For Enterprise Architecture Professionals (Length: 15 pages)

June 30, 2009

Next-Generation IT Requires Next-Generation EA

EA Makes The New Core Processes Of IT Work

by Alex Cullen, Gene Leganza, Jeff Scott, Jost Hoppermann

with Ken Vollmer, Randy Heffner, Henry Peyret, Matt Czarnecki


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

What business wants from IT is changing, and that means IT has to change how it manages itself and the IT-business relationship. Building on current project delivery and operational management competencies, CIOs are adding new core management processes: demand, service, portfolio, and vendor management. These processes will work without enterprise architecture (EA) involvement — but they will work much better with EA-developed business capability models, target architectures, planning scenarios, and road maps. CIOs who support this involvement will find that their EA functions are transformed from an inward focus on projects and standards into a business focus on value management and demand/supply transparency — furthering the CIO agenda. EA leaders should help architect these new management processes and align their deliverables around what these processes require.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemWhat Business Expects From IT Is Changing

itemNext-Generation IT Means A New Scope For EA

itemNext-Generation EA Changes The EA Team's Relationship To CIO Priorities

recommendations

itemHelp Your CIO Implement The New Core Management Processes

WHAT IT MEANS

itemBusiness Technology Means That EA Must Transform Into "EA 2.0"

This report is the result of collaboration between analysts serving the Enterprise Architecture professional and CIO roles on the characteristics that IT organizations will display as they evolve to BT organizations.

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Analyst: Alex Cullen, Gene Leganza, Jeff Scott, Jost Hoppermann
Technology: Data Center Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Practices, IT Infrastructure & Operations, IT Management, IT Process Automation, IT Strategy, Planning, & Governance, Portfolio Management & PMOs, Serving the Business, Sourcing & Procurement, Vendor Management
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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