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Craig serves Enterprise Architecture Professionals. He is an internationally recognized expert in business process management and initiated Forrester's series on untamed business processes, including customer on-boarding, invoice management, medical health records, financial compliance, and customer communications management. He specializes in helping companies transform from manual and paper-based processes to the mobile and digital world, as well as in information management, dynamic case management, enterprise content management, electronic signature; document imaging and capture; and document output for customer communications management. Craig is the leading analyst on the outsourcing of document processing services, including managed print services.
Craig brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Forrester through his 20 years' experience in IT and business process transformation. Prior to joining Forrester, Craig was a vice president at ADP, focusing on next-generation solutions for its document management business. Craig was also a cofounder of docHarbor and has held senior positions with several document management providers during the past 15 years. Craig has both a strong business and technology background, including time at MITRE and BBN. He is deeply experienced in the software industry, having authored How To Succeed In The Enterprise Software Market (2005).
Craig earned a B.S. in economics from Georgetown University and an M.B.A from George Washington University.
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...

The purpose of this assessment tool is to serve as a starting point to help managers and employees discuss the development of skills typical to various architecture roles. It works as a communication...
Executive Overview: The EA Method Playbook
Faced with continuous change — from technology innovations, new markets, and competitive shifts — businesses must become more agile. Sustainable business agility, the ability to...


An enterprise architecture (EA) program's success is largely dependent on its architects' skills. More companies are establishing EA programs, and architecture teams are growing. Moreover, the...
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...
Design patterns, proven technology stacks, and well-documented application infrastructure are fundamental tools for promoting common practices in the design of business solutions. Enterprises create...
Executive Overview: The Business Process Management Playbook
In the midst of continuous change — from technology, market, and competitive forces — businesses must become skilled at transforming and inventing new processes while improving their...

A conceptual architecture is a tool that enterprise architects can use to enhance communication, provide context, and aid direction setting. Though there are many situations in which an architect...
Our company is relaunching our enterprise architecture function. One area of focus is "big rules" for architecture. We currently have a set of more-detailed principles, but we are looking for...
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...

Business capability maps provide a framework for capturing key characteristics of a firm's business model and core functions, which can then be used to assess business needs, understand IT costs, and...

The purpose of this process guide is to provide an overview of the architecture skills assessment process and step-by-step instructions for using the assessment tool included in Forrester's...
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...
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...
A Catalogue Of Skills Development Plans And Techniques Based On Insights From EA Managers
This tool kit will help address how to develop the skills needed to prime the EA team for success. We provide a variety of proven and tested architecture skills development techniques suggested by...

Materials To Promote Understanding Reference Architectures And Their Value
Design patterns, proven technology stacks, and well-documented application infrastructure are fundamental tools for promoting common practices in the design of business solutions. Enterprises often...
This tool kit discusses the role and importance of solution architects, the solution architecture process, templates for solution architecture deliverables, and solution architecture best practices.

Profile Of An InfoWorld/Forrester Enterprise Architecture Award Winner
Enterprise architecture (EA) organizations often toil out of the limelight — helping their firms improve business-IT alignment, rationalize their application portfolio, and guide their use of...
Materials To Implement A Scalable Project Architecture Review Process
Project architecture review is an essential practice EA teams should use to advance enterprise architecture strategies. A well-designed and transparent review process provides a counterbalance to...
This presentation describes a scalable architecture review process. Its characteristics are typical of a second- or even third-generation process used in a medium or large IT shop. EAs should...
Executive Overview: The Business Architecture Playbook
Strategic change initiatives are proliferating in organizations. There may be multiple programs to improve customer experience, co-existing alongside projects to reduce costs, streamline internal...

This workbook is part of the "Solution Architecture Tool Kit" collection, a companion to the "Solution Architecture Tool Kit: Overview" PowerPoint deck. It includes samples and templates for...

Profile Of An InfoWorld/Forrester Enterprise Architecture Award Winner
Forrester teamed up with InfoWorld to identify five leading enterprise architecture (EA) organizations using practices that yield measurable business value. Skandia UK and International provides an...
Use EA Archetypes To Assess Maturity And Align Effort With Expectations
Enterprise architecture (EA) maturity models abound. Each comes with its own opinion on EA maturity, its own system for scoring it, and a single set of beliefs on the proper role of EA within a firm....