Business and technology resources are aligned using Enterprise Architecture (EA) in order to achieve strategic results, improve organizational performance, achieve Cost Optimization and Operational Excellence, and guide departments to fulfill their central missions more efficaciously. Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) does that for any U.S. federal agency and helps systems transcend interagency boundaries. Planning is […]
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Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF): Collaborative Planning Methodology (CPM)
Strategic Cost Reduction: Good vs. Bad Costs
Disruption is creating opportunities for some businesses and threats for the others. As a matter of fact, it was considered one the most significant concerns by the CEOs in a PwC 2016 global survey. A significant percentage (70%) of the leaders in the survey were planning to implement a cost reduction initiative, owing to low […]
6 Strategies for Post-Merger Integration Synergies
A significant number of Mergers remain unsuccessful, because companies do not employ a thorough and disciplined approach to realizing Post-Merger Integration Synergies. In reasons for failure, we hear remarks like: Targets were set several months earlier by the top management without consulting the line managers, or taking ground realities into consideration. Assumption base for setting […]
Strategic Cost Reduction Primer: A Systematic Approach to Transforming Costs
Cost Optimization Programs are hard to manage, sustain, and often tend to fall short of delivering the promised value. The failure could be attributed to many reasons—including lack of clearly delineated objectives, failure to account for operational difficulties, internal resistance to change, trying to cut corners from everywhere, not paying attention to planning optimal utilization […]