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Bring Will with me to meetings with decision makers

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Continue the education of clients at all levels to create demand and prove value - and be patient

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Leaders not willing/confident to sponsor something they don’t fully understand

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Increase support for business architecture in government agencies throughout Canberra

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Get a client case study

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Exec stakeholders feel exposed and can be resistant

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Understand how other people articulate the value of business architecture in a punchy way!

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It is not a well understood and budgeted function in most organisations, as opposed to marketing, finance which are other functions that no one questions

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Breath deeply and be patient

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A lack of understanding of what practise of Business Architecture entails.

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Led by the CIO and not seen as a business wide investment and activity

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Learn more from the greater community, and hopefully contribute. Wish to learn more about breaking through the barrier of getting biz arch accepted.

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Success stories

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There’s a perception that it’s too hard to get started

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Workshop fatigue from key stakeholders

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hear about real business needs that can be fulfilled by provision of Bus Arch services

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Re-using evidence and material from previous, sometimes seemingly unrelated, projects and initiatives

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Education of execs, bringing client on the journey, demonstrating previous success and value

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Get an understanding of how Business Architecture gets organisational buy-in, not just at executive level but at other levels as well. Or, to find out whether that is necessary.

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Understanding the skill sets required of an effective business architect

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Language that’s meaningful to government - use practical terms more than framework terms

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Language that’s meaningful to government - use practical terms more than framework terms

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Others experience with business architecture discipline in govt

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What tools I can use to start selling business architecture!

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What tools I can use to start selling business architecture!

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Strategy not well defined or communicated

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Gain a communicable understanding of biz architecture

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Use of the word architecture - perceived failures of it projects

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Lack of Education on biz arch, value of biz arch when project frameworks “could” work etc

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Lack of Education on biz arch, value of biz arch when project frameworks “could” work etc

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Business architecture sitting within technology. 

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Business architecture sitting within technology. 

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Other organisational function not being able to differentiate between what a Business Architect does and what a Business Analyst does!

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Enterprise architecture sits in a technical functional area and doesn’t have an enterprise mandate, particularly problematic for the business architecture domain and less so but also to some degree with information architecture

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Don’t understand how it can answer their questions 

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Don’t understand how it can answer their questions 

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Past BA experiences have “followed the book/methodology “ and haven’t provided pragmatic tools to help them answer questions and make decisions

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'I don't know what value I'm getting out of this?' - the executive(s)

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Tailor language and terminology to the customer. Learn how to deliver BizArch by stealth in increments.

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hard to communicate the value to someone who needs it. 

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hard to communicate the value to someone who needs it. 

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Communicate the value of business architecture in a way that someone can understand it.

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Talk about strategy to execution

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When the COO came to advocate for Business Architecture

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When the COO came to advocate for Business Architecture

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Need to present artefacts quickly and adjust the approach early if required

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Need to present artefacts quickly and adjust the approach early if required

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Case studies and successful stories.

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Using the techniques that overcome change fatigue

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Using the techniques that overcome change fatigue

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Understand what questions sponsors/clients want to answer. "Am I spending my money in the most ideal places?" 

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Understand what questions sponsors/clients want to answer. "Am I spending my money in the most ideal places?" 

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Validating an artefact and ensuring it is meeting what it needs to. 

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Validating an artefact and ensuring it is meeting what it needs to. 

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When can I see an example of the investment I've made?

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When can I see an example of the investment I've made?

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How do I understand the value?

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Ensuring we look at uplifting capabilities other than technology - don't underestimate or miss the business need and ensure all other dimensions are uplifted

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Ensuring we look at uplifting capabilities other than technology - don't underestimate or miss the business need and ensure all other dimensions are uplifted

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Think about the capabilities. If you can't define the capabilities, that needs addressing first

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Visualisations that are capability based, but shows them gaps in IT/people etc

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Visualisations that are capability based, but shows them gaps in IT/people etc

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Using the language of business capabilities and developing service catalogues and how each creates business value

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Using the language of business capabilities and developing service catalogues and how each creates business value

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Business architecture is only seen as IT trying to connect with the business, not actually business led

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Business architecture is only seen as IT trying to connect with the business, not actually business led

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We need more concrete case studies that can demonstrate how Business Architecture delivers value

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We need more concrete case studies that can demonstrate how Business Architecture delivers value

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No real motivation (competition) to try Business Architecture.

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No real motivation (competition) to try Business Architecture.

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Why does BizArch and Ent Arch always end up in IT?

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Why does BizArch and Ent Arch always end up in IT?

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We need a multi-disciplinary team to deliver BizArch, not just ICT backgrounds

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We need a multi-disciplinary team to deliver BizArch, not just ICT backgrounds

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Identify a way to explain the benefit of having business architecture within the context of the stakeholders' domain

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Know who you are talking to and which business 'view' to show so that it speaks to them more.

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Avoid using "Architecture"

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Use your network! Get in touch with those in the industry and learn from their experience

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Use your network! Get in touch with those in the industry and learn from their experience

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Enterprise architecture is business architecture that's technically savvy and often misaligned as an IT focused function.
IP Australia is a success story for architecture

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Find a way to share approaches and artefacts that have wirked

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simplify communication around BA, after all it’s about a common language within an entire organistion

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Depends on the outcomes of this meeting

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Bring Will’s Fiji slideshow

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Look for good case studies