EPISODE · Feb 6, 2026 · 12 MIN
Still Doing Architecture Principles
from REAL Talk With Sam Holcman · host Sam Holcman
Most EA principles sound good but do not change a single decision because they are not testable. To make them real, convert each principle into a SMART goal plus 1–3 hard metrics. Now you can wire that into governance (architecture reviews, portfolio decisions, roadmaps) and report progress quarterly. At that point, it stops being a poster on the wall and becomes a scoreboard the business can hold EA accountable to. Let us explain why Architecture Principles faded away in the 1990's - let us not go backwards in time.
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Most EA principles sound good but do not change a single decision because they are not testable. To make them real, convert each principle into a SMART goal plus 1–3 hard metrics. Now you can wire that into governance (architecture reviews, portfolio decisions, roadmaps) and report progress quarterly. At that point, it stops being a poster on the wall and becomes a scoreboard the business can hold EA accountable to. Let us explain why Architecture Principles faded away in the 1990's - let us not go backwards in time.
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