From my experience there are three main sources of insights that can deliver huge value and are mostly untapped in a lot of companies. They all start with a C and although I have a background in this industry – Consultants are not included in the list. 😃 Colleagues In most of my consulting projects […]
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In a recent post I discussed how to engage the C-level in a dialogue. The next question is how to keep them engaged and motivate them to co-create end products. Creating understanding Making sure that the CXO understands the implications is critical and should be a key objective of any additional meeting. When the initial
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When I discuss about Enterprise Architecture I always talk about the governance at the same time. While from a political perspective the two topics are often separated in an organization from my point of view they are only two different views on the same topic. In Enterprise Architecture we try to optimize the trade between
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When I was working in consulting I had the luxury of a large group of back office colleagues being focused on creating and modifying PowerPoint slides. This was in particular helpful when working with and re-arranging capability maps. As I am a huge fan of capability maps I also use them today on a regular
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Let’s talk about benefit monitoring. Most organizations will require you to promise some kind of value when spending money. The questions is how the organization is quantifying benefits and how the follow-up works. Before we get into the benefits of benefit monitoring we should define what we mean by benefit monitoring. This is my personal
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Whenever I tell people about all the benefits of engaging the C-level on architecture the next question is always how to engage them. CXOs tend to be very busy with a calendar that looks like someone lost Tetris in a late level. Getting their attention and time is difficult. Let’s explore some options that worked
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Where should the Chief Enterprise Architect sit within the organization? The two most common places where you will find Enterprise Architecture is either reporting into the CIO or into one of the direct reports to the CIO – like the head of application development. In the data from the Enterprise Architecture Survey with more than
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The measure of intelligence is the ability to changeAlbert Einstein Our desire to change is one of the most important drivers of human development. It is also an important driver of business success: in order to grow and to improve a company we have to change and we have to transform one thing into another.
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There is a very simple textbook process on how a strategic decision becomes reality: In reality this is what one might get as a high-level strategy definition: Our strategy is to develop new innovative products across all regions so that we excite our customers with new experiences at a low cost point. While this sounds
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How much time should you spend talking to “management” as an architect? Some would argue that it is a waste of time – others see is as the silver bullet to solve all problems. Let’s take a look at the Enterprise Architects that filled out the EA survey. Around one third of them says that
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