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Discussion:Link Capabilities, Processes, And Value Streams For More Business Impact

Discussion:The Forrester Enterprise Architecture Maturity Assessment: Q2 2013

Are the calculation formulas set properly? I don't see anything change when I enter values in for archetypes in the EA Archetype Assessment tab.

Discussion:Break Down Silos With An Emerging Technology Road Map

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Report:Readiness Assessment For Information Strategy And Architecture Toolkit

Developing a cohesive information strategy that can deliver on current and future business needs is challenging. Building an information architecture is a highly collaborative endeavor, and to...

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Discussion:Evaluating Application Fit With Cloud

Thanks for a well written article. The fitment concept is extremely important for organization to move to Cloud and embrace it. I would like to highlight that EA and business needs to agree on the...

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Blog:Announcing The Winners Of The 2011 InfoWorld/Forrester Enterprise Architecture Awards

Enterprise Architecture is a challenged role in IT. While more than 50% of all IT shops – and all large IT shops (greater than $100M budget) – have an EA practice in some form,...

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Client Inquiry:Can You Please Provide Feedback On Potential Vision Statements For A BA Organization?

I am trying to develop a solid vision statement for our business architecture (BA) organization that is supported by our mission. The vision statement represents the future, is result-oriented, and...

Discussion:Forrester's Business Capability Map Development: Process Guide

very interesting. thanks

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Blog:SAP’s Labs China – A Good Start On Addressing China-Specific Needs

Insufficient flexibility for business customization, poor ease of use, and long implementation have become major complaints about SAP’s core products by many SAP clients in China. Despite...

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Client Inquiry:The Relationship Between Text Analytics And CSR Data Entry

I'd like to know more about how text analytics works in the context of "reading" CSR rep typed-in comments when customers call in with issues. How does text analytics fit into a data strategy?

Discussion:How have you reduced your IT spend?

Out visiting some of our federal clients this week and the big topic is the mandatory 20% IT budget reduction. Thought it would be interesting and helpful to hear some of the things our forum members...

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Blog:BPM Research - How Do You Identify The Operational Processes

In the early part of next quarter, I am entering a research phase on a topic I have alluded to many times: techniques for Process Architecture. One of the key problems that BPM initiatives suffer...

Discussion:Fourteen Business Architecture Challenges And How To Overcome Them

Where can I find a typical job descirptions for a chief architect and members of his team. it is my experience that being able to describe precisely what an architect is key for credibility with the...

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Blog:Driving Business Excellence With Formal, Global Networks

Perhaps no one understands better than Dan Ranta, Director of Knowledge Sharing at ConocoPhillips, that the challenge of sharing knowledge is very real — while the potential payoff can be...

Discussion:Forrester's Business Capability Map Development: Tool

A helpful tool. Related to Capability Details, what would be an example of KPI for a business capability vs. KPI for a business goal?

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Blog:E-Signature Market Continues To Gain Business And Investor Attention

DocuSign, the best-known software-as-a-service (SaaS) brand for electronic signature, just received 47.5M in additional investor funding. According to execs, this will help accelerate growth...

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Tool:Lenses Provide Frameworks For Strategic Analysis

Discussion:Data center consolidation sucess stories

I'm out in DC area visiting our federal clients, and they are all struggling to figure out how to respond to a mandatory 20% IT budget reduction. Data center consolidation was mentioned as a big area...

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Report:Trends In Aligning Capabilities, Skills, And Tools For BPM COE Programs

These data charts present the results of Forrester's 2011 BPM Center Of Excellence Online Survey.

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Discussion:One item you've to be aware of when you think about demerge a business ?

Do you think about one or two things to be aware of when you plan to demerge a business (from the IS point of view) ?

Discussion:The Seven C's Of Web Content Management

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Report:Use A Metrics Framework To Drive BPM Excellence

Performance Management: The Business Process Management Playbook

Advancing technology for business process management (BPM) and analytics is allowing broader and deeper treatment of performance metrics. As a result, defining and using performance metrics is an...

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Blog:Forrester EA Forum Keynotes Map EA’s Shift From IT To Business

When I started as an architect, I was part of the team called “IT Architecture.” It was clear what we did and who we did it for – we standardized technology and designs so...

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Report:Best Practices: Starting Or Restarting An EA Effort

Enterprise architecture (EA) continues to gain recognition as a key practice for maximizing the impact of business' use of technology. An effective EA practice can eliminate business-IT alignment...

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Discussion:The Evolution From EA Tools To EA Management Suites

Now that you are have put some meat around what you mean by 3rd generation EA tooling, here are my thoughts. The 3rd generation EA Management Suite is more of an organic growth in EA tooling. The...