Outcome-Driven Business Architecture : Synergizing Strategies and Intelligence with Architecture.
| Author/creator | Tiwary, Amit, 1960- |
| Other author | Unhelkar, Bhuvan. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Milton : Auerbach Publications, 2018. |
| Description | 1 online resource (411 pages) |
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| Subjects |
| Contents | Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Authors; SECTION A CONCEPTS AND ODBA FRAMEWORK; 1 Business Strategies and Outcome-Driven Business Architecture; Introduction; Architectures and Outcomes; Strategies and Capabilities; Strategies, Actions, and Projects; Organizational Strategies: Components; Business Capability; Organizational Strategies: Goals and Outcomes; Organizational Strategies: Actions and Projects; Iterations and Increments (Agility) in Projects; Positioning BA. |
| Contents | Capabilities, Outcomes, and Architectures arguments for ODBA; Balancing Act of ODBA; Optimization of Resources with ODBA; Strategic Planning in Business 15; Strategies and Outcomes; Business Strategy Implementation; Strategy Planning and Risks; Operational Excellence and Business Outcomes; Customer Intimacy and Business Outcomes; Product Leadership and Business Outcomes; Comparison between the Three Disciplines of Product Leadership, Operational Excellence, and Customer Intimacy; Identifying the Business Outcomes; Business Strategy Failures; Risks of Faulty Strategy: The 'Cardinal Sins' |
| Contents | Mismatched Decision-MakingIT as a Capability; IT Utilization; Further to Business Capability Gaps; BA Roadmap Supporting IT Capabilities; BA Map; Capabilities and Management; Capability Heat Maps; Annotating Capability Heat Maps; Capability Categorization; Making Use of BA in Practice; Discussion Points; References; 2 Developing Business Architecture I-Capabilities and Challenges; Introduction; Business Capabilities Drive Business Outcomes; BA: Positioning; BA: Key Elements; BA and EA; Benefits and Challenges of Business Capability-Based Strategic Implementation. |
| Contents | Impact of Misaligned and Immature Capabilities on Business Outcomes Controlled Change with ODBA; Developing Business Capabilities: An Iterative Approach; Multiple Levels of Strategies Lead to Chaos; BA Alignment and Decision-Making; BA and IM; Business Intelligence, Collaborative Intelligence, and ODBA; Knowledge and Intelligence; Organizational Levers and BA; Increase Revenue; Improved Product Branding; Expanding Markets and Increasing Sales; Increase Returns from Previous Projects; Decrease Operational Costs; Decrease Input Costs; Optimize Resource Utilization; Reduce Redundant Actions. |
| Contents | Utilizing DisruptiveInnovations refiningg Organizational Structure; Achieving Better Technology Utilization; Establishing ODBA; Positioning Business Capability Frameworks within ODBA; Extending and Applying American Productivity Quality Center Framework; Case Study Outline; Phase I: Establish BA Framework; Phase II: Vogue Business Capability Assessment; Phase III: Alignment with Updated Strategy; Discussion Points; References; 3 Developing Business Architecture-II; Business Architecture Challenges; Lack of Use of Standards; Consolidation without Understanding the Outcomes. |
| Summary | This book discusses business architecture as a basis for aligning efforts with outcomes. It views BA as complementary to enterprise architecture, where the focus of technological initiatives and inventories is to understand and improve business organization, business direction, and business decision-making. This book provides a practical, long-term view on BA. Based on the authors' consulting experience and industrial research, the material in this book is a valuable addition to the thought processes around BA and EA. The lead author has direct and practical experience with large clients in applying APQC capability framework for undertaking multiple enterprise-wide capability assessments. |
| General note | Treating Architecture as a 'Solution' to a Problem Rather than a Basis for Handling Multiple Problems. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Tiwary, Amit. Outcome-Driven Business Architecture : Synergizing Strategies and Intelligence with Architecture. Milton : Auerbach Publications, ©2018 9781498724296 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781351646529 |
| ISBN | 1351646524 |