Finding -- and Filling -- the Real Business Gap

Posted November 30, 2008 | Technology |

The rise of business architecture can be directly attributed not only to the continued failure to develop good business requirements (i.e., requirements that actually represent the business), but also to the change in the role of the business analyst. In 1995, the Standish Group first published its Chaos Report, which looked at the success and failure criteria of IT projects. The report listed the top 10 factors that caused projects to be challenged.

About The Author
Greg Suddreth
Greg Suddreth began his career in IT as a nighttime/weekend JCL analyst at Norwest Mortgage in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Suddreth quickly rose through the ranks to become the technical project manager for an effort to rewrite the company's mortgage application and processing systems. It was here that he first noticed the conflict between the business and IT in formulating the right definition of business need for a successful solution. He then… Read More
Whynde Kuehn
Whynde Kuehn is a Cutter Expert, a member of Arthur D. Little’s AMP open consulting network, and Managing Director of S2E Transformation Inc. She is also a Fellow at the Institute for Digital Transformation and author of the book Strategy to Reality. Ms. Kuehn is passionate about bridging the gap between strategy and execution. She has extensive experience in enterprise transformation and planning and was a key player in one of the largest… Read More
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