Week 4: Readings Questions & Activity

Reading Questions

1. What is the goal of having an enterprise architecture?
2. If a firm decides to add a new line of business, how might it affect its enterprise architecture? Explain?
3. Explain five possible ways that an enterprise architecture effort could fail?

The Strategic IT Transformation at Accenture Case

Think about the following questions as you prepare for Tuesday’s discussion of this case:

1. What is Accenture’s core IT philosophy?
2. Identify three key IT projects from the 2001 – 2208 period and explain how  each strengthened Accenture’s enterprise architecture?
3. What measures of success did Accenture use for this effort? Why?