Enterprise architecture as strategy
Ross, Weill, and Robertson: the operating model decides what to standardize and what to integrate, and funding follows.
Jeanne Ross, Peter Weill, and David Robertson, Enterprise Architecture as Strategy, Harvard Business School Press
2006
Jeanne Ross, Peter Weill, and David Robertson at MIT's Center for Information Systems Research published Enterprise Architecture as Strategy in 2006. Its core move is a two-by-two of business process standardization against integration, giving four operating models, and the claim that the funding model for shared platforms decides how business units behave.
The canvas uses the funding argument on the funding page. A fuller entry is planned; this one is deliberately short.
Where on the evolution curve does each capability sit, and does that dictate build, buy, or let go?
What is owned, what is rented, and what is summoned only when needed?
What are people paid for once output is no longer the scarce thing?
