Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Enterprise Architecture and Alignment with the Business
Don't worry about getting the IT shop in order and instead focus on harder things like the notion of alignment...
The next time you talk with business customers, avoid like the plague telling them about how you are helping enable the strategic intent of the business through the use of technology, helping reduce the cost of IT or even helping them receive higher quality valuable working software and instead insert any of the below bullet points into each and every sentence.
Best Practices
Thinking outside the box
At the end of the day
Synergy
Rationalization
Paradigm
BPM
Low hanging fruit
Core competencies
Compliance
Manage expectations
Strategic
Best of breed
Drop the ball
Good to Great
Raise the Bar
After all, perception is reality...
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After all, perception is reality...
