Most enterprise architecture EA literature roots EA in business goals and strategies, and the rise of business architecture initiatives promises to finally close the gap in strategic business input for architecture planning. But the increasing focus on business architecture does not mean that EA is becoming more of a business function than an IT function. Rather, business architecture initiatives will enable enterprise architects to make EA a critical IT function that positions the CIO to become an important business partner to business executives. This session discusses how business architecture can improve IT’s value at any level of IT maturity and explores several case studies to show how business architecture helps to elevate EA to the most effective tool in the CIO’s toolbox.

2. May 19, 2009 Gene Leganza Vice President, Principal Analyst Forrester Research Case Studies: Business Architecture Aids IT Transformation

3. We want to help you minimize $ or risks Business architecture success can turn EA into IT’s trump card. 3 Business architecture initiatives can leapfrog normal maturity steps to improve IT value. 2 Wherever IT is struggling to deliver value, EA should be focused on improving IT. 1

4. Business architecture: IT’s secret weapon Source: StrategyWorld.com (http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/532-344.aspx) Entire contents © 2009 Forrester Research, Inc. All rights reserved.

7. Source: August 21, 2006, “IT Archetypes Help CIOs Optimize Career,” Forrester report. The three archetypes of IT

12. The explicit strategy yields to the emergent strategy Intended strategy What we’d like to happen Emergent strategy The many day-to-day decisions and prioritizations that set direction Realized strategy What actually occurs Unrealized strategy Things that are left behind Deliberate strategy Top-down plans, statements, and initiatives

18. EA was a catalyst for transformation at DB Source: Deutsche Bank (http://www.db.com/index_e.htm)

19. EA will continue to evolve at DB Source: Deutsche Bank (http://www.db.com/index_e.htm)

23. DHL architected the new capability first Source: DHL (http://www.dhl.com/splash.html)

24. The DHL team used the business architecture to plan significant business change Source: DHL (http://www.dhl.com/splash.html)

27. If you remember nothing else . . . Business architecture success can turn EA into IT’s trump card. 3 Business architecture initiatives can leapfrog normal maturity steps to improve IT value. 2 Wherever IT is struggling to deliver value, EA should be focused on improving IT. 1