Digitising The Strategy
- by Richard Heward
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- 15 Apr, 2018
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How using ArchiMate can help to understand a strategy
How many times have you seen corporate strategies in the form of an Intranet statement, an eMail from the CEO or even a PowerPoint presentation? Some are great but most do not have the clarity that is needed to really covert into action.
By capturing the strategy into a structured notation, it is possible to understand it better and to then create linkages to the elements of change required to satisfy the strategy.
I've published an updated discussion paper, 'Digitising The Strategy v2' to try to explore the challenges when we 'digitise' the strategy. To be clear, this is not about how you make a strategy digitally enabled. Just how to capture it in a more precise way.
By capturing the strategy into a structured notation, it is possible to understand it better and to then create linkages to the elements of change required to satisfy the strategy.
I've published an updated discussion paper, 'Digitising The Strategy v2' to try to explore the challenges when we 'digitise' the strategy. To be clear, this is not about how you make a strategy digitally enabled. Just how to capture it in a more precise way.
This blog paper describes a method of defining documentation structures in the ArchiMate® notation and goes on to use a ‘driving view’ to generate output from the Archi® enterprise architecture modelling tool.
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Some thoughts about how to use ArchiMate to define Operating Models with more detail in a free PDF.
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I found this excellent youtube by Westpac Banking which clearly explains the Blockchain concept.
This post describes how it is possible to quickly build a solution to a real business problem, in order to see it is a viable strategic course of action. It was done to bring clarity as to what an enterprise solution might look like and how it might work, in order to stimulate stakeholder engagement and help strategic thinking: “Hacking a Strategy”.
This video from Gerben Wierda is a great introduction as to why you need an EA. It doesn't fully cover the non technical aspects such as strategy and business, but it's 3 minutes 44 seconds well spent.