A successful Enterprise Architecture (EA) Program can help unlock an IT department’s true value to the business it supports. EA, as a discipline, allows an organization to compare its near-term business objectives with its current technological capabilities and then make intelligent decisions about what it can reasonably expect to accomplish. Furthermore, the gaps that are identified represent opportunities for future IT investments.

An effective (EA) practice can eliminate business-IT-alignment problems, bring order and purpose to an organization’s use of technology, and lead an enterprise on the road to greater collaboration and innovation. The problem is that with these ambitious goals, EAs often face the daunting task of convincing business and IT leaders with operational responsibilities, near-term deliverables, and parochial interests to focus on the value of enterprise synergies. It’s all too common to see EA programs crash and burn because architects fail to convince key stakeholders of their value.

Enterprise architects and CIOs don’t always communicate well, which can spell trouble at budget time. Applying business architecture tools can really pay off.

Atechra recognizes that the organization is a system, and the cross-cutting concerns must be addressed first at the overall system level. We recognize that business cannot solve every detailed problem at once–you cannot hold complex systems entirely “in your head”. You need to find effective ways to decompose the problem. Focusing on business capabilities that support business strategy, first, then delving into the design of those capabilities, forms an effective way to consider people, process and technology together.

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