Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution

✍ Scribed by Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, David Robertson

• Publisher: Harvard Business Press
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 130
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Enterprise architecture defines a firm's needs for standardized tasks, job roles, systems, infrastructure, and data in core business processes. Thus, it helps a company to articulate how it will compete in a digital economy and it guides managers' daily decisions to realize their vision of success. This book clearly explains enterprise architecture's vital role in enabling--or constraining--the execution of business strategy. The book provides clear frameworks, thoughtful case examples, and a proven-effective structured process for designing and implementing effective enterprise architectures.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 5
Ch 1. To Execute Your Strategy, First Build Your Foundation......Page 11
Ch 2. Define Your Operating Model......Page 23
Ch 3. Implement the Operating Model via Enterprise Architecture......Page 33
Ch 4. Navigate the Stages of Enterprise Architecture Maturity......Page 45
Ch 5. Cash In on the Learning......Page 56
Ch 6. Build the Foundation One Project at a Time......Page 69
Ch 7. Use Enterprise Architecture to Guide Outsourcing......Page 82
Ch 8. Now-Exploit Your Foundation for Profitable Growth......Page 93
Ch 9. Take Charge! The Leadership Agenda......Page 104
Notes......Page 115
Index......Page 121
About the Authors......Page 127