The Next Minute

We have noticed many boutique consulting firms that sell enterprise architecture frameworks and tools to large organizations with even larger purse strings by using the terminology of the next minute. Many of them use fluffy words to make themselves look smarter while they are merely focusing on drawing better PowerPoint diagrams. For us, next minute should be the term used for what you need to think about in the future: those problems that all enterprises will address. Let's dive into what we feel is the next minute.

The first next-minute challenge an enterprise architect will need to start thinking about is the nature of collaboration. With the advent of Web services, businesses can create relationships dynamically and on the fly. Today's model of security, integration, management, and such is heavily embedded with the notion of long-term relationships. In a dynamic model, organizations will need a substitute for trust. Many organizations will scratch their heads on this one.

Some enterprise architects believe they should position their organizations for future opportunities in the way of mergers and acquisitions. Of course, this falls in line with our best practices thinking. The new model for enterprise architecture has to be extremely agile. The architecture should support the ability for decisions to be made in real-time. If this can be solved for, the need to support mergers and acquisitions should dwindle. If organizations can interoperate in a fluid manner, they will not waste time or money or even incur risk to acquire each other.

Other enterprise architects maintain the notion of separate business and technology strategies. In the next minute, the business and technology strategy shall be unified. Technology will no longer be the hindrance that stands in the way of the organization's goals. Technology will no longer be the electronic filing cabinet but rather the engine that pushes forward.



Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture, A
A Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture
ISBN: 0131412752
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 148

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