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How to Optimally Align IT with Your Business Processes?

Strategy Driven

IT is an important subject for any organization and it becomes increasingly interwoven with business operations. Structuring business information is also referred to as enterprise architecture. How Does Enterprise Architecture Add Value? The Importance of Enterprise Architecture.

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The CIO Paradox: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Robertson enterprise architecture Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Future of the CIO Role Futurist versus Archivist Harvard Business Review Press How to become a CIO "for all seasons" IT and Business Paradox Jeanne W.

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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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Firms Need a Blueprint for Building Their IT Systems

Harvard Business Review

The Future of Operations. IT applications to support local or functional strategies and initiatives are provisioned directly from the cloud, often without the knowledge of the IT department. This will inevitably have a significant impact on operations. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate. But it need not be like this.

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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. Improving Operational Efficiency. A second new component of the IT function should be dedicated to this category of work: the Enterprise Integration Group (EIG). Participating in Strategy Formulation.

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IT Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Its Users

Harvard Business Review

But how can an enterprise standardize on a dimension like mobile that’s always one hardware cycle away from changing dramatically? Or how can an enterprise implement a mobile strategy leading with iPads, but continue to support software vendors that don’t play well with Apple? company. .”

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Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

Lean "senseis" (teachers) say strategy deployment, executives as coaches, and front-line problem-solving sustain improvement. BPM missionaries say processes and process knowledge embedded in software, an enterprise architecture, and a central process management organization sustain improvement.