Visit the home page of “Mike the Architect” at www.mikethearchitect.com/, and at first glance, the building on the site might suggest that the author is an architect—the kind who designs buildings. But make no mistake. […]
Ernst & Young’s 2012–2013 Global Banking Outlook shows that increased competition among banks and nontraditional new entrants, such as other financial services providers or technology companies, has created risk for industry participants unless they are […]
INTRODUCTION Business architecture (BA) is no longer just an emerging discipline or an “interesting concept.” While far from being mature, it is increasingly being leveraged by enterprises to provide tangible value. And in the industry, […]
MEASURING THE VALUE CONTRIBUTION UPFRONT Measuring the value realizable out of an IT investment initiative is imperative. It makes the IT decision-making process a customer-focused, value-driven process. It shifts the perception of IT as cost […]
EA teams must find ways to generate EBA artifacts and also leverage the business modeling efforts within projects. Doing so positions them to contribute to the high-level decision-making process of a strategic transformation effort driven […]