The document discusses the relationship between business and IT and some challenges they face. It notes that IT should facilitate and support business needs by providing accessible information and new business opportunities. However, IT systems may not be fully integrated, extendable, or able to keep up with business targets and deadlines. The document proposes some solutions such as aligning enterprise data, applications, and infrastructure to business goals through governance and self-service tools for users. It suggests analyzing the current state, defining metrics to track progress, and making applications configurable by business users. Finally, it mentions using frameworks like TOGAF and tools like Troux to establish governance models and collect metrics.

1. WHERE BUSINESS MEET’S IT
Prasad Narasimhan – Technical Architect

2. 
IT should be a facilitator for business
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Disruptive IT should bring new lines of business
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Information needed should be at door steps for all major
decisions
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IT should support all the product lines and it should help consumer
to do business in a comfortable way
WHERE?

3. 
IT has its own way of execution (Strategy, Execution ,…)
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IT may not have integrated system in terms of data , application
..
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IT Solutions may not totally extendible , not plug – play, slow turn
around, every additional solution costing more investment.
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Business Team has their own aggressive targets and deadline
which IT finds difficult to match
CHALLENGES

4. 
After a lot of transformation in IT we are marching towards the
solution. This is a long term one which if adapted we would be
there.
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Enterprise Governance (Data , Application, Infrastructure)
aligning to (Enterprise Vision, Mission,…).
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Self Service applications to Business Users.
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Information should be available as Service or API which any
application or end user can access to.
IS THERE A SOLUTION?

5. 
Look at where we stand
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Do a GAP Analysis to reach the vision
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Defined well defined metrics in terms of Governance targeting
mission , vision..
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Try to make the application self configurable by Business Users
and they can tailor the Business rules & data based on their
need.
HOW TO GET THERE?

6. 
Adoption of TOGAF, Zachman Enterprise framework for defining
the Governance model.
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Troux Kind of tools can be used to collect the Metrics and
validate the Enterprise Performance against standards
FRAMEWORKS/TOOLS.

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Please do pass on you comments and suggestions
THANKS