Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Abstract:For decades, companies have thought of themselves as operating in industries such as banking, retail, shipping, automotive, and energy. But most customers have needs and problems, often cross-industry, that must be solved; for example, busine…
With new mobile uses, free software, and more agility in IT development, Shadow IT and Shadow SaaS tend to grow. Even if more agility and openness can be a lever of innovation for the business lines, this uncontrolled and even unknown shadow IT escape…
With new mobile uses, free software, and more agility in IT development, Shadow IT and Shadow SaaS tend to grow. Even if more agility and openness can be a lever of innovation for the business lines, this uncontrolled and even unknown shadow IT escape…
Abstract:In this session summary, Barb introduces the concept of data liquidity: the ease of data asset reuse and combination. She shares data liquidity research insights gleaned from this year’s data leader interviews, and shares examples that illust…
Abstract:MIT CISR research has identified three key capability areas that organizations need to master for scaling AI: data monetization, AI explanation (AIX), and model management. In this session summary, Barb shares what the research team now knows…
Abstract:To create bottom-line value from digital, many organizations need to do some kind of organizational surgery; these organizations are just not well designed for the digital era. The organizational changes remove organizational complexity and h…
The previous article in this blog series covered how a Capability-Based Planning approach informs the Strategic Roadmap. We covered the Plan and Assess phases of Capability-Based Planning. In this blog, we’ll link the Plan and Assess phases to the Control phase of this process. To measure the effectiveness of change investments, you need a way…
Functionality in retail and corporate banking is not highly differentiating anymore. In the future, only those that can support partner solutions in their ecosystem seamlessly can fully cope with banking industry’s expanding requirements.
If we think about hierarchies, we will see their effects and try to improve them. If we instead think about value streams, we will see the effects of value streams and try to improve them. Hierarchies are a structure we use to organize our people; valu…
To implement change in large and complex organizations, you need to know how the organization functions. “Are you sure that if you remove a service on one side of the organization, you won’t stop a customer process elsewhere?” asks Peter Matthijssen of Bizzdesign. You need a roadmap called enterprise architecture. “This is an essential tool…
Organizations need to have the ability to adapt to change continuously. The office of the CIO is typically tasked to execute transformational change initiatives, which is often complex because today’s large organizations have thousands of employees, processes and IT systems. An essential driver for the CIO to execute change is for the enterprise to move…