Link: https://bizzdesign.com/blog/step-by-step-how-to-develop-enterprise-architecture-services/ Agile enterprise architecture management practices may want to consider developing repeatable Enterprise Architecture Services. This would allow consumers of those services (e.g., internal customers of enterprise architecture) to concentrate on their top priorities – running and improving their business – while being able to call on well-defined, expert services with clear value propositions and rules of engagement. The idea of service offerings isn’t new. The concept of ‘IT Services’ first came to ..read more

Link: https://www.ardoq.com/blog/ai-cybersecurity-risks AI is everywhere. In 2023, one-third of respondents to a McKinsey survey confirmed they used generative AI for at least one core business function.  The promises of AI are exciting, and the vendors of the tools your organization uses every day are adding AI integrations that can be activated with just a button press. It can be tempting to turn these features on and start innovating without considering the consequences. However, without a suitable digital security foundation in place, AI can bring cybersecurity risks to your organiza ..read more

Link: https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/MIT_CISRwp462_SalesforcePlatformBusiness_MockerSebastian Abstract: In 2023, Salesforce was the provider of the CRM system with the biggest market share. Besides providing a CRM software product, the company also offered an external developer platform called Salesforce Platform. Salesforce Platform enabled CRM customers to customize their CRM system and allowed partners (third-party developers) to develop cloud apps that could be distributed via Salesforce’s AppExchange marketplace. Since its official launch in 2008, Salesforce Platform had become a major ..read more

Link: https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0401_DigitalTalentTransformation_VanderMeulenTonaLeidner Abstract: Ongoing digital transformation requires a workforce that is proficient in a wide variety of new skills. This briefing explores the use of AI in quantifying such proficiency, through a process known as skills inference. We introduce this concept by means of a case study of Johnson & Johnson, showing how skills inference can provide detailed insight into workforce skills gaps and thereby guide employees’ career development and leaders’ strategic workforce planning. Publication date ..read more

Link: https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0401_DigitalTalentTransformation_VanderMeulenTonaLeidner_Audio Abstract: Ongoing digital transformation requires a workforce that is proficient in a wide variety of new skills. This briefing explores the use of AI in quantifying such proficiency, through a process known as skills inference. We introduce this concept by means of a case study of Johnson & Johnson, showing how skills inference can provide detailed insight into workforce skills gaps and thereby guide employees’ career development and leaders’ strategic workforce planning. Publication ..read more

Link: https://www.architectureandgovernance.com/caf-corner/business-technology-architects-and-it-leaders-set-to-gather-at-the-iasa-ireland-ict-skillnet-techbrew-event-in-dublin-on-april-23/ Iasa Ireland with its partner Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet set to host a TechBREW event, featuring the theme Software Architecture – Citizen as the Service Integrator, in Dublin on April 23. “Join us for an ..read more

Link: https://blog.opengroup.org/2024/04/18/celebrating-15-years-of-the-archimate-modeling-language-a-milestone-in-enterprise-architecture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrating-15-years-of-the-archimate-modeling-language-a-milestone-in-enterprise-architecture By Kelly Canon, ArchiMate® Forum Director, The Open Group, with contributions from Andrew Josey, VP, Standards & Certification, The Open Group Originally developed in the period 2002-2004 by a group of organizations and institutions in the Netherlands led by the Telematica Instituut, the ArchiMate® Modeling L ..read more

Link: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/steer-between-debt-and-delay-with-platform-engineering/ Modern digital and IT professionals encounter a similar dilemma: Technical debt and sprawl make IT portfolios insecure and unsustainable, but processes and controls intended to minimize debt and sprawl are themselves too often value-destroying. Are platforms the solution to this challenge ..read more

Link: https://www.leanix.net/en/blog/ai-vs-sustainability AI has simultaneously been hailed as a way to cut your organization’s carbon footprint and denounced as environmentally damaging. What’s the truth of AI and how can you balance its innovation with sustainability ..read more

Link: https://www.ardoq.com/blog/public-sector-technology Governments are under constant and intense pressure to keep costs low while delivering quality services to their citizens. To maximize their efforts, government organizations must be strict, and public sector technology decisions must ensure the best return on their investment. The most successful government bodies are ones that have leveraged technology and Enterprise Architecture insights to digitalize and improve their operational efficiency.  ..read more