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An Overview: Agile and Enterprise Architecture

Strategy Driven

Architects play a horizontal connector role as they often combine a technical foundation with business acumen and communication skills. The roles of Agile architecture distinguish the responsibilities between the architect company, the architect of solutions and systems architect.

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How to Optimally Align IT with Your Business Processes?

Strategy Driven

Structuring business information is also referred to as enterprise architecture. How Does Enterprise Architecture Add Value? The market a company operates in should also be taken into account for enterprise architecture. In order for enterprise architecture to be effective, a company must be agile.

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Enterprise Thinking

Coaching Tip

Just as enterprise integration and enterprise architecture are used by IT professionals to technicalogically integrate all the tentacles of organizations for greater efficiencies and better outcomes, think of Enterprise Thinking as the leader's mental arsenal to accomplish the same.

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

Harvard Business Review

A second new component of the IT function should be dedicated to this category of work: the Enterprise Integration Group (EIG). EIG is responsible for enterprise architecture, the center of expertise for simplification and integration methods, process and program management. Participating in Strategy Formulation.

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Share Your Own Job-Search Story

Harvard Business Review

It demands specific skills and you need to develop these skills to win the game.". I joined online groups and mailing lists, and expanded my skill set to suit market expectations. I looked through their skill sets to make sure they aligned with my own — and figured out where I needed improvement.

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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. Humans make decisions and override machines when needed.

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Strategic Intuition: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement William Duggan Columbia University Press (2007) How and why “a modern discipline” can activate “flashes of insight” in a results-driven organization There is much to be said for eliminating waste throughout an enterprise without transforming it completely, at all levels and in all areas.

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