Posts by: Troux Staff

How to avoid common mistakes with your EA program – Part I

by: Bill Cason – Troux CTO – June 12th, 2012 Part I: Overcome inexperience when initiating a program I frequently see Enterprise Architecture (EA) practices make a common mistake when initiating a program. They think: We know what we are doing, even…

• June 12, 2012
• Troux Staff

Business Architecture Vs. Goals and Strategy: What the Difference Means To You

by: Bill Cason, CTO, Troux IT organizations must speak the language of the business in order to play a more strategic role within the enterprise. Our experience has shown that IT can begin this journey by defining and understanding six portfolios within the enterprise. These…

• May 22, 2012
• Troux Staff

The Secret to Better Decision-Making: How Enterprise Portfolio Management adds value to your organization.

by: Bill Cason – Troux CTO –  May 1st, 2012 Articulating and measuring the business benefit of Enterprise Architecture (EA) has always been a bit tricky.  But lately we have noticed this exercise is becoming easier for all corporate stakeholders. Key to this development is adopting an…

• May 1, 2012
• Troux Staff

Building the Business Case For EA

Relevant, compelling, in-demand enterprise architecture is the goal of many of today's IT architecture and strategy leaders.  Yet for many organizations, the first hurdle lies in communicating the value and justifying the required resources for EA to IT and business leadership.  Join Bodhi…

• January 18, 2012
• Troux Staff

Results-Driven Business Architecture

It's common knowledge that an EA program has to create business value to be successful. So it is important to consider business architecture as an essential part of an EA program. However, it may not be clear how to leverage business architecture artifacts…

• January 18, 2012
• Troux Staff

How EA has become a key to Business Agility at Dell

Dell’s explosive growth in the 1980s and 1990s had left them with an effective, yet complex IT environment. In some cases, redundant applications met the same underlying business needs. To improve agility, Dell established an architecture practice aimed at: Rationalizing its application portfolio…

• January 18, 2012
• Troux Staff

Journey to the Business Side of Enterprise Architecture at USAA

USAA is a leading financial services supplier for the U.S. military community. Its enterprise architecture practice has evolved from a technology-centric practice to one with two epicenters: technology and business. During this webinar Mike will present the journey from the technical to the business side and Troux's…

• January 18, 2012
• Troux Staff