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Our white papers are golden.
At Xede, when we find a new, better, quicker, more efficient or just cooler way of doing things, we tell the world. That’s because having knowledge is one thing. Making it work, something else altogether. That takes Xede people. So enjoy your visit through our knowledge bank of white papers. And if you find yourself saying “that sounds like what I need!” – give us a holler. Or a call. Or an email. And we’ll find a way to make it work for you.
Building a Solution Definition Competency Center
Shawn Thomas, Managing Director of Consulting Services, Xede Consulting Group, Inc. defines the criticality, benefits and challenges of building a solution definition competency center at the 2007 iRise Fusion User Conference and Industry Summit.
Overview: Organizations frequently introduce new ideas and technologies but often fail to reap the full value of the investment. Recognizing there are more solutions than simply installing software, progressive organizations are creating internal competency centers to ensure the execution of consistent processes, maintaining organization learning, and the reuse of best practices. The goals are to broaden enterprise adoption and improve value realization. This session will provide a roadmap for how to build a Solution Definition Competency Center to transform your organization and drive enterprise adoption.
Learning points:
1. The value of using a Solution Definition Competency Center to drive enterprise adoption.
2. How to create and mature a Solution Definition Competency Center
Common challenges and pitfalls of a Solution Definition Competency Center.
View the Solution Definition Competency Center presentation
Enterprise Architecture: IT Governance the Tie that Binds
One of the basic tenants of Enterprise Architecture (EA) is the alignment of IT Strategy and Business Strategy. A goal that if achieved, promises applications that are more agile and responsive to changing business needs, and applications that are less expensive to develop, support and maintain. Then why do companies implement it with such varying degrees of success? There are probably a number of reasons. The main focus of this white paper is on the wrong governance model, or an ineffective governance model.
