A digital architect is a person who designs business processes to improve
customer experience
Customer experience (CX) is a totality of cognitive, affective, sensory, and behavioral consumer responses during all stages of the consumption process including pre-purchase, consumption, and post-purchase stages. Pine and Gilmore described th ...
, increase profitability, and improve competitive position. Digital architects focus on: (1) customer experience; (2)
cloud
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may ...
,
webscale,
iot; (3)
data science including
analytics; (4) business, application, information, technology and
security architecture; (5)
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech r ...
,
cognitive science,
neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developme ...
,
robotics
Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrate ...
and
artificial creativity; (6) traditional science and mathematics including physics, quantum physics, chemistry and biology; and (7)
digital 3D printing and nano-manufacturing (source of definition: Gary Trenchard).
The business case for a digital architect role within enterprise:
References
Computing and society
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