The lessons from a digital transformation failure (i)
So we keep doing the same things same with same results.
EA, SOA and other technologies
So, how can we deal with the digital disruption of the enterprise?
“Speaking at CloudWorld Boston, Wang examined how the convergence of a host of technologies is powering digital disruption…
Digitalization of business is a key factor in this accelerated pace of change… Businesses differenti…
The Enterprise goes digital
The core business has not changed much in millennia. Its value chains and streams remain about the same. Customer and partner relationships are still, as always, core to the business.
The major game changer today is technology.
According to Kurz…
The Enterprise goes digital
The core business has not changed much in millennia. Its value chains and streams remain about the same. Customer and partner relationships are still, as always, core to the business.
Yet, technology enables much greater scale of business, compl…
Business capabilities and Enterprise Architecture
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Still, there are too many interpretations for capabilities. Definitions differ. We need an agreed view on capability to emphasise its function in the enterprise and its architecture context.
Capabilities are neither processes nor fu…
Business capabilities, why are they popular
There are too many definitions for business capability to even try to expose or reconcile the views on the matter. Suffice to say though that they all ultimately refer to what an enterprise can do, that is an ability to do something, as the dictionary …
The CMO versus CIO issue
Quite a few articles have recently discussed the relationship between the CIO and the CMO.
When will this madness stop? writes that “an increasing number of CMOs are being tempted to bypass their IT function and deal directly with IT supplie…
The digital officer role proposed by the business is the conceptual Enterprise Architect
The “digital” transformation issue, that many articles raise, is that enterprises that cannot keep the pace with the digital evolution are at a major competitive disadvantage.
The digital enterprise transformation should be lead by the Enterprise Architect
Still, the Digital Officer we seem to be looking for, is already there, it is the Enterprise Architect,
The “digital” enterprise trendy frenzy
Digital Business; teaming a ?Digital? Leader with a ?Business Manager?
We need an organization to arbitrate and progress the Enterprise Architecture discipline
Enterprise Architects, like any other professionals, should employ the same meanings for the same terms. In fact, a common vocabulary is imperative for any mature discipline, except, perhaps, for enterprise architecture today.
Or else, our discuss…
EA is not a metaphor and the transformation architect is not a substitute for EA
EA is the diagrammatic description of the enterprise, not a figure of speech interpreted conveniently
EA should guide the transformation. A transformation architect would only make sure that that the transformation is based on EA and obeys principles.