for creating flowcharts and architecture diagrams
- License
- Open Source
- Maturity
- Established
ArchiMate
Open and independent enterprise architecture modeling language by The Open Group
- License
- Free
- Maturity
- Established
arc42
Pragmatic template for documenting software and system architectures
- License
- Open Source
- Maturity
- Established
Enterprise Architecture
6 Enterprise-wide tools, repositories and methods.
BizBOK
Business Architecture Body of Knowledge guide for business architecture practitioners
- License
- Commercial
- Maturity
- Established
BPMN
Business Process Model and Notation standard for graphical process modeling
- License
- Free
- Maturity
- Established
Camunda
Process orchestration platform for automating business processes and workflows
- License
- Open Source
- Maturity
- Growing
LeanIX APM
Application portfolio management module for rationalizing and governing IT landscapes
- License
- Enterprise
- Maturity
- Established
ThoughtWorks Technology Radar
Opinionated guide to technology trends published biannually by ThoughtWorks
- License
- Free
- Maturity
- Established
BIAN
Banking Industry Architecture Network service landscape for financial services
- License
- Free
- Maturity
- Established
Software Architecture
6 Patterns, frameworks and decision aids.
Microservices Patterns
Comprehensive guide to microservices architecture patterns by Chris Richardson
- License
- Commercial
- Maturity
- Established
DDD Crew
Community-driven resources and tools for practicing Domain-Driven Design
- License
- Open Source
- Maturity
- Growing
OpenAPI Specification
Industry-standard specification for defining and documenting RESTful APIs
- License
- Open Source
- Maturity
- Established
Swagger
Suite of API development tools for designing, building, and documenting RESTful APIs
- License
- Freemium
- Maturity
- Established
Apache Kafka
Distributed event streaming platform for high-throughput, real-time data pipelines
- License
- Open Source
- Maturity
- Established
Resilience4j
Lightweight fault tolerance library for Java applications inspired by Netflix Hystrix
- License
- Open Source
- Maturity
- Growing
Knowledge & Learning
6 Books, certifications, the canon.
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Definitive guide to distributed data systems by Martin Kleppmann
- License
- Commercial
- Maturity
- Established
Software Architecture: The Hard Parts
Modern trade-off analysis for distributed architectures by Ford, Richards, Sadalage, and Dehghani
- License
- Commercial
- Maturity
- Established
AWS Solutions Architect Professional
Advanced AWS certification for designing complex cloud architecture solutions
- License
- Commercial
- Maturity
- Established
TOGAF Certification
Industry-recognized enterprise architecture certification by The Open Group
- License
- Commercial
- Maturity
- Established
O'Reilly Software Architecture Conference
Premier conference on software architecture practices, patterns, and emerging trends
- License
- Commercial
- Maturity
- Established
Martin Fowler's Blog
Influential blog on software design, architecture patterns, and development practices
- License
- Free
- Maturity
- Established