Does Business Architecture Start With Value Chains?
Implementing a mobile strategy can bring huge benefits to a business when done right, helping corporations to improve revenue streams, functionality and streamline operations. There are many reasons why businesses decide to incorporate mobile into their activities and it's inevitable that at some point enterprise architects will be faced with the challenge of implementing the new and disruptive technology.
Heading up Vanguard EA as Founder and Principle Consultant is Nick Malik, with over a decade in enterprise architecture and more than thirty years in high tech, he has a wealth of experience and advice to offer. Ahead of giving a presentation at the Building Business Capabilities (BBC) conference in Las Vegas, Nick explains why his presentation 'Building Demand for Strategy for Non-Strategy Organizations' should be on your list of presentations to attend.
Does Strategic Alignment Get In the Way of Mobile Information Distribution?
Businesses are increasingly looking for IT to be more efficient and to add significant value. In order to achieve this outcome enterprise architects need to consider the value streams in the organizations that add up to business value, according to one expert.
While many enterprise architecture teams are focussing on aligning technology with businesses, they should instead integrate the two to continuously deliver high performance, according to distinguished analyst Betsy Burton.
Burton, who has worked for over two decades at leading information technology research and advisory company Gartner, made the comments during the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit held in London in June. Burton is renowned within the enterprise architecture industry thanks to her research, including her involvement in 'The Future of EA 2020' project, which looks at integrating business and IT.
On June 14th, 2016, as part of IRM Enterprise Architecture Europe Conference held in London, The Open Group revealed its new modeling standard, known as ArchiMate 3.0. The speaker, Marc Lankhorst, the managing consultant for BiZZdesign, was joined by The Open Group's VP of Standards and Certification Andrew Josey, as they revealed the new modeling standard amidst a warm day in the United Kingdom's capital city.
The current tried and tested methods of change are 'outdated' and need to be modernised and adapted to suit the current challenges businesses and organisations face, according to one expert.
Dr. Ashley Braganza, professor of organisational transformation at the Brunel Business School, made the comments during the IRM UK's Enterprise Architecture Conference. The conference, which was held in London in June, featured world-class contributors and aimed to give delegates' new approaches and innovative ideas as well as providing case studies.