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"Most people in the BA field know that the IIBA® has produced an important update to its definitive Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, the BABOK® Guide. Released in April 2015, the BABOK® Guide includes major upgrades, ranging from the BA Core Concept Model™ (BACCM), to changes to most Knowledge Areas, the addition of 16 new techniques, and the addition of an all-new section containing five perspectives on Business Analysis...."
"Why should I care about DMN?
Decision Model and Notation (DMN) is an industry standard for modeling and executing decisions that are determined by business rules.
DMN has been published in 2015 and is currently seeing a very quick adoption..."
"Becoming a digital enterprise requires fundamentally changing the way you run your business. Answering these nine questions can help you understand how to break through the inevitable barriers, increasing your company’s odds of achieving a successful digital transformation..."
"For architects and organizations that have embarked on building a well-defined Business Architecture competency, this article provides practical advice for conducting a Business Architecture capability maturity assessment, together with the key steps for using the maturity assessment findings to define the capability improvement roadmap...."
"With rapid changes in market trends and ever increasing business demand, IT has always been under pressure to keep their systems and processes aligned at the same time maintaining low total cost of ownership... Many organizations have established Enterprise Architecture Offices for this purpose however how efficient are Enterprise Architecture Offices remains a doubt..."
"Facing with a vast change management tools and techniques arsenal, CxOs are wondering from which point they should start the long journey of business transformation. Business Capabilities Analysis is a good starting point for these initiatives..."
C’est en tout cas le point de vue défendu par le cabinet McKinsey dans sa chronique intitulée « Intelligent process automation: The engine at the core of the next-generation operating model ». Et il est défendable. Certes, la technologie doit faire ses preuves et Google semble nous indiquer que les solutions d’IPA sont pour l’instant peu nombreuses. Mais les enjeux sont importants et ils parlent au Business. Selon McKinsey, L’IPA est un agrégat de 5 technologies complémentaires et peu intrusives (car venant s’empiler sur des solutions déjà existantes). Elles permettent de « singer » les activités les humaines en mobilisant une bonne dose d’intelligence artificielle. Les possibilités traditionnelles de l'automatisation basée sur les règles sont augmentées grâce à des capacités de prise de décision issues des progrès de l'apprentissage automatique. Le déploiement de l’IPA doit aboutir à une amélioration significative de l’efficience des processus métier et de la qualité de service au client, ainsi qu’à une réduction des risques opérationnels...