S2E Brings a Business Architecture Perspective to Business Analyst Development Days

13 May 2019

S2E Transformation was delighted to participate in the Business Analyst Development Days in Des Moines, IA and Albany, NY during May 2019 to create broader awareness and educate on the business architecture. S2E presented on business architecture and its role in end-to-end organizational agility in both Albany and Des Moines, as well as delivered a […]

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What’s In A Word: How to Create a Capability Map That Unlocks New Value

6 May 2019

Before we get into some more fancy stuff, we need to have a solid foundation to build upon, so we return to our business architecture bedrock: capabilities. This StraightTalk installment shines a light on the realities of capability mapping and helps us to interpret some key concepts in the BIZBOK® Guide in an effort to […]

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Living The Dream: How to Integrate Business Architecture With Strategy Execution

15 April 2019

This marks the 50th installment of StraightTalk, and we’re returning to our roots. Waaay back in Post No. 3, we introduced a new vision for strategy execution and explored how business architecture could help to enable it. We called it the Strategy Execution Metanoia, because a metanoia is a transformational moment – when you see […]

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Dos and Don’ts For Establishing a Business Architecture Practice

1 April 2019

This installment gives you the straight talk on some serious dos and don’ts for establishing a business architecture practice within an organization. We’ll ground our conversation by reflecting on a fundamental concept of the business architecture discipline — often misunderstood — that will assist in guiding you and help you to stay on the right […]

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Seeing Is Believing, Part 3 – How Business Architecture Practices Can Leverage Storytelling for Greater Success

18 March 2019

Welcome to the last epic installment of our visual and storytelling StraightTalk series, in which we explore the power of story. We know that in order to succeed as business architects, it’s not just about creating architectures and ideas for the future – we also need to convey those ideas, influence others, and incite action. […]

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