The Benefits of a Standardized Application Architecture

There is much literature on software architecture and design. Most of that literature focuses on coding patterns and best practices. That is, the literature focuses on an applications internal structure and improving quality at a code level, usually with a single application as the intended scope. In fact, most application architectures are created and deployed for a small number of applications. It's time we looked at the larger picture and considered the benefits of deploying an standardize...