Your path to business agility
Today's organizations require a well-defined enterprise architecture (EA) practice for conducting enterprise analysis, design, planning, and implementation for the successful development and execution of strategy. The Enterprise Architecture blog category dives into principles and practices that help guide organizations through the business, information, process, and technology changes necessary to execute their strategies. Read our best practices on how to better communicate and drive business transformation. Get information on aligning your capabilities to company strategy. Get insights from experts and step-by-step advice on fostering successful change management to encourage business-centric conversations about technology. You’ll also get tips to translate business strategy into IT strategy, ensuring you can be more collaborative in helping the business make smarter decisions.
For most organizations, enterprise architecture is all about driving high-value decision making with real-time insights. But when your business unit silos and assets sit within a highly federated global organization, it can be an uphill challenge. This is especially true if you can barely pinpoint the number of applications in use within the business. In...
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...
In a recent poll conducted by IDG Research Services, it became very clear that there was a lack of understanding in some corners of the enterprise about the Enterprise Architecture team and its important role in influencing the corporation or governmental entity’s strategic direction. “From the perspective of the IT professionals answering the survey, higher...
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...
In a newly published 451 Research Report, analysts Carl and Lehmann and Liam Rogers said, “Planview is crafting a strategy beyond the PPM and EA markets to carve a niche in what it believes to be a broader ‘work and resource management’ sector. Its R&D investments are directed at integrating the capabilities of tactical PPM with...
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...
Most software companies have a regular launch cycles. But Troux 13 is anything but a regular launch. At first blush to those familiar with Troux, it may look like a makeover: it’s definitely a great-looking (and great-to-use) product. But a second look will reveal that this is far more. Troux 13 is about empowering greater...
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...
