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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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Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why technology should support your organization’s strategy…not the other way around This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

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Firms Need a Blueprint for Building Their IT Systems

Harvard Business Review

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. IT applications to support local or functional strategies and initiatives are provisioned directly from the cloud, often without the knowledge of the IT department. Insight Center. The Future of Operations. 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

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?" Participating in Strategy Formulation.

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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. Align your vision.

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IT Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Its Users

Harvard Business Review

The history of enterprise technology has been fairly unforgiving to the people intended to use it. For the past half-century, most information technology models propagated two unassailable truths: that enterprise technology was purchased by a select few , and the technology was bought for the company.

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