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The Business Architecture Team

30 November 2017

This essential white paper provides practical guidance and useful best practices to successfully establish a business architecture team within an organization. The work is based on more than a decade and a half of firsthand experience with business architecture teams around the world, as well as work with various industry bodies and thought leaders. This comprehensive guide addresses top questions business architecture leaders and practitioners typically ask, and provides the necessary guidance for a successful business architecture journey. Original Publish Date: 30 November 2017

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The SAFe Bet: Your Top-10 FAQs Answered About Business Architecture and Scaled Agile Framework

01 March 2021

This installment of StraightTalk addresses the top-10 Frequently Asked Questions about business architecture and SAFe with Guest Star Jo Gilmore.

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10-Minutes With Jo Gilmore: 10 Frequently Asked Questions About Business Architecture and SAFe

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Outside-In, Inside-Out: How Customer Experience Design and Business Architecture Work Together

15 February 2021

This installment of StraightTalk focuses on the topic of customer experience design and explores what it is, why it is important, and how it fits hand-in-hand with business architecture.

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How Business Architecture and Customer Experience Design Work Together

Krishan Jogia and Fran Mether of Evolve & Amplify, a problem-solving advisory firm, share their unique perspectives with Whynde Kuehn on customer experience (CX) design with an emphasis on the nexus between business architecture and CX.

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The Wisdom of Bridges: How Business Architecture and Operating Models Fit Together

01 February 2021

This installment of StraightTalk explores what an operating model is and how it works with an organization’s business architecture.

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The Business Architecture Playbook: How to Build Your Business Architecture Methodology

04 January 2021

As your business architecture team grows and as demand for your business architecture services increases, at some point you may want to seriously consider creating a business architecture playbook. While many teams are not even aware of what a business architecture playbook is, they often experience the challenges that can occur when one is lacking as the discipline scales within their organization.

This installment will break down the what, the why, and the how of building a business architecture playbook, in the usual StraightTalk style.

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How to Build a Business Architecture Playbook

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Crystal Clear – How To Translate Strategy With Business Architecture

03 August 2020

This installment of StraightTalk explores how business architecture can be leveraged to translate strategy into initiatives, including the how-to and the benefits.

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Business Models Through the Business Architecture Looking Glass – Creating and Using Business Models from a Business Architecture Perspective

18 July 2020

This installment of StraightTalk is a business architecture take on business models, which explores what it means to leverage business models using a business architecture mindset as well as the role and value of business architects in creating and using business models.

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