Best Practice Report

EA Methodologies Enlarge To Address The New Business Landscape

May 21st, 2013
Henry Peyret, null
Henry Peyret
With contributors:
Alex Cullen , Mackenzie Cahill , Emily Jedinak

Summary

Digital is increasingly part of products and services offerings — provoking disruption to the old ways of doing things. Companies are facing uncertain market changes and economic conditions, which requires ongoing adaptation and innovation as they continue to optimize existing operations. Well-known enterprise architecture (EA) methodologies such as TOGAF and the Zachman Framework are good for stable and slowly evolving business environments but are ill suited to provide the agility required for continuous adaptation. This report reviews some of the innovative new EA methodologies redefining EA foundations, addressing the challenges provided by Agile methods, and integrating with other well-established IT best practice frameworks such as COBIT and ITIL.

Want to read the full report?

Contact us to become a client

This report is available for individual purchase ($1495).

Forrester helps business and technology leaders use customer obsession to accelerate growth. That means empowering you to put the customer at the center of everything you do: your leadership strategy, and operations. Becoming a customer-obsessed organization requires change — it requires being bold. We give business and technology leaders the confidence to put bold into action, shaping and guiding how to navigate today's unprecedented change in order to succeed.