Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781591398394)

Does it seem you've formulated a rock-solid strategy, yet your firm still can't get ahead? If so, construct a solid foundation for business execution--an IT infrastructure and digitized business processes to automate your company's core capabilities. In Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution, authors Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson show you how.

The key? Make tough decisions about which processes you must execute well, then implement the IT systems needed to digitize those processes. Citing numerous companies worldwide, the authors show how constructing the right enterprise architecture enhances profitability and time to market, improves strategy execution, and even lowers IT costs. Though clear, engaging explanation, they demonstrate how to define your operating model--your vision of how your firm will survive and grow--and implement it through your enterprise architecture. Their counterintuitive but vital message: when it comes to executing your strategy, your enterprise architecture may matter far more than your strategy itself.

Author: Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, David Robertson
ISBN-10: 1591398398
ISBN-13: 9781591398394
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2006
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.50w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 110