On the 3rd of April 2024, ASB hosted a roundtable for architecture leaders, the general points of discussion were below

• Architecture Models: Discussed federated and matrix models, and their challenges.

• Handover to Delivery: Emphasized the need for architects to embrace delivery.

• Architecture Certificate: Highlighted potential roadblocks and box-ticking issues.

• Leadership Engagement: Addressed challenges with leaders not valuing architecture.

• Conway's Law: Explored its implications for technical debt and structure.

• Incentives: Discussed short-term incentives leading to technical debt.

• Architecture Failings: Focused on whether architecture is set up for success.

• TOGAF Framework: Discussed its applicability.

• Complexity: Highlighted issues with initial plans and changes over time.

• Enterprise Architecture: Challenges of using the term and modeling the enterprise.

• High Trust Model: Emphasized its importance.

• Decision Support System: Discussed using architecture for decision support.

• Heritage of Decisions: Addressed challenges with lower-level decisions.

• Hiring an Architect: Explored the value of systems thinking.

• Overt/Covert Architecture: Discussed embedding principles without using the term.

• Outsourced Architecture: Highlighted challenges with outsourced models.