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Tactical Yet Strategic EA

For EA tactical activities to have strategic impact, the EA team should establish a set of future requirements based on strategic direction (called common requirements vision by some), establish a set of global principles to guide consistency across multiple decisions, and conduct trends analysis for both information technology and the business industry in which the enterprise is involved. These activities will provide a basic set of futures against which you can compare current tactical efforts.
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 EA Critical Success Factors

Enterprise architecture effectiveness is highly susceptible to many factors unique to a particular organization. Highly effective EA programs exhibit many of the same critical success factors. Many of these factors were in their favor from the beginning and maintained as such, while others were assessed as obstacles and overcome as the program grew. By identifying an enterprise’s strengths and weaknesses, the enterprise architect may develop appropriate remedies to make the environment more favorable for EA growth and effectiveness. This article describes many of the most common critical success factors we have seen in effective EA programs. However, by no means should this list be considered exhaustive, as every organization is likely to have some unique characteristics for consideration in influencing EA program effectiveness.
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 Enterprise Transformation

Looking beyond the clutter of day-to-day priorities, transformation is an ever-present and fundamental driving force for the enterprise.  High performing C-Level business executives commonly have a business vision for an enterprise that is bigger, better or different than it is today.  This vision yields a set of transformation goals such as simplification, cost reduction, increased agility, better service to customers, and improved quality, efficiency or effectiveness.   The scope can be large or small. The approach can be evolutionary or revolutionary.  The pace can be aggressive or reserved.   In all cases, the “transformed enterprise” is the systematic realization of the vision.  By embracing transformation as a core concept, IT executives use it to steadily guide their organization to the transformation target.
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