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Derek serves Enterprise Architecture Professionals. He is an internationally recognized expert in business process management (BPM) and organizational transformation. He has worked in this area for more than 20 years, dealing with major brands, governmental organizations, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Derek's research focuses on the methods, approaches, frameworks, tools, techniques, and technologies of business architecture; BPM; business process improvement; business transformation; and organizational change. He places special emphasis on an outcome-based, customer-focused approach.
Derek is a well-known keynote speaker and chair of major EA conferences. As co-chair of BPMI.org, he helped merge the organization with the Object Management Group (OMG).
Derek completed the Early Growth Program at London Business School.
Stakeholder Needs: The EA Practice Playbook
This report outlines the stakeholder needs portion of Forrester's solution for enterprise architecture (EA) professionals building a high-performance EA practice. This report is designed to help you...

Metrics: The EA Practice Playbook
This report outlines the metrics for enterprise architecture (EA) impact of Forrester's solution for EA executives building a high-performance EA program. Developing and executing a metrics and...


Baseline Spending Allocation Figures For Comparison
This workbook provides a step-by-step overview of the contents of the High-Performance EA Readiness Toolkit. Use this deck as a primer for completing the Excel-based readiness toolkit and to learn...

Enterprise architecture (EA) leaders know that EA's value to the firm increases as it shifts its focus from tactical work to enabling tomorrow's competitive advantages. But that shift can be slow,...

The 10 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
There is a plethora of vendors in the enterprise architecture management suite (EAMS) market that, like many EA practices themselves, excel at only a portion of a comprehensive EA practice. It is not...

Enterprise architecture practices have a number of choices to make when deciding where responsibilities land within their organization. Forrester sees an increasing trend for EA leaders to take more...
Assessment Framework: The EA Practice Playbook
This report outlines the assessment framework of Forrester's solution for enterprise architecture (EA) executives working on creating a high-performance EA practice. A high-performance EA practice is...
This report outlines the high-level business impact of Forrester's solution for enterprise architecture (EA) executives working on building a high-performance EA practice. Describing the added...

Successes And Lessons Learned From Customer References
The EA management suite (EAMS) is the next step in the evolution of EA tools. Going beyond modeling and standards repositories, the EAMS addresses pragmatic EA objectives such as IT planning, road...
Tactics For Improving Corporate Management's Support For EA In Large Firms
As a key strategic entity in any large firm, the enterprise architecture (EA) group requires a strong positive relationship with the ultimate decision-makers — the corporate management...
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...
Change Management: The EA Practice Playbook
This report provides an approach to formulating and implementing an enterprise architecture (EA) communication program that eliminates the guesswork and uncertainty that usually surround such...

Baseline Spending Allocation Figures For Comparison
During this time of year, Forrester receives a large number of requests for information about IT budget allocations. As CIOs and their planning teams engage in creating next year's IT budget, it is...