Agenda

Digital Business: Designing For the Future, An Editorial Spotlight Join us for a fireside chat with the BIL-T Conference Committee, where they will reflect on takeaways from the event as well as what it means to the strategy and structure of organizations. They will also explore the role of architects in creating and transforming organizations for the future.

The type of problem you are facing steers how much control you can expect It is a common assumption that all problems are the same, but this is not correct: Building a bridge have very little in common with raising a child. Architects work traditionally with complicated matters but are moving to a high degree into working with complex issues, in short the closer to technology the more complicated, [...]

Enterprise Cloud Transformation Patterns and Pitfalls Technology vendors have been promoting Cloud technology for over a decade, yet mainstream Cloud adoption varies across industries and in the public and private sector. Why is government slow on the uptake relative to the private sector and how has Cloud effected the technology and IT services supply chain? In this presentation Peter will outline his experience before and after Cloud went mainstream [...]

Architecture as an enabler of business model innovation The recent era of Digital Transformation has fueled the most significant wave of technology investment of past decade. As the hype cycle has evolved and is finally bottoming out, there has been a noticeable shift in thinking about transformation. The initial frenzy to treat it with a dose of technology, has given way to a maturing realization that: •Digital is not [...]

What are the failure points of Digital Transformation (DT)? How Enterprise Architecture can assist in increasing the success of DT. Technology is inevitable for the existence of private or public organizations. Due to the change in the procurement of technology from upfront cost, aka Capital expenditure to pay as you go, aka Operation expenditure acquisition of technology is seamless for an organization. The acceptance of social media in business, [...]

Architecting Social Systems This session will outline some of the distinctive elements involved in architecting social (animate) systems as opposed to mechanistic (inanimate) systems, with practical examples, that have proven to be critical to success in architecting enterprises (as opposed to architecting IT systems used by enterprises). We will explore some important terminology, key principles, helpful practices and useful reference models. An “interactive” approach will be taken, within the [...]

Modernizing Your Enterprise Architecture Way of Working (WoW) No matter how smart we are, no matter how brilliant our strategy is, no matter how modern our models are they are all for naught if we’re unable to engage effectively with the rest of our organization. The session explores how to apply the Disciplined Agile (DA) toolkit and the Architectural Thinking Framework (ATF) as a foundation for choosing a way [...]

Complex Systems: Architecting an AI Data Platform for the Pharma Industry As a drug moves through its life cycle from the research lab to commercialization and distribution, it picks up a lot of data along the way. Some of this data is structured, but close to 80% may be unstructured. Also, data collected outside the clinical trial ecosystem – such as from claims, wearables, and social media – is [...]

Can EA be Based on Business Strategy: 4 Lessons for Architects We commonly accept that Enterprise Architecture is informed by business strategy. This assumption is deeply embedded in our mainstream methodologies, so why do so many architectural projects go wrong at great operational and financial cost? Our research found that contrary to claims on the critical importance of the business strategy for EA, this claim cannot be substantiated which raises [...]

From Strategy to Execution - Mastering the Missing Link Understanding and designing business strategy and change is the first step, but statistics suggest that only about 30% of strategies are successfully executed, and most leaders agree that executing on strategy is one of the weakest links of enterprise leadership. There are many reasons for this – change is hard, culture is resistant – but also, strategy is often not articulated [...]

Architecting the Future: Enterprise Architects as Practical Futurists In every country, all of our enterprises are facing unprecedented levels of challenge and change. To help our organizations not just to weather the storm, but thrive in the new environment, enterprise architects would do well to extend their toolkit with tools from other strategic disciplines. This session provides a practical overview of some of the tools available from the futures/strategic-foresight [...]

Complexity in Health IT Brian will lead a discussion on what we have learned about healthcare IT (HIT) through the ongoing nCOVID-19 pandemic, focusing specifically on the changes in business model which have resulted, and changes to systems thinking that leads us to adaptable systems for future challenges. The distributed nature of typical health systems indicates a technology fragility in the face of both operational and inter-organizational stressors. How do [...]

Why your Integration Strategy will Fail to Achieve Real Digital Advantage Digital transformation means a lot of different things to different organizations. One of the biggest obstacles to creating a real digital advantage is focusing your IT architecture integration strategy into the wrong areas. We will explore some of the common traps and digital integration anti-patterns. If you miss one of these, you could outright fail to get a [...]

Modern EA for Innovation and Resilience Driving change and growth by delivering digital systems (including the people and process) is the modern architects primary purpose. In this talk we will explore systemic innovation and resilience by marrying the often conflicting notions of well-designed and quick to market innovation which ties into a full enterprise level portfolio of value streams. We will see that through the right application of competency [...]

State of Enterprise Architecture I propose to present a State of Enterprise Architecture (EA) from the Perspective of the Covid-19 Pandemic. I will include lessons learned about the existing maturity of EA itself including the lack of understanding of its potentially outstanding role for providing better-informed decisions faster across the dynamic Architecture Landscape. Not only will I highlight its need to be able to contribute to Crisis Management, but [...]

Leveraging Business Architecture to Build a Resilient and Sustainable Organization What does it really take for an organization to be truly adaptable, able to operate indefinitely, and leverage disruptions as opportunities for innovation and renewal? And what do words like resiliency and sustainability really mean within a business context? This talk will explore key concepts and principles of resilient and sustainable organizations and business ecosystems, using the natural world [...]

GRC and Cybersecurity: Best Practices Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions have been developed to improve the overall information security program for large organizations. Often these tools are not flexible enough for small and medium sized organizations. In addition, they are often detail only one point in time and don’t allow teams to visualize the current state. We’ll discuss the benefits of leveraging off the shelf project portfolio management [...]

In this far reaching interview, we sit down with Heather E. McGowan In this far reaching interview, we sit down with Heather E. McGowan, LinkedIn Influencer on the Future of Work and author of the new book The Adaptation Advantage. We discuss topics such as what work will look like post Covid-19, what organizations need to do to be able to adapt to future challenges, and how to develop [...]

Evaluating Digital Architectures This presentation will explore how architecture analysis can embrace examination of the architecture of digital services using similar techniques to those that have evolved to analyse software systems. But I will suggest that we need to look beyond the traditional Non-Functional Requirements when identifying the architecturally significant requirements that need to be examined. Using a case study drawn from the UK’s leading auto insurer, I’ll show [...]

Dealing with Rapid change using Buffet Style Architecture Exponential growth of technology change is happening, and it’s vitally important to react to it before it consumes your technology department and eventually your firm. Mark Greville will present a decision process to assist with managing rapid change. He will propose a method of public self-governance to break up complex governance structures via a modern, decentralized approach. In the process he [...]

Digital Business: Design for the Future, Remember the Past There are many advantages of migrating to the Cloud and there has been a huge momentum built over the past two years in major corporations moving to cloud based computing. Successful migration to the cloud can mean the difference between gaining competitive advantage, or driving even more cost into the business. Keep advisors focus on the ‘Five Rs’ approach - [...]

What the VUCA? - digital responses to COVID -19 COVID-19 hit; country by country the world ground to a halt. We all became familiar with the headline stats, epidemiology became an interesting new profession. The R-number and contact tracing entered our lexicon as things we all knew about. One good if it’s low, the other something we needed to be able to do. March 21st Singapore released the TraceTogether [...]

The changing role of the architect The Role of an Architect is shifting. Gone are the days when we were mainly concerned with technical aspects. To drive the digital agenda we as Architects have to become part of the business. During the presentation Gunnar will detail how they in Capgemini see the role of an Architect shifting, what it means to be an Architect and what success means. [...]

Cloud transformation with Enterprise Cloud Landing Zones & DevOps Discussion about the importance of a strong Enterprise Cloud Landing Zone with large enterprises & regulated industries to transform to DevOps.

The evolution of human capital management In this session, Shera will discuss the evolution of human capital management and what it may look like in the future, as shaped by forces such as new digital business models, innovative technology, corporation social responsibility and the physical requirements post pandemic. She will cover five key shifts that are occurring that will fundamentally change the Employment Lifecycle: Recruit, Deploy, Develop, Reward, Retain [...]

Re-Imagine – Alignment of Business and Platform Architecture for Digital Innovation, Agility & Strategy Enablement EA, combine design thinking and Agile to drive Strategy Enablement (aka Digital Innovation and Transformation) ”Business model and technology innovations are relentless, as each organisation must learn and experiment to develop products, services and new ways of working. EA and technology innovation leaders must use a combination of iterative, experimental methodologies to support digital [...]

How Digital Business is empowered by its customers – It is a reimagination of how you do business Digital Transformation is much hyped term in the last few years where there is a confusion of digitising the legacy. The actual transformation is not about continuing the same business process using technology rather redefining how you define your products and services and how do you reach your customers and contextually [...]

Next Generation Digital Financial Services: Accelerating the Journey to Digital Maturity In this session we will have a discussion of the evolution of financial services, and what it may look like in terms of “next generation digital financial services” delivered through innovative new business models and leveraging digital technology accelerators, to deliver ubiquitous, embedded digital financial services in our children’s lives. There are six prevalent business and technology platforms delivering innovative digital [...]

Leapfrogging Towards Industry 4.0 with Digital Enterprise Map The essence of Industry 4.0 is interoperability, information transparency, and decentralized decision-making. Technology has accelerated business operations to help businesses staying relevant and having the digital agility to respond to changes in the competitive edge. Many enterprises are still figuring out on how to embark upon it. The message is clear, for business to forge ahead, it needs to move towards Industry [...]

Architectures that support modern government scale operations Todays government architectures do more than just guide governments through technical risks or aid modernization. This session will provide a set of architectural approaches that support todays governments as they navigate complex multinational decision making, increased transparency, real time citizen involvement, and clear accountability for measurable mission and citizen outcomes. We will review some implementation patterns as well as discuss specific strategies [...]

An Open Discussion of Trends - Past and Future The panel will discus among themselves as well as engage the audience in a moderated conversation about the trends in architecture that lead us to where we are as well as those likely to lead us into the near and distant future. The panelist; Ulrich Homann, Juval Lowy, and Miha Krajl have decades of experience, been delivering architectures through decades of change [...]

Increase EA’s value: Architecting for resiliency and adaptability Today companies are focusing on rethinking business models and accelerating digital adoption. To do this, companies need real-time access to review and adjust IT roadmaps and business capability maps, establish safe mode operating models, and provide guardrails to Agile teams that are working on projects to propel growth. This webinar will share a 4-step process companies can use to architect for [...]

Multi-cloud – future of the cloud? The topic of multi-cloud is a core theme of customer, partner, and solution developer communities. Where are we with respect to being able to pull off in cloud computing something that has eluded the technology world throughout and across many technology dimensions (OS, Databases, runtimes, etc.)? How would one tackle the problem? The discussion will talk through myths, reality, and ways forward. [...]

Business Architecture: Strategy Execution’s Secret Weapon Failure to execute strategy is the most significant management challenge facing public and private organizations in the 21st century. In fact, according to economist Michael Porter, more than 80% of organizations do not successfully execute their business strategies! Porter estimates that in 70% of these cases, the reason is not the strategy itself, but bad execution. Most organizations have a strategy, but few [...]

The New Digital Experience Supply Chain – and How It Will Transform Everything The supply chain defined the Industrial Era. To create value it was all about optimizing how you marketed, produced, delivered, administered, and supported a mass product as you served a mass market. But in the digital era, this equation has been turned upside down. Creating value in this tumultuous time isn’t about the supply chain — [...]

The Evolution of Business as Usual (and Architecture) Even before the current challenging pandemic the world has been changing faster than we can keep up with. We have seen significant changes to “business as usual” with a forced acceleration of digital business driven by necessity. The pandemic has also reconnected many with the natural world (as much as modern civilization sometimes makes us forget - we are ourselves part [...]