An effective Enterprise Architecture enables the organisation to achieve the right balance between IT efficiency and business innovation. The advent of cloud computing, interoperability, re-use and agility bring new challenges and opportunities which need to be taken into account in producing an overall business architecture that truly matches the needs of the organization for an integrated IT strategy, permitting the closest possible synergy across the extended enterprise.
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An effective Enterprise Architecture enables the organisation to achieve the right balance between IT efficiency and business innovation.
However, new elements are affecting the way in which the Enterprise Architecture is designed and implemented. In today’s unstable climate, where change is becoming the norm and every organization needs to respond rapidly to the constantly changing needs of the business environment, a sound enterprise architecture is more important than ever. The advent of cloud computing, interoperability, re-use and agility bring new challenges and opportunities which need to be taken into account in producing an overall business architecture that truly matches the needs of the organization for an integrated IT strategy, permitting the closest possible synergy across the extended enterprise.
This event provides a lively and interactive discussion forum for all those looking to build on or improve their business architecture, to understand how to build relationships across the enterprise and how to incorporate the necessary interactions with management, staff and customers.
This event is the latest in a long line of Forums and Conferences from UNICOM – it also brings together potential buyers of Enterprise Architecture related solutions, services and consulting with organisations who can provide them.
By attending the event, delegates hear high quality presentations of real value which enable them to make informed decisions and get to meet face-to-face with the organisations and individuals who are best placed to help them.
The presentation room features cabaret style seating to encourage discussion and promote the friendly atmosphere - the programme throughout features plenty of opportunity for discussion and questions.
The programme is also designed to reiterate the benefits to organisations of implementing the correct Business Architecture, such as being able to:
Anticipate and respond to changing business needs more quickly
Align all programs of business change and process governance with IT and HR strategy
Continuously manage processes as assets of the enterprise
Balance the competing requirements of functional and process stakeholders
Make process technology work for your organization
Successfully define and manage an aligned program of change
Run more successful change projects
TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:
The current state of play in Enterprise Architecture
Emerging practical methods for Enterprise Architecture
Aligning Enterprise architecture to the organisation’s overall management strategy including business objectives, governance, IT and delivery
Achieving complete buy-in across the entire organisation
Defining roles and responsibilities
Maintaining competitive advantage
Frameworks and methodologies for Enterprise Architecture – e.g TOGAF
Relationships to other disciplines
Planning and coordinating human systems and technical systems to overcome the structural inhibitors to business performance
Guidance for choosing an EA solution
Delivering the right results through effective management and a disciplined engineering approach
Case studies from different industry sectors.
Other topics will be added as the programme develops.
