Best Practice Report

Architectural Business Value: An Architect's Proper Contribution To Packaged Apps Selection

Using Forrester's TEI Methodology To Financially Value Architectural Concerns

Randy Heffner
 and  five contributors
Mar 02, 2009

Summary

If they do it right, enterprise architects can add tremendous value to their organization's selection of a packaged application solution (and other technology decisions). The key to success is to frame your contribution around the business and financial implications of the decision rather than the architect's knee-jerk focus on IT standards. Forrester defines the notion of Architectural Business Value as a way to integrate the economic and architectural impacts of each candidate product in a selection process.

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