Enterprise Architects Need to Act Fast

Bangalore: Enterprise architects undoubtedly are the key palyers in business transformations and adding value to data analyics but considering today’s revolutinizing trends they need to act fast recommend the open group speakers as reported by Dana Gardner in zdnet.com.

The open group conference which took place in calafornia featured some of the industry experts and eminent speakers  who disscussed about how enterprsie architechture(EA) can powerfully impact the transformation of an enterprise through analytics, good data management and by helping shape the goals of the business.

Jaenne Ross, Director and Principal Research Sientist at MIT’s Center for Information System and Research in her opening session told that the stakes are high for EA and the enterprise architechts need to help their organizations better use new services and instill a “value cycle.”  Ross said that IT companies need to recognize the forces around consumption of business service and not just the implementation.

Explainig further Ross said that working towards making good data management is a priority also a way to make EA valuable, enterprise architects can rise in their performance by ensuring the quality of data and the speed of data refresh

Companies typically under-utilize applications and new systems hence IT-enablement isn’t enough companies aren’t using the system to their potential therefore architects need to consider this and then market and evangelize solutions said Ross.

EAs need to be more concerned on making Quality data center stage in companies. “You don’t get good analytics with bad data,” Ross said, “The secret to good EA is to put information in every person’s hands so they can use data better.” This will eventually lead to transformation of the business and encourage innovation utilizing IT systems systems and good architecture principles.

Architechts can play a key role in helping their bosses deliver increased business value as most of senior executives are bad at combining business and technology strategies. The following points outline an Enterprise architecht’s role:

1)Pin down architectural capabilities that can be readily exploited

2)Help senior executives clarify business goals

3)Present options and their implications for business goals

4)Build capabilities incrementally

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Enterprise Architects Need to Act Fast