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Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Buying into enterprise architecture
Buying into enterprise architecture: "Perhaps the most important step was integrating people from the business units into the enterprise architecture development group, according to Luong. Because of support from the Mint's leaders, the enterprise architecture working group includes senior executives from each of the department's business units. "
"And the only way to gain support is to prove that the business units could get real value out of what can seem like an information technology project gone haywire..."
Here's the success that got them rolling...
"By outlining the Mint's online sales and marketing processes and comparing them to the architecture, the CIO's office was able to provide the first detailed understanding of how the unit worked and how the process could be improved. The changes saved more than $1 million in the online program's cost, Horton said."
How the Mint uses enterprise architecture
How the Mint uses enterprise architecture
High-level bullets of their main deliverables. Two key concepts that need further research: 1) Portfolio Management, 2) "a tool for developing and reporting business cases".
IT Manager's Journal: Tracking the Evolution of IT
IT Manager's Journal: Tracking the Evolution of IT
