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This article overviews a success story from a global apparel firm which leveraged business architecture to inform product management decision-making.

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.

Industry thought leaders Whynde Kuehn and William Ulrich teamed up to create a four-part series highlighting business architecture’s role as a critical enabler of organizations to effectively operate, transform, and compete. This is part four (with Ulrich as primary author) and focuses on the role of business architecture's role in establishing a cognitive enterprise.

Industry thought leaders Whynde Kuehn and William Ulrich teamed up to create a four-part series highlighting business architecture’s role as a critical enabler of organizations to effectively operate, transform, and compete. This is part three (with Kuehn as primary author) and focuses on the critical role business architecture plays in digital transformation.

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

Industry thought leaders Whynde Kuehn and William Ulrich teamed up to create a four-part series highlighting business architecture’s role as a critical enabler of organizations to effectively operate, transform, and compete. This is part two (with Kuehn as primary author) and focuses on how business architecture can be leveraged to drive and deploy innovation.

This essential white paper provides a simplified and consolidated summary of how business architecture interacts with a common set of teams within an organization, reflective of the most recent industry advancements and consensus. This work also offers an overview of how to perform business architecture integration activities with other teams. Original Publish Date: 31 May 2017

Industry thought leaders Whynde Kuehn and William Ulrich teamed up to create a four-part series highlighting business architecture’s role as a critical enabler of organizations to effectively operate, transform, and compete. This is part one (with Ulrich as primary author) and focuses on the role of business architecture in crisis, risk and compliance management.

In today’s highly competitive business environment where constant change is the new normal, the imperative for unified business direction has never been more important. Yet all-too-many enterprises have siloed business practices. These isolated business units, product lines, or other organizational constructs hamstring strategic execution that in turn leads to sub-optimal customer experiences, expensive redundancy, increased time to market and reduced competitiveness. What if strategy execution were approached from an enterprise perspective instead of in silos? This essential white paper explores business architecture as a means to integrated business direction that is collectively architected, prioritized and planned from a business-driven, top-down approach. Original Publish Date: 30 April 2017

This article casts a new vision upon strategy execution, an organizational capability that not only helps to ensure survival but can also be a source of competitive advantage.

The need for business architecture has never been greater than it is now. Most organizations have evolved to become tremendously complex structures, which are now colliding with a world where constant change is the new normal. This in-depth, essential white paper explores how business architecture is essential for simplifying organizations and enabling a more effective approach to executing business direction. Original Publish Date: 31 March 2017 Revised: 12 March 2018

Even though formalization has taken root in the discipline, confusion still exists about what business architecture really is—and is not. This tight, well-organized, essential white paper assists the reader in cutting through the myriad of content available on the topic of business architecture. This publication is intended for Business Architecture Practice Leaders and Practitioners. It is also helpful for executives or any other business or IT roles who would like to gain a more in-depth understanding of business architecture. Original Publish Date: 20 Mar 2017 Revised: 25 April 2018.