Summary

Putting business operations on the right track in today’s digital world is essential. One of the smoothest and most seamless ways to ensure this is by adapting to modern tools and techniques that enable effective communication, as well as help the company land impactful investments and stay atop modern industry trends and customer behavior. It helps keep a balance between IT technologies and business processes.

All these elements set the right foundation when it comes to building an EA. Organizations often struggle to keep up with the ever-evolving technology, so the innovation and growth process slows down a notch. The way forward is by implementing an EA that navigates the organization through business processes for desired business outcomes. With visionary leadership, a skilled team, and a future-centric approach, along with a guide for best industry practices, an organization is in a better position to execute a seamless transmission based on EA.

This chapter focused on developing management and implementation skills within an EA while following industry best practices. Furthermore, an organization based on EA principles needs to have EA leaders that are ahead of certain elements to keep the workflow smooth and seamless. The size of the team, infrastructure model, and organizational structure are at the top of the list.

However, the thriving industry leaders of the digital world must consider the complications and challenges that come with the package. Only a well-structured and thought-through business agility model is capable of handling the constant need to adapt to continuous advancements within the system. This might be exhausting for some stakeholders because with constant change, there are constant risks and unpredictability. In the next chapter, we will evaluate the core foundation and the most efficient ways to achieve the desired outcome in our first attempt.