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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Conceptual Architecture Tool Kit

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...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

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...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Mastering Customer Data: The Next EA Opportunity – And Challenge

Several recent Forrester reports home in on what we call “The Age Of The Customer” in which firms must seek to become customer-obsessed to build differentiation and loyalty. Those...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Using Business Capability Maps To Guide Application Portfolio Rationalization

Business' Process Goals Strongly Influence Application Strategy

Most firms have application portfolios with significant redundancy — a legacy of how business needs have been funded or past merger and acquisition activity. Firms initiate application...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Follow The Conversation From Forrester's IT Forum 2011

Today we’re kicking off Forrester's IT Forum 2011 at The Palazzo in Las Vegas. Prepare for three exciting days of keynote presentations and track sessions focused on business and technology...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Best Practices For Influencing Business? Tips For Revitalizing IT Standards? Join Our Community Discussions!

Architects frequently tell us how much they value insights from practitioners like themselves. We at Forrester equally value these insights, as they are the foundation of our...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Playing Card Games With Business Capabilities

A Creative Approach Makes It Easy For Business Leaders To Use Business Capability Maps

Business capability maps are a versatile tool for enterprise architects. They can help architects clarify business priorities, rationalize project and application portfolios, and explain costs and...

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For CIO Professionals

Tool:Checklist For Ensuring Sustainability

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Best Practices: Implementing An EA Management Suite

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...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Forrester's Architecture Skills Assessment Tool Kit: Overview

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...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:EA-PMO Partnership Cultivates Innovation Opportunities

The next-generation project management office (PMO) adds to the traditional PMO skill set of managing demand, providing oversight, and ensuring compliance by innovating through new practices and...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Client Inquiry:Can You Please Provide Some Examples Of Big Rules For Architecture?

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...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Why Your Company Needs You To Attend Forrester’s Business Architecture & Process Summit

The pace of business change is accelerating. The reason why it is accelerating is the mushrooming of disruptive factors: your customers expecting anytime/everywhere access to you through their mobile...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Business Architecture Is The Foundation For EA – Join Our BA Research Team

Awkward title, I know. But this blog is about two related points.  Forrester has long believed that business and technology have become inseparable. The Business Technology...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Client Inquiry:How Can We Calculate Spending On Enterprise Architecture?

We are trying to locate information about the amount of IT spend typically placed into enterprise architecture as a percentage of total IT budget. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:New Focus Of EA: Preparing For An "Age Of Agility"

      I just recently had a conversation with Peter Hinssen, one of our keynote speakers at Forrester’s colocated CIO Forum and EA Forum in Las Vegas (May 3-4) and our...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Forrester's Architecture Skills Assessment Tool Kit: Assessment Tool

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...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Focus EA Impact On Planning, Governance, And Innovation

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...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Forrester's Architecture Skills Assessment Tool Kit: Process Guide

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...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Conceptual Architecture: Overview

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...

• Downloads: 1277

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Peter Hinssen, The New Normal, And Enterprise Architecture

You already know it. Technology is completely pervasive in our lives, and in how businesses operate. It’s pervasive in how business execs think — they know that every change they make has...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Forrester Is Hiring — Join Our Global Enterprise Architecture Team!

You know how technology is changing how businesses operate — how they engage with their customers, deliver products and services, and understand their markets. The...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Who Should Lead Strategic Investment Planning?

Mike Gilpin poses this question in the most recent post to his blog.  This question was sparked at Forrester’s Business Process & Application Delivery Forum during a conversation during...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Business Technology 2020 – Questions And Answers

What will business and technology be like in 2020 – and what’s IT’s place in this new world? This is the subject of a teleconference that James Staten and I held for our...

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:The Outcome Focus Of World Class EA Programs

I recently had a conversation with a new EA practice leaders in the investment management business unit of a large multi-line insurance company.  They wanted to hear my perspectives on what a...