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Conquering The Business Architecture Summit — Lessons from the Mountain for Establishing a Business Architecture Practice

01 March 2018

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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By The Numbers: How To Measure Business Architecture Success

05 February 2018

In this installment of StraightTalk, we talk about one of those million dollar questions: how to measure business architecture success.

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Charting The Course: Maturity-Driven Business Architecture Practice Planning

15 January 2018

In this installment of StraightTalk, we talk about how to assess the maturity of your practice and plan for its advancement.

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The Evolution of the Business Architect

13 September 2017

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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Organizing For Success: Building a Business Architecture Team – Take 2

17 July 2017

Post No. 8 is all about answering those burning questions around organizational structure and such. Here goes.

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An All-Star Cast: Building a Business Architecture Team – Take 1

03 July 2017

Okay, thanks to Post No. 6 we know all about business architects. Now let’s talk about how we assemble them into an all-star cast to make magic.

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The Evolution of the Business Architect

03 July 2017

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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The Artist In You: The Journey of a Business Architect

19 June 2017

So what does a business architect do anyway? There are three focus areas of the business architect role in any organization: applying business architecture to various scenarios (a.k.a. “architecting”), building the business architecture knowledgebase and creating the business architecture practice infrastructure.

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We Are Family: Integrating Business Architecture Into the Enterprise

05 June 2017

The bottom line is that to be successful, business architects cannot work as an isolated function. It’s not about creating enterprise maps and expecting magic to happen when people see them. Business architects work within a bigger ecosystem and must always remain cognizant of their role as an enabler of other teams.

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Let’s Get This Party Started: How to Start a Business Architecture Practice

15 May 2017

Knowing what business architecture is: Check.
Knowing why we do it: Check.
Knowing where it fits within the strategy execution life cycle: Double Check. Knowing where to start: Not so much.

Starting business architecture within an organization can be a fairly organic process, but there are a proven set of steps to follow.

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