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Report:Best Practices: EA Should Take An Active Role In Mergers And Acquisitions

Five Pragmatic Practices To Improve EA Value Throughout The M&A Process

A new wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is happening, and contrary to previous M&A periods in which IT was only tactically involved, organizations now draw IT into their plans for cost savings...

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Blog:Which Next Subject Would Be Great In The EA And IT Governance Series Of Docs?

Last week I finally published the third document in the collection "EA Involvement In IT Governance": "Integrate EA With ITIL Service Portfolio Management." It follows the two previous documents...

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Blog:Empowered: Forrester's Great New Book And An Opportunity To Participate In Web 3.0 -- Which Can Help Enhance EA Influence

My colleagues Ted Schadler and Josh Bernoff are preparing the launch of their coauthored new book, Empowered, after the success of Josh Bernoff’s Groundswell. Basically, Empowered’s...

Report:Technology Landscape: Metadata Management, Q2 2013

The Foundation For Data Governance, Tooling, And More

Metadata management is the foundation for data governance, management, and use. But despite this, firms have a spotty record of collecting, harmonizing, and managing the metadata inherent in their...

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Report:EAs: Use Social Technologies To Connect With Empowered HEROes

A challenging trend for enterprise architecture teams is extending their influence across the enterprise, and a prerequisite for achieving this influence is a deep understanding of "what's going on...

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Blog:What Matters When Assessing Your EA Program?

EA teams like to know how mature their EA practice is. There are a lot of EA maturity models out there. You will find some of these assessments and maturity models discussed in a 2009...

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Report:Fuse Technology, Innovation, And Business Change In Your Planning Cycle

Planning Methods: The EA Method Playbook

In most businesses today, technology has become a strong driver for innovation. The fruits of technology innovation are experienced all across the business model — from the point of customer...

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Blog:Metadata Investments Are Difficult To Justify To The Business

Rob Karel and I (thanks to Rob) recently published the second document in a series on metadata, Best Practices: Establish Your Metadata Plan, after a document about metadata strategy. This...

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Client Inquiry:Cost Of Implementing An EA Management Suite

We are putting together an initial concept request for implementing an EA management software suite. We would like to know a "rough order of magnitude" regarding costs to implement such a solution,...

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Report:Fast-Tracking EA Renewal

Building An EA Program For "Dummies"

As businesses begin to look past the economic downturn, they are executing strategies that require a changed IT mission and plan. This in turn is changing the needs and expectations the EA function...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Architecture Management Suites, Q2 2011

Mega International, Troux Technologies, Software AG, And Alfabet Lead This Upcoming Category

Forrester evaluated 10 of the leading enterprise architecture management suite (EAMS) vendors across 89 criteria and found that Mega International (Mega), Troux Technologies, Software AG, and alfabet...

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Report:EAs: Use POST To Define Your Collaboration Strategy

An Empowered Document: Your Collaboration Strategy Should Be People-Centric, Not Tech-Centric

Technology is diffusing throughout your business, and traditional means of IT oversight have become less effective in this age of empowered HEROes. Enterprise architects (EAs) should use new means of...

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Report:Best Practices: Establish Your Metadata Plan

Most enterprise architects (EAs) instinctually recognize the value that clean and trustworthy metadata can provide in terms of delivering IT efficiency, business agility, and improved information...

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Report:BCEA Performance Metrics Address Broader Business Outcomes

Performance Management: The EA Method Playbook

A good enterprise architecture (EA) methodology focuses on business outcomes. Forrester's EA method addresses both business outcomes and business agility, starting with how the business plans to how...

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Blog:Choosing "A Single EA Repository Of Truth For Enterprise": A Dream Turning Into A Nightmare

As Forrester’s EA tools analyst specialist, I am regularly receiving inquiries from EA teams that are encountering trouble choosing the "single repository of truth" for the entire enterprise....

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Report:Justify The Value Of Achieving Sustainable Business Agility

Business Impact: The EA Method Playbook

This report outlines the business impact of Forrester's solution for enterprise architecture (EA) executives who want to enhance their current EA method to address both agility and costs at the same...

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Blog:Let's Redefine The Term "Business Service" To Address Real Business And IT Needs

IT has too many separate portfolios to manage, and that hinders its ability to help business change. We have project portfolios, application portfolios, technology portfolios, and IT service...

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Report:Barclays Bank's Consolidation Road Maps Focus On Process And Rendering

A Profile Of One Of The Winners Of The InfoWorld/Forrester Enterprise Architecture Award

Forrester teamed up with InfoWorld to identify five leading EA organizations using practices that yield measurable business value. In large organizations such as Barclays Bank, which spans 50...

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Report:Rearchitect Governance For Sustainable Business Agility

Governance: The EA Method Playbook

In an era of rapid business change, IT governance is often seen as a barrier. Governance too frequently means delay, overhead, and inflexible standards and strategies leading to missed opportunities...

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Report:Building An IT Strategy For IT Tooling

Apply Business Architecture Techniques To The Business Of IT

IT's implementation of process improvement frameworks such as the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), project portfolio management (PPM), and the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI's) Capability...

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Report:Updated Q2 2011: Assess Your Enterprise Agility

Agree On Agility Objectives With Business Units

Since Forrester published the original version of this report in 2007, few firms have adopted a strict definition of agility. Given the recent uncertainty, CEOs are talking even more about agility,...

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Report:EA Management Suite Dashboards: Samples For Application And Project Portfolio Management Roles

An enterprise architecture (EA) tool can be a significant investment because of both the cost of the purchase or subscription and the cost of implementation. The best approach to demonstrate value is...

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Report:The Evolution From EA Tools To EA Management Suites

A Third Generation Of Tools Addresses Broader IT Management Needs

The EA tools market is transitioning to offer a new generation of products. As EA teams extend their scope, they are looking for tools that help them with their strategic objectives and engage a...

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Report:EA Management Suite Dashboards: Samples For The CIO Role

An EA tool can be a significant investment both because of the cost of the purchase or subscription and the cost of implementation. The best approach to demonstrate value is to directly serve the...

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Report:Aetna's EA Organization Uses Capability Maps To Connect Business Strategies

A Profile Of One Of The Winners Of The InfoWorld/Forrester Enterprise Architecture Award

EA organizations often toil out of the limelight, working with their firms to improve business-IT alignment, rationalize the application portfolio, and guide technology use. Forrester teamed up with...

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