Return on Enterprise Architecture：Measure It in Asset Productivity.docVIP

Return on Enterprise Architecture：Measure It in Asset Productivity REPORT July 2002 Return on Enterprise Architecture: Measure It in Asset Productivity Viewpoint Enterprise architecture can help companies meet strategic aims and move them to a new productivity growth curve1. ROI misses the point in assessing the value of investments in enterprise architecture. Return on assets is a strategic alternative. Dynamics ?? Building long-term value requires an increase in business productivity, which can be measured by return on assets. ?? The hierarchy of business dynamics shows what affects business and helps differentiate between effectiveness and efficiency. Predictions ?? The “super enterprise” will begin to emerge by 2007, and size begins to matter again as a barrier to competition. ?? By 2007, IT asset productivity will drive market capitalization. ?? By 2007, enterprise architecture will be one of the most critical factors in risk management. Recommendations ?? Companies: Calculate what would happen if your IT asset productivity increased at a world-class rate. ?? Companies: Set your performance targets by establishing how the market treats asset productivity. ?? Companies: Challenge IT suppliers to show how their vision of the future will be strategic to your aims to boost asset productivity. Dig Deeper ?? Related Research from GartnerG2 ?? Gartner Core Research ?? Methodology Jorge L. Lopez“While today’s market realities suggest afocus on survival, tomorrow’s successesare being built right now.”GartnerG2, a new service from Gartner, Inc., helps strategists guide and grow their businesses.RPT-0702-0119 ?? GartnerG2. All rights reserved. GartnerG24. Page 1 of 8 REPORT Return on Enterprise Architecture: Measure It in Asset Productivity July 2002 Viewpoint The true test of enterprise architecture IT has wrung most of the possible productivity improvement out of traditional areas such as transaction times and business processes. Industry leaders are faced with i