Ten Practical Ideas for Organizing and Managing Your Enterprise Architecture
There is little agreement among companies about which management approaches are most effective; more empirical evidence is required.
Content: Article | Authors: Jürgen Laartz, Oliver Bossert | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
A Two-Speed IT Architecture for the Digital Enterprise
Delivering an enriched customer experience requires a new digital architecture running alongside legacy systems.
Content: Article | Authors: Chris Ip, Jürgen Laartz, Oliver Bossert | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
Delivering Large-Scale IT Projects on Time, on Budget, and on Value
Large IT efforts often cost much more than planned; some can put the whole organization in jeopardy. The companies that defy these odds are the ones that master key dimensions that align IT and business value.
Content: Article | Authors: Jürgen Laartz, Michael Bloch, Sven Blumberg | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Project Management
Designing IT for Business
With business leaders calling the shots, some leading companies are transforming their IT architecture by grouping increasingly complex systems into “domains” – sets of applications and databases that have a business rationale for being managed together. The goal is to turn what often resembles a plate of cooked spaghetti, with thousands of applications and databases dispersed across the architecture, into logical blocks with a minimum … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Alexander Scherdin, Eric Monnoyer, Jürgen Laartz | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business