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An Overview: Agile and Enterprise Architecture

Strategy Driven

Back in 2001, what we know today as the Agile Manifesto was born , by the hand of several American CEOs of the technology sector (software) and they decided to combine various ideas to propose an alternative to the slow working methods that were not responding to the current ones needs, before your organization and your customers.

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

Harvard Business Review

I''m often struck by how many articles exclusively focus on new or emerging technology and their productivity or efficiency effects. Every discussion on the role of IT and CIOs should start with the question: "What are the potential uses of this technology that will guarantee we stay in business?" Generating Top-Line Growth.

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Firms Need a Blueprint for Building Their IT Systems

Harvard Business Review

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. The result is different data definitions, inconsistent business logics, multiple workarounds, unrealized synergies, redundancy, re-invention rather than re-use, and a myriad of different technologies. Insight Center. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

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The IT Project That Brought a Bank to Its Knees

Harvard Business Review

What we are advocating here is a broader view of architecture ? enterprise architecture ? that has both organizational and technological components. The CEO is accountable for ensuring that there is an overall enterprise architecture. IT management Leadership Project management'

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Share Your Own Job-Search Story

Harvard Business Review

The Indian job market was growing significantly because of an influx of positions in the technology sector. My strategy worked well, and I eventually found a position at Tata Consultancy Services , a leading multinational information technology firm. The challenge was to find the best opportunity first.

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Bridging the Gap Between Marketing and IT

Harvard Business Review

The digital marketplace has created a business imperative that every company be — in some way — a technology company. Marketing executives are being tasked with leveraging technology to improve customer experience, drive client growth, and meet loyalty goals. How will it fit into our existing architecture?

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Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). In some of these companies, senior managers were dubious about the claims.