Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Information Systems Management (ISM) constitute a framework that integrates business strategy with technology infrastructure. This discipline involves the systematic ...

"City planning" is an easily understood metaphor that architects can employ to communicate more effectively the nature and value of architecture by relating the "unseen" enterprise architecture to ...

EA’s true impact becomes apparent when we move from description to design. To show that this is far from an academic exercise, consider what Tray.ai discovered at ...

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Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Like many midsize companies, my organization realized at a certain point that its IT systems were becoming a major cost burden that needed controlling. We had around 1,000 applications, mostly owned ...

Enterprise architecture (EA) is a strategic capability for many Forrester clients. It is essential that EA in all of its permutations be results-oriented and pragmatic. In Forrester’s Enterprise ...

In the world of real enterprises, enterprise architecture is a weak discipline. It doesn’t play a role of any real substance in most medium-large enterprises, which are exactly the enterprises that ...