Posts Tagged '2009-IT-predictions'

 
Enterprise Architecture Resolutions for 2009

As 2009 brings dramatic change to the economy, politics, and IT, some consistency might be in order. So, as I have in past years, I’m making suggestions for New Year’s resolutions for enterprise architects. Execute on Your Roadmap Architecture takes a long time to develop and deliver. There’s a bewildering array of models, processes, options, priorities, and skills needed to achieve enterprise goals. Of course, this cannot be delivered all at once but needs to be phased in over time. How do we know what to do when? First, we need to have a vision of our architectural end state (the point at which enterprise IT is in alignment with both business and technology goals …

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With 2009 looming large, ugly and just around the corner, it’s time for the obligatory prognostications. Boy is this difficult… Hmmm. What will next year bring? Any wild guesses? Rather than focus on the dark clouds, I am going to first look for the silver lining ahead. Trend 1: Firms will try to remove redundant islands of business process and technology. Already system integrators and enterprise vendors are polishing their CFO pitches. In 2009, big vendors won’t be selling the CIO. They will be selling the person telling the CIO to cut budgets. 2009 may be the year that companies try to get a leg up on business process and enterprise system consolidation to further …

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