Businesses of all types are experiencing the ramifications of an accelerating pace of change. Everything, from economies as a whole to the competitive landscape to consumers’ tastes, is more dynamic. As a consequence, business leaders are demanding that their businesses move faster. ‘Moving faster” may encompass continually updated mobile capabilities, digitized products, and more agility in how firms work with customers and suppliers.
This is what enterprise architecture is supposed to help with, right?
The answer is “yes – in theory,” but for reality to match theory requires an EA program attuned to increasing business speed and improving business responsiveness, not cutting costs and constraining change. I’ve talked to a lot of enterprise, business, and information architect leaders, and my take is that while all EA programs should be attuned this way, only a few are today. Forrester and InfoWorld would like to highlight the stories of these EA programs.
I am pleased to invite you to submit your EA program story to the Forrester/InfoWorld 2016 Enterprise Architecture Awards.
What are we looking for this year? Simply said, we’d like to hear how you helped your business move faster and respond better to shifts in its ecosystem. You could have done this a variety of ways:
