Advisor

3 EA Patterns for Disrupting the Disruptors

Posted January 17, 2018 | Technology |
Business & Enterprise Architecture

It pays to really assess your current marketplace situation and learn from disruptors in your own or adjacent marketplaces. Enterprise architecture (EA) is an asset that you can use to counter the threat of disruptors. The three generically applicable scenarios we introduce in this Advisor may help you choose the right pattern for your EA, depending on the business model of the disruptor, your choice of counter-strategy, and your current EA maturity.

About The Author
Jan Paul Fillie
Jan-Paul Fillié is a Technology Strategy Consultant, Agile Champion, and TOGAF-Certified Architect at IBM. His focus is on analytics, business intelligence, and data governance, including GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Mr. Fillié has worked on IT transformation programs in the financial sector as a consultant, architect, and project manager. As an IBM Agile Champion, he assists teams, programs, and client organizations in Agile/… Read More
Karel Auwerda
Karel Auwerda is an experienced IT Architect at IBM, focused on enterprise architecture, process improvement, and information and service architecture. For the last several years, Mr. Auwerda has worked with clients on architecture and information planning, and program and project portfolio analysis and planning. He can be reached at karel.auwerda@nl.ibm.com.
JanWillem Sieben
Jan-Willem Sieben is an IT Strategy Consultant at IBM, with a focus on enterprise architecture and the alignment between business and IT strategy. He has been engaged as a consultant, program manager, and enterprise architect in large transformations and innovation programs at central government organizations and a variety of commercial companies, mainly retail. Mr. Sieben has lectured on enterprise architecture for Erasmus University Rotterdam… Read More
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