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More and more organizations are looking for ways to expedite capability mapping efforts – with limited success. Seeking shortcuts to establishing a robust baseline upon which to build business strategies and priorities, drive initiatives, target funding and drive IT architecture has delivered suboptimal results. With so much at stake and so many organizations seeking answers, I would like to say that there is a quick and easy approach to establishing capability maps and other foundational aspects of business architecture.

Education systems across the world are learning to strategically apply information technologies to make use of one of their greatest assets: data.

Predictive Analytics is a key technology that is stretching the capabilities of leaders to make more informed decisions about students, schools and special programs.  Gone are the days of gut feel decisions based on the here-and-now.

The title of this article may cause one to think about the “edge” in a “bleeding edge” context in that the Business Architecture (BA) represents a new high risk initiative that will most likely consume vast amounts of corporate resources in order to succeed.  One might consider other similar contexts such as “cutting edge” or “leading edge,” but there is another context to consider as well.  In the 21st Century we live in the Information Age which is sometimes referred to as the Computer Age or Digital Age.  Apart from how one refers to

The problem is big. The developed world is aging. Japan went through it first and everyone will follow by 2050.  During this time, a much larger population will depend on their own investments or investments made by their employers and governments as their primary sources of income. Also, the number of working people compared to the number of people beyond retirement age will decrease significantly. This number, called the support ratio, is a key indicator for social services agencies and the trend reveals a big problem.