PRACTICE & VALUE

Business Politecture: How to Deal With Business Architecture Adoption Challenges

In this installment of StraightTalk, we will explore another important topic to making a business architecture practice successful: business politecture. Yep, that is business architecture + politics = business politecture.
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Good to Great: How to Become a Great Business Architect

This installment of StraightTalk is a follow-on from our previous post on what makes a great business architect. Let’s get actionable on what we talked about last time.
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In Search of Greatness: How to Find or Be a Great Business Architect

What makes a “great” business architect is a topic of much curiosity and debate. So this installment of StraightTalk is about you, business architect, and what makes you tick.
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Business Marketecture: How to Deal With Business Architecture Socialization Challenges

In this installment, we will straight talk on one of everyone’s favorite topics: how to socialize and build buy-in for business architecture within an organization. Yep, we’re talking about business architecture + marketing = business marketecture. And sometimes we need a lot of it.
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Power To The People: How to Deal With Business Architecture Resource Challenges

In this installment, we will be StraightTalkin’ about how to get creative with some tricky business architecture resource challenges. If you’re working on an established business architecture team, this might be just-in-time advice you need. If you are part of a new business architecture practice, you’ll have these ideas in your back pocket in case you need them in the future.
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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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Crystal Ball as of 2018: Business Architecture Now + A Glimpse Into the Future

We’re starting this promising new year with a look at where we’re at with business architecture and where we’re going in the future to inspire those New Year’s resolutions.
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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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