Driver of Strategic Agility Bureaucratic Nightmare | "Consistent and effective governance is essential to architectural success. It’s easy to learn the basics, but the tough stuff takes some help and incentive." -- George Westerman, Guest Editor Opening Statement George Westerman EA Governance Doesn't Just Happen — You Gotta Design It! Chris Curran Governing Enterprise Architecture: Lessons Learned from Implementing Federal Government EAs Patrick Bolton The Good, the Bad, and the FEA: Establishing EA Governance in a Federal Agency Craig McComb Making Enterprise Architecture More Than an IT Bureaucrat’s Dream Tom Bragg It's All About People: Agile Enterprise Architecture Scott W. Ambler | |
Next IssueThe New CIO AgendaGuest Editor: Mark McDonald The average tenure of a CIO is 18-24 months, making this position one of the more tenuous in business. What started out as a way to get IT out of the back room and into the boardroom has become, to a great extent, a tightrope walk through limited budgets, significant security concerns, and pressure to show ROI. Next month, Mark McDonald and a group of esteemed contributors will offer a new CIO agenda that is more explicit and pragmatic than just "getting close to the business." You'll be presented with many of the to-dos required to get -- and keep -- IT as a core competency in business. [ Back to Top ] |
So you want to build an enterprise architecture? Congratulations on having the vision to improve the IT organization's efficiency and flexibility! Building an enterprise architecture? There's no way this IT organization is going to spend zillions on something that provides no benefit to the company! Which reaction will you get from your boss? In this month's Cutter IT Journal, Guest Editor and Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant George Westerman will examine a key aspect of enterprise architecture performance or failure -- namely, governance. In this issue, you'll read insightful analyses of successes and failures that help move the discussion of EA governance beyond simple platitudes. The sage advice of our EA veterans will help prepare you for whatever reaction you may get.