Enterprise Architecture as a Strategy pitches a common progression through increasingly well-developed Enterprise Architectures:
- Business Silos
- Standardized Technology
- Optimized Core
- Business Modularity
- Dynamic Venturing see bottom of note
As you mature your EA, you should only take one step at a time in order to have the opportunity to learn. The juice from each step should be near fully-squeezed before you move beyond. Skipping steps is associated with worse outcomes, apparently.
In general - as you mature you can expect to see these types of improvements:
- Reduced IT Costs (to a point)
- Increased IT Responsiveness
- Enhanced Risk Management
- Increased managerial satisfaction
- Successful strategic business outcomes
Managerial Practices
Dynamic Venturing
For whatever reason Enterprise Architecture as a Strategy decided to add a 5th stage of EA in the last 10% of the book. Dynamic venturing is about the ability to rapidly reconfigure portfolios of business. Basically, trying new ventures for business expansion by taking apart those Core Business Processes and Paved Roads that drive them and reconfiguring them in alignment with said new adventure. If your business is modular enough, if’s possible. Stage 5 is about business components being Highly Cohesive, Loosely Coupled.
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