Results

We have collaborated to define and develop the topics for our results. White papers, guides and graphics document the results and make them immediately usable in our companies. The first cloud guide back then, the zero-trust whitepaper today - our results always get our companies off to a flying start.

Accessible EA in a Digital Age

Architectural thinking for everyone The fact that the second workstream on the topic of accessible enterprise architecture was conducted in 2019, shows just how important accessibility and the lucidity of architecture information is to CBA Lab. A pronounced sensitivity with …

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AI / Machine Learning

Professional transfer of machine learning models to the productive phase "It took me three weeks to develop the machine learning model. Now, a year has passed and it still hasn’t been put to use in production." This complaint by an AI developer describes the dilemma that many …

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API-Management

Disruptive modification of business models API stands for application programming interface. That might sound very technical, but the impact an API has on a company’s business model is much more disruptive than any changes that might be made to the technical architecture. APIs …

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Applied agile EAM

New forms of enterprise architecture management Im Workstream „Angewandtes agiles EAM“ geht es um die Innovation im Enterprise Architecture Management selbst. Er beantwortet die Frage, wie Enterprise Architecture sich aufstellen und agieren kann, um den rasanten digitalen Wandel …

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Blockchain

Managing blockchain technology with IT Everyone’s talking about blockchain technology, which has startups and established companies dreaming about making big money and developing new business models or improving existing ones. With this in mind, CBA Lab created the “Blockchain” …

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Capabilities – Best Practices

Capability management: The achievement of business goals depends on capabilities Capability management makes it easier for companies to act more effectively in both their daily operations and in times of crisis. It also helps with the development and implementation of …

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Data-driven business models

Simpler and more systematic business-model development The “Data-Driven Business Models” workstream focused on defining and describing the capabilities a company needs to have in general, and enterprise architecture needs to have in particular, in order to successfully develop …

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Digital Twin

Practical digital twin reference architecture The Digital Twin workstream gave members of CBA Lab a digital twin reference architecture that can be used in all industrial sectors. The ability to achieve such a multi-sector solution was due to the fact that companies from diverse …

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New! EA & Sustainability

EA and Sustainability: A playbook as a guide for operationalization In today's world of increasing connectivity and digitalization, the effective integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) guidelines into corporate strategy and IT architecture is becoming a …

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EA Communities & Communication

"EA campfire": How communities make architects stronger The term communities these days refers to groups of people who have a common interest. These communities can be very big and diverse (e. g. cooking communities) or very focused – on the procurement of spare parts for …

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EAM for Top-Level Management

Introduction, matter of the boss As an enterprise architect, really reaching out and touching top management in such a way that they take the time and energy to act on the matter at hand seems difficult, or at least challenging. This may already be the case with one's own CIO or …

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Enterprise Architecture Repository Integration

An enterprise architecture repository as a basis for cross-silo management systems Different management systems operating alongside one another make coordinated company-wide architectural work difficult. A more effective exchange of data between previous silo structures also …

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Global-distributed IT-Architectures

Currently, Enterprise Architects are dealing with an international evolving IT-situation combined with rapidly changing external factors. The business IT is coming from a rather decentralized IT-environment and moving towards a more centralized and standardized IT-structure. At …

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Industrial Analytics

The path to big data Big data and the analysis techniques it is used with have become major buzzwords that have led to an extensive hype surrounding cognitive computing. Cloud providers make big promises which suggest that booking an appropriate cloud service or procuring …

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IoT patterns and architectures

Product-neutral reference architecture for IoT The “IoT Patterns and Architectures” workstream developed a reference architecture (RA) for IoT solutions. Unlike most reference architectures in the commercial IoT environment, the reference architecture created by the CBA Lab …

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Low Code

Low-Code has high potential The low-code trend harbors great potential, but relevant open questions and risks nevertheless remain. Low-code involves application development on the basis of "prefabricated" components that require little or no hard coding. Low-code is generally …

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Microservices

Big benefits for digitalization projects The architecture style known as microservices is entering the mainstream. Many companies have now realized that microservices are particularly useful for the development of services relating to various aspects of digitalization, the …

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Multi-cloud

Multi-cloud as viewed from a strategic perspective The right cloud service for every use scenario, no vendor lock-ins, a high degree of reliably at the best possible level of performance – companies undergoing the digital transformation are increasingly recognizing the benefits …

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Next-Level Enterprise Architecture Plan

Dynamic tool for the companies of the future Enterprise architecture is now playing a much more important role in supporting innovation at digitalized companies by providing valuable input and advice. At the same time, new instruments are needed in order to ensure the continued …

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Next Level – Vision Story

EAM dialog in new roles “The purpose of the Next-Level Enterprise Architecture Plan is to offer all relevant stakeholders – for example the CIO, CEO, and the portfolio manager – a common knowledge and information platform that reflects their respective points of view and can be …

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Office 365 Governance

Product IT and its implications for companies, IT, and enterprise architecture Sometimes things need to move very fast – for example when a new task has to be performed that requires the acquisition of additional knowledge, but the normal workload doesn’t allow the time needed …

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Product-IT

Product IT and its implications for companies, IT, and enterprise architecture Product IT can be tricky. Several important questions need to be answered here, such as: How should product IT be defined? Which capabilities are needed? What are the interrelationships between …

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What is Enterprise Architecture?

"Enterprise Architecture" simply explained Still up-to-date and convincing: Enterprise Architecture simply explained. Back in 2011, the story with the moving boxes had already inspired the then new CIO of Deutsche Telekom about the discipline of enterprise architecture, which he …

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Zero Trust

On the way to Zero Trust The CBA Lab has created a "Zero Trust Guide" that derives recommendations for action, pitfalls and implications for enterprise architecture management from the practical experience of the participating member companies. Thus, this guide serves as an aid …

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