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Creating IT strategy (with a little help from enterprise architecture) by nattYGUR

Creating IT strategy is one of the complicated task that I know. To create a good IT strategy, you have to use many ingredients from different types and sources. Those ingredients should be used in unique combination that can be cooked and then be served...
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Enterprise Architecture Meta-model, size doesn't matter by nattYGUR

Part of the enterprise architecture work is to define a meta-model. Meta-model depict what are the architecture building blocks that we need to do our work, and their relations. Usually meta-model is one of the first task that we'll address in enterprise...
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Enterprise architecture frameworks are dead, long live real-life practice ! by nattYGUR

I can remember the first time that I read TOGAF. I was really amazed from what I read. After spending time to understand Zachman framework, TOGAF looks like a mature and practical EA framework. Each paragraph that I read had a lot of sense and it looks...
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Enterprise architecture work Case studies by nattYGUR

After discussing how to use enterprise architecture for IT planning , reducing IT costs and M&A I had several request to share case studies that shows how the theory (which I already discussed) is used in reality. This post contain three case studies...
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Using Enterprise Architecture for forecast and implementation of Merges and Acquisitions (M&A) by nattYGUR

After explaining how to use enterprise architecture for IT long term planning and IT cost reduction this post is dedicated to enterprise architecture for merge and acquisitions (M&A). In this post I'll try to share with you my experience with how...
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Using Enterprise Architecture to reduce IT costs ( a cookbook for IT cost reduction) by nattYGUR

In my post about " What can be done with Enterprise Architecture " I mentioned four main areas where I'm using successfully enterprise architecture. I already started to touch IT planning (will dedicate posts for M&A and BCP/DRP in the future) , So...
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How to create and use business capabilities - The poster by nattYGUR

After explaining how to create and use business capabilities in my previous posts I'm proud to share with you a poster that takes all the main steps, and their sequence, to create and use business capabilities for different needs. (click the image to...
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Business Capabilities (a practical guide) by nattYGUR

In my last post about using enterprise architecture to create long term IT planning , I argue that business capabilities are crucial for this work but I didn't explain in details what are business capabilities and what need to be done to collect and model...
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Using enterprise architecture for creating long term IT planning (roadmaps) by nattYGUR

There are many aspects that we need to address when creating IT roadmaps such as better business support, replacing old and not supported technologies/products/applications, strengthening ( new servers, storage, licenses, databases, etc' to support IT...
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What can be done with Enterprise Architecture by nattYGUR

In my own opinion enterprise architecture is not just a high level strategic planning of the enterprise ( well lets face it, the IT in the enterprise). I see enterprise architecture as a proven, consistent and reusable way of doing IT task that we are...
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