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Firms Need a Blueprint for Building Their IT Systems

Harvard Business Review

analytics, sensors, the internet of things, social media, mobile computing and apps, 3-D printing, and the cloud), the lack of a plan is dangerous. The discipline of enterprise architecture (EA)—creating and adhering to an overarching plan for building IT systems—has been around for some time.

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3 Ways to Get More Value from Automation - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM PWC’s Strategy&

Harvard Business Review

There’s still much to learn when it comes to digitizing business processes, and in particular using automation sprints—those smart, fast, and small efforts you use to boost productivity when a change to enterprise architecture isn’t the right step. Take the subscriber-first strategy of The New York Times.

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Share Your Own Job-Search Story

Harvard Business Review

My job-search strategy was vastly different this time around not only because of the rise of social media, but also because of our current economic climate. Many LinkedIn groups, like The Enterprise Architecture Network and the Project Management Institute (PMI) , organize networking events for their members.