Buy vs. build is one of the fundamental technology decisions faced by most organizations when implementing technology solutions. Here’s our take on navigating that decision.
Gartner's Information Technology glossary defines enterprise architecture (EA) as:
"a discipline for proactively and holistically leading enterprise responses to disruptive forces by identifying and analyzing the execution of change toward desired business vision and outcomes. EA delivers value by presenting business and IT leaders with signature-ready recommendations for adjusting policies and projects to achieve targeted business outcomes that capitalize on relevant business disruptions."
In our experience, most large enterprises have strategy departments focused on the organization's enterprise response in general, and "enterprise architecture" typically refers to the technical aspects of that response. In our simplified view, enterprise architecture is the big picture planning around technology change done at an "across the whole organization" level.
Value-added activities include analyzing technology portfolios, designing future state visions, and establishing technology guardrails to guide the organization from current to future state.
Buy vs. build is one of the fundamental technology decisions faced by most organizations when implementing technology solutions. Here’s our take on navigating that decision.
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