Presentation used during our EA Round Table 22/05/2014.

1. LoQutus EA round table
22 mei 2014 – Salons Waerboom

2. Agenda – LoQutus presents… // Introduce yourself //
Topic of the day // Discussions // Lunch and networking

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LoQutus as Vlerick Prime Foundation Partner
• Enterprise Architecture at Work – Two-day course
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LoQutus as Vlerick Prime Foundation Partner
• Enterprise Architecture at Work – Two-day course
• Centre for Excellence in Enterprise Architecture Management
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Archimate gaining popularity

8. Enterprise architecture: the glue between
disciplines?
About the relationship between EA and PPM, IT governance, BPM …
in a fast-moving world

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Fast changing world
• Changing business models & markets are of all times
– F1 hotel (1985) changing the hotel business model
– EasyJet (1995) changing the airline carrier business model
– Amazon.com
• 1994: books
• DVD, CD, software, …
• Cloud computing
– Apple & Google (2008): changing the software business model with app store &
google play
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Technological complexity of today
• Fifty years ago our organizations and technology were less complicated
• Today, combination with fast innovation makes things more complex  digital
transformation
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Catch the train
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12. We are playing
the existing game.

13. But are we ready to take the
turn and play the game of
tomorrow?

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Focus on continuous business IT alignment
• Agility needed in order to be able to quickly respond to the complex and fast
changing world
• Stand alone projects are not longer the standard  evolution towards structured
programmes
• Introduction of several interrelated disciplines
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Organization of disciplines
• Which disciplines to introduce in your organisation?
• How to define each disciplines’ boundary to maximize the efficiency and results?
• Are the current disciplines sufficient to survive the upcoming years, taking into
account fast changing business models and technological innovation?
• What is the ideal cooperation model for all or some of these disciplines? Is
EA the glue between these disciplines?  world café
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How come all passionate, highly
relevant and life-changing
conversations take place at…

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The coffee machine

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Or a bar?

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Can we recreate the conditions
for conversations that matter?

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Step-by-step approach
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1. Make tables of four or five people
2. Organize three rounds of
conversation (1 x 20’, 2 x 15’)
3. Focus on our central question
4. Respect the café etiquette
5. Be a table host…
6. … or an ambassador of meaning

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Café etiquette
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1. Focus on what matters.
2. Contribute your thinking.
3. Speak your mind and heart.
4. Listen to understand.
5. Link and connect ideas.
6. Listen together for insights, patterns and
deeper questions.
7. Play, doodle, draw.
8. Have fun!

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Table host
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1. Remind people at your table to jot down key connections,
ideas, discoveries, and deeper questions as they emerge.
2. Remain at the table when others leave and welcome
travelers from other tables.
3. Briefly share key insights from the prior conversation
so others can link and build using ideas from their respective
tables.

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What is the ideal cooperation
model for all or some of these
disciplines?
Is EA the glue between these
disciplines?

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