Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591398398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Ross is Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research.Peter Weill is Director at the Center for Information Systems Research, MIT Sloan School of Management. He lives in Cambridge, MA.David C. About the Author Jeanne W. Robertson is Professor if Technology and Strategy at IMD International
Their counterintuitive but vital message: when it comes to executing your strategy, your enterprise architecture may matter far more than your strategy itself.. Ross, Peter Weill, and David C. Does it seem you’ve formulated a rock-solid strategy, yet your firm still can’t get ahead? If so, construct a solid foundation for business executionan IT infrastructure and digitized business processes to automate your company’s core capabilities. Citing numerous companies worldwide, the authors show how constructing the right enterprise architecture enhances profitability and time to market, improves strategy execution, and even lowers IT costs. Though clear, engaging explanation, they demonstrate how to define your operating modelyour vision of how your firm will survive and growand implement it through your enterprise architecture. In Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution, authors Jeanne W. Robertson show you how.The key? Make tough decisions about which processes you must execute well, then implement the IT systems needed to digitize those processes
Finally a book that evangelizes Enterprise Architecture as an enterprise (business) activity instead of merely an IT initiative I read this book after Lou Gerstner's book on Elephants (Who says Elephants Can't Dance?) which was perfect. Gerstner shows how he needs all the influence he can muster to change IBM to become the profitable behemoth it once was. More importantly he shows that this change needs to be facilitated by the uppe. This is an amazing book I've been interested in and studying the craft of Enterprise Architecture for the past three years and only recently purchased this book because I had read many of the others, this was a mistake.This book, in my opinion, should have been read first to gain and understanding of why there is a need for EA in . Enterprise Architecture Starts Here Sharad Gupta This is a must read for anyone interested in the Enterprise Architecture domain. Enterprise Architecture As Strategy cuts to the core of the enterprise architecture. Enterprise Architecture is still an emerging practice and there is a lot of literature out there on this subject, but this book does what othe
Jeanne W. . Ross is Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research.Peter Weill is Director at the Center for Information Systems Research, MIT Sloan School of Management. He lives in Cambridge, MA.David C. Robertson is Professor if Technology and Strategy at IMD International