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502 -  Enterprise Architecture as Glue: The Well-managed IT Organization
 Thursday, November 08, 2007, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speakers:
George S. Paras
Managing Director
EAdirections

George S. Paras is a widely recognized speaker, writer, coach and thought leader in Enterprise Architecture (EA), Strategy and Planning, Portfolio Management and IT Governance with more than 26 years of information technology and business experience. He has coached hundreds of IT leaders in the practical aspects of creating effective and successful EA programs at organizations as diverse as Canadian Pacific Railway, W.W. Grainger, United Airlines, Dow Chemical, State of Missouri, U.S. Navy, Bank of America, U.K. Federal Government, Allstate, and Sears Canada.
Session Description:
The well-managed IT organization strikes a subtle balance between a focus on strategic alignment and effective execution. From vision to development to operational reality, all the moving parts must align. Operations, application development, asset portfolios, people and processes must all integrate. The glue that binds this integration is a clear picture of the desired end game, one that is strategically and tactically aligned with the needs of the business. Representing that end game and guiding the organization to it is the role of enterprise architecture (EA). If the business can use enterprise architecture (EA) concepts to define and pursue a strategically aligned future state for its desired business capabilities, then it also makes sense that the IT organization should do so too. IT can “architect IT as a business” and apply core EA concepts to itself. Doing so provides IT leaders with a clear and concise framework that reflects the portfolio of its desired capabilities as well as the roadmap of how to achieve them.