Enterprise Architecture As Strategy

Creating a Foundation for Business Execution

Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, David Robertson

• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN: 9781591398394
• eBook ISBN: 9781422148174
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Strategy
• Index: Business

Does it seem you’ve formulated a rock-solid strategy, yet your firm still can’t get ahead? If so, construct a solid foundation for business execution—an IT infrastructure and digitized business processes to automate your company’s core capabilities. In Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution, authors Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson show you how.The key? Make tough decisions about which processes you must execute well, then implement the IT systems needed to digitize those processes. Citing numerous companies worldwide, the authors show how constructing the right enterprise architecture enhances profitability and time to market, improves strategy execution, and even lowers IT costs. Though clear, engaging explanation, they demonstrate how to define your operating model—your vision of how your firm will survive and grow—and implement it through your enterprise architecture. Their counterintuitive but vital message: when it comes to executing your strategy, your enterprise architecture may matter far more than your strategy itself.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: To Execute Your Strategy, First Build Your Foundation
• Chapter 2: Define Your Operating Model
• Chapter 3: Implement the Operating Model via Enterprise Architecture
• Chapter 4: Navigate the Stages of Enterprise Architecture Maturity
• Chapter 5: Cash In on the Learning
• Chapter 6: Build the Foundation One Project at a Time
• Chapter 7: Use Enterprise Architecture to Guide Outsourcing
• Chapter 8: Now—Exploit Your Foundation for Profitable Growth
• Chapter 9: Take Charge! The Leadership Agenda
• Notes
• About the Authors