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There is a common set of questions burning in peoples’ minds when they think about the business architect role, whether they are new to the discipline or experienced but seeking to compare approaches. This article addresses these important questions based on practical experience and best practices employed by a wide range of industries, organizations, and geographies.
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The adoption of business architecture has continued to increase globally — and at a faster pace than ever — demonstrating that the discipline is here to stay. This article provides a brief reflection on the state of business architecture to date and a glimpse into the future.
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Business architecture teams often struggle to articulate the value of business architecture. This article provides guidance on how to develop a case for business architecture and communicate its value to an organization.
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Establishing a Business Architecture Practice: A Practical Approach
Establishing a successful, sustainable business architecture practice is a journey that takes time, particularly for large organizations. This article provides a practical roadmap on how to establish and mature a practice over time with consideration of the realities that organizations face along the way.
Establishing a successful, sustainable business architecture practice is a journey that takes time, particularly for large organizations. This article provides a practical roadmap on how to establish and mature a practice over time with consideration of the realities that organizations face along the way.
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More than just a bullet point in a strategy session or the current buzzword, digital transformation begins with big visions and strategies, but the organizations that can execute upon them in a coordinated way, with agility, will win. Industry thought leader Whynde Kuehn served as guest editor for this August/September 2016 double-issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal, focused on business-driven digital transformation. Kuehn’s opening statement provides an overview of how to approach digital transformation from a truly top-down, business-driven perspective and sets the tone for the Journal.
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This article discusses key aspects of how to structure a business architecture team and role.
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In this article, business architecture practitioners are offered a clear vision of what a fully mature business architecture practice looks like, the value it brings to the organization, and a practical perspective on how to get there.
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Whether driven by top-down mandate or won through demonstrated bottom-up success, there is a point when business architecture achieves “enough” acceptance within an organization to formalize an internal practice. While there are many steps to take throughout the journey of establishing and maturing a business architecture practice, this article discusses the four cornerstones that when put into place, can accelerate the process and create significant clarity.
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A special free on-demand webinar for the Business Architecture Guild, presented by Co-Founders Whynde Kuehn and William Ulrich, entitled, The Business Architecture Overview. This presentation — designed for executives, business architecture practitioners or anyone interested in the discipline — describes how business architecture moves strategy into actionable solutions.
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This article overviews key lessons we can learn from those who have built successful business architecture practices.
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Articulating the value of business architecture within our organizations is one of the most important things that we need to do and do well—the results of which can ultimately determine if business architecture is embraced and how it is positioned. However, this can be a real challenge and barrier to growth for many business architecture practices. This article shares the Do’s and Don’ts for communicating Business Architecture value.
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IASA (a non-profit association for IT Architects) interviews business architecture industry leader Whynde Kuehn in an eight-part series about what’s exciting in the discipline of Business Architecture.
This video is published by IASA Global.
This video is published by IASA Global.
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