Overviews & FABAQs

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Dos and Don’ts For Establishing a Business Architecture Practice

This installment gives you the straight talk on some serious dos and don’ts for establishing a business architecture practice within an organization. We’ll ground our conversation by reflecting on a fundamental concept of the business architecture discipline — often misunderstood — that will assist in guiding you and help you to stay on the right path.
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Business Architecture: Dispelling Twelve Common Myths

This white paper by leading industry experts provides a brief introduction to business architecture, describes and dispels twelve commonly held misconceptions or myths, and gives a glimpse of the future Revised: January 2019
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The Business Architecture Sherpa Series: Frequently Asked Business Architecture Questions, Part 2

In this installment of StraightTalk, we cover the second half of the questions and answers (#11-#20) to our top 20 FABAQ (Frequently Asked Business Architecture Questions), which help you understand and help you help others understand the importance and value of business architecture.
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The Business Architecture Sherpa Series: Frequently Asked Business Architecture Questions, Part 1

This installment of StraightTalk answers everyone’s FABAQ (Frequently Asked Business Architecture Questions) and there are lots of them. This covers the first half of the questions and answers (#1-#10).
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Defining a "Mature" Business Architecture Practice

This article summarizes the key characteristics of a mature business architecture practice within an organization.
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The Next-Generation Business Architect: The Bright Future Ahead

As the business architecture discipline matures and becomes an established function in an increasing number of organizations, we can now address a more advanced set of questions. How is the ­business architect role evolving and how can business architects best be leveraged during this time of transformation? What demands has this evolution placed on the role? What is the career path for a business architect who has mastered the role? In this article, co-authors Whynde Kuehn and Mike Clark explore some of the truths about the business architect role, potential focuses for the role, career path options, and what the future holds for a discipline that finds itself at the heart of business and technology change.
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Conquering The Business Architecture Summit — Lessons from the Mountain for Establishing a Business Architecture Practice

In this engaging white paper, Whynde Kuehn, thought leader and accomplished climber, applies metaphors of mountaineering and a formidable mountain to articulate the vision of what is possible with business architecture and shares wisdom on how to achieve success.
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Business Architecture Best Practices with Whynde Kuehn

In this video segment, Whynde Kuehn, a major force in the business architecture arena, discusses the state of the industry and provides tips and techniques for founding and running a business architecture practice.
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The Evolution of the Business Architect

The way we interact with business is changing, from online to offline. Organizations are going through fundamental upheaval. At the heart of this change is the business architect. This article, appearing in CIO online, IDG Communications leading business technology magazine, summarizes a white paper by Mike Clark and Whynde Kuehn with the same title.
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The Evolution of the Business Architect

In this white paper, industry thought leaders Mike Clark and Whynde Kuehn establish a blueprint for the evolution of business architecture and the business architect role for business architecture practitioners, for organizations, and for the business architecture discipline overall. Original Publish Date: 3 July 2017
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