Managing Ideation and Innovation with Enterprise Architecture

Organizations largely recognize the need for enterprise architecture tools, yet some still struggle to communicate their value and prioritize such initiatives. As data-driven business thrives, organizations will have to overcome these challenges because managing IT trends and emerging technologies makes enterprise architecture (EA) increasingly relevant. “By 2021, 40 percent of organizations will use enterprise architects […]

Enterprise architecture (EA) isn’t dead, you’re just using it wrong. Part three of erwin’s digital transformation blog series.   I’ll let you in on a little secret: the rumor of enterprise architecture’s demise has been greatly exaggerated. However, the truth for many of today’s fast-moving businesses is that enterprise architecture fails. But why? Enterprise architecture […]

Having a clearly defined digital transformation strategy is an essential best practice for successful digital transformation. But what makes a digital transformation strategy viable? Part Two of the Digital Transformation Journey … Part one In our last blog on driving digital transformation, we explored how business architecture and process (BP) modeling are pivotal factors in […]

In light of recent, high-profile data breaches, it’s past-time we re-examined strategic data governance and its role in managing regulatory requirements. News broke earlier this week of British Airways being fined 183 million pounds – or $228 million – by the U.K. for alleged violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). While […]

Over the past few weeks several huge mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been announced, including Raytheon and United Technologies, the Salesforce acquisition of Tableau and the Merck acquisition of Tilos Therapeutics. According to collated research and a Harvard Business Review report, the M&A failure rate sits between 70 and 90 percent. Additionally, McKinsey estimates that […]

Digital transformation examples can be found almost anywhere, in almost any industry. Its past successes – and future potential – are well documented, chronicled in the billion-dollar valuations of the frontrunners in the practice. Amazon began as a disruptor to brick-and-mortar bookstores, eventually becoming one of the most obvious digital transformation examples as it went […]

It’s time to consider data-driven enterprise architecture. The traditional approach to enterprise architecture – the analysis, design, planning and implementation of IT capabilities for the successful execution of enterprise strategy – seems to be missing something … data. I’m not saying that enterprise architects only worry about business structure and high-level processes without regard for […]

How do organizations innovate? Taking an idea from concept to delivery requires strategic planning and the ability to execute. In the case of software development, understanding agile enterprise architecture and its relevance to DevOps is also key. Learn more: Enterprise Architecture Explained in 2 Minutes DevOps, the fusion of software development and IT operations, stems […]

The only thing that’s constant for most organizations is change. Today there’s an unprecedented, rapid rate of change across all industry sectors, even those that have been historically slow to innovate like healthcare and financial services. In the past, managing ideation to the delivery of innovation was either not done or was relegated within organizational […]

Emerging technology has always played an important role in business transformation. In the race to collect and analyze data, provide superior customer experiences, and manage resources, new technologies always interest IT and business leaders. KPMG’s The Changing Landscape of Disruptive Technologies found that today’s businesses are showing the most interest in emerging technology like the […]