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An Overview: Agile and Enterprise Architecture

Strategy Driven

The new approach to architecture makes it possible to offer companies innovative digital models and technologies. Based on the order book and vision, we have to analyze which solution or platform should be new and which solution or component should be reused in order to optimize cost.

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The CIO Paradox: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

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Change the Culture, Change the Game: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results Roger Connors and Tom Smith Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2011) A comprehensive, cohesive, and cost-effective methodology to achieve breakthrough results In Leading Change, James O’Toole suggests that much (most?)

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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

online idea markets), the center of expertise for innovation support, and analysis across the enterprise. IT has been primarily used to significantly increase productivity and reduce communication and coordination costs as measured in money and time. DIG is responsible for emerging technology, collaboration methods and technology (e.g.,

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The IT Project That Brought a Bank to Its Knees

Harvard Business Review

One section highlights the problems the bank encountered as it attempted to replace its core banking systems, a program that was cancelled in 2013 at a cost of almost £300 million. What we are advocating here is a broader view of architecture ? enterprise architecture ? hedge funds.

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Bridging the Gap Between Marketing and IT

Harvard Business Review

One of the common divides is that the former is focused on adopting the latest technologies, while the latter is focused on governance, security, and enterprise architecture. How will it fit into our existing architecture? How much will it cost? Does it break anything? Does it impact our information security?

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IT Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Its Users

Harvard Business Review

the complexity and cost of enterprise software ensured that the IT model remained enterprise-centric. It’s not about consumer apps being used for work, and it’s not just about enterprise apps taking on more consumer-like characteristics.

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