Your path to business agility
Jeff Ellerbee, Solutions Consultant for Planview Enterprise One Capability and Technology Management. Jeff has helped customers be successful with CTM in the US and UK for 14 years. Jeff is a technical sales leader with more than 19 years of experience creating and selling software. He has designed, built, and successfully marketed five enterprise software products and a healthcare automation device for several venture-backed companies. Jeff is a software engineer turned sales engineer who has progressively shifted toward greater revenue generating responsibilities, taking on new challenges, creating more value for his customers and earning greater personal rewards.
Are you ready to close the gap between Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)? Or the gap between strategy and execution, to finally end those turf wars? Enterprise architects should work closely with their PPM colleagues to ensure the right projects are selected and scheduled, while PPM groups can help ensure enterprise...
It’s not easy turning a cyber breach into a positive experience that helps your organization make better risk-based cyber decisions. As Innovation Architect for the U.S. Department of Energy, Rick Lauderdale is responsible for doing just that by defining EA methodologies and the architecture review process. So, it came as no surprise to us when...
Given the pace of change in business today it should come as no surprise that Enterprise Architecture (EA) has begun to take center stage. Traditionally, EA has focused on architecting the technology landscape towards cost-efficiency. But according to their January 2017 report, The State of EA 2017: Aspirations and Challenges, which includes data taken from...
When it comes to aligning technology and the business, how does your Enterprise Architecture (EA) team stack up? More than likely, they are respected for their technical acumen, but misunderstood when it comes to their role in the company. In fact, a recent IDG study showed that 58 percent of sales teams and 61 percent...
Tired of waiting for an invitation to the executive table? Maybe it’s time Enterprise Architects framed technology discussions in a business strategy context to earn their seat at the table. Stepping up your profile makes it easier to prove how you can drive business results in a positive, profitable direction. Sure, changing internal perceptions about...
Just like two individuals coming together in a relationship, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be thought of similarly – an exciting proposal that is rife with potential landmines and arguments of what will stay and what will go. So managing EA in mergers & acquisitions can be difficult. In theory, you want to create something greater...
As solution marketing manager for Troux, I get to interact with a dynamic team of people – customers, prospects, our sales team and our product managers. I’ve had the privilege of working with product manager Dominique Trimino for quite some time now. She started with Troux 10 years ago as part of our documentation team...
Our customers say one of the reasons they choose Troux for managing their technology portfolios is the software can be configured to set up many kinds of analysis, including application portfolio management (APM). After engaging with hundreds of customers over the years, we’ve identified a number of configurations to support the most common APM challenges....
In my 15 years with Troux, we’ve stood at the forefront of enterprise architecture software development and we’ve never done it alone. Our customers’ input has always been a big factor in our overall direction. Before, our process was simply to ask, listen and create. Now, as a part of Planview, we’re taking things a...
New business models and disruption are fueling increasing demand for technology in the enterprise. A recent Gartner survey revealed that “70% of leading EA practitioners report that they are either responsible or accountable for the success of digital business.*” This makes it imperative for EAs to improve their rapport with all parts of the business. Here...
