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Cutter Trends and Predictions 2020 – Leveraging Business Architecture: 3 Predictions Pointing to New Relevance and Leadership

External Resource: Cutter Consortium

5 February 2020

Published as part of the annual Cutter Business Technology Journal 2020 Trends and Predictions, Whynde Kuehn affirms, “Amid a backdrop of digital trans­formation and a continually shifting landscape of change, business architecture is gaining momentum and relevance.” Kuehn discusses the areas in which business architecture will continue to play a key role and illustrates how three specific scenarios will lead the way to expanded relevance and leadership. She lays out what this might mean for practitioners, along with the steps needed to realize these benefits. (Requires Cutter membership in order to view full article).

The Global State of Business Architecture: Where We Are and Where We’re Going

External Resource: Cutter Consortium

30 December 2019

This Cutter Consortium Executive Update by Whynde Kuehn, S2E Transformation Inc. Founder and Cutter Senior Consultant, offers advice to business and enterprise architects on taking stock of the global state of business architecture. Whether you are think­ing over your organization’s business architecture practice or your own business architecture career, having an awareness of the bigger picture is vital for comparison and inspiration.

Be the Change: Disrupting Business Architecture

External Resource: Cutter Consortium

18 December 2019

There is a growing body of evidence that points to what makes a business architecture team successful. In this Cutter Consortium Advisor, we share a few characteristics that encapsulate how successful business architecture practitioners think and act. (Available for Cutter Consortium members only).

Business Design Identifies and Points to the Data

External Resource: Cutter Consortium

18 February 2020

In this Cutter article, authors Whynde Kuehn and Mike Clark articulate the importance of systematic ways to assess, design, measure, implement, and effec­tively manage data, which enables leaders to increase the chances of maximizing the true potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), while meeting regulatory requirements. (Requires Cutter Membership to view full articles).

Business Architecture: What’s the ROI?

External Resource: Cutter Consortium

15 October 2019

This Executive Update offers business architect practitioners a valuable approach for calculating ROBAI (Return on Business Architecture Investment) designed to equip business architecture teams with the ability to demonstrate their value and impact across the organization. (Requires Cutter Membership to view full articles).

A Keystone for Digital Readiness

External Resource: Institute for Digital Transformation

10 October 2019

Your organization has been researching what digital transformation means, speaking with vendors about digital strategies and solutions, maybe even trying to find applications for artificial intelligence or other emerging technologies, and implementing agile approaches. But are you really ready for digital transformation? This article by Whynde Kuehn explores what digital readiness means and how business architecture is a keystone and critical starting point for digital readiness in your organization. © Reprinted from Institute for Digital Transformation.

The Gateway to Successful Digital Transformation

External Resource: Institute for Digital Transformation

7 February 2019

Digital transformation is a fundamental business change that also requires a rewiring of the way an organization operates. An often-overlooked discipline — business architecture — can facilitate the critical bridge between strategy and execution, as well as offer an enabling instrument for digital transformation within an organization. This article describes how the discipline can be a gateway to successful, business-driven digital transformation. © Reprinted from Institute for Digital Transformation.

The Business Architecture Summit: Lessons from the Mountain

External Resource: Cutter Consortium

28 March 2018

Establishing business architecture within an organization takes passion, persistence, and patience. Inspired by over a decade and a half of helping organizations to mature their practices — combined with personal mountaineering experiences — this Advisor shares a few lessons for conquering the “business architecture summit” using mountains as metaphor. (Available for Cutter Consortium members only). NOTE: Not a Cutter member? No worries. A longer version of this article is available for direct download from the S2E website.

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