One in all my most nice and galvanizing obligations is coordinating the annual Enterprise Structure (EA) awards. These awards have been an establishment since 2010 and, as of final 12 months, at the moment are performed in partnership with The Open Group. Final 12 months, we had a report 29 entries throughout the globe and famous quite a few key developments impacting EA:
- The shift from challenge to product.
- The decline of structure assessment.
- Rising give attention to platform engineering.
The Forrester Enterprise Structure Award is the one world awards program devoted to recognizing excellence in enterprise structure. We proceed our partnership with The Open Group — creator of the TOGAF® Commonplace, developed by The Open Group Structure Discussion board — to co-judge the EA Award class this 12 months.
The recipients of this award can show their EA observe’s materials contribution to their companies in managing danger, driving value effectivity, enhancing buyer expertise (in addition to worker expertise), and rising income (or supporting mission outcomes for nonprofit, governmental, and army organizations). They could additionally show:
- An EA roadmap that contributes to the excessive efficiency of its know-how group and your entire enterprise.
- EA practices that drive change, progress, and differentiation by well timed but strategic selections.
- An EA group that embodies the six foundational priorities: precious, influential, agile, accountable, revolutionary, and collaborative.
- EA metrics that concentrate on buyer outcomes and experiences.
This 12 months, we even have two particular awards classes: genAI and IT4IT structure (see the packet for particulars).
We encourage all firms which have achieved success in outcome-driven EA practices to take part within the Forrester Enterprise Structure Award.
Who Ought to Apply?
Nominations are open to organizations with 1,000 or extra workers in sectors aside from software program or skilled companies which are executing a high-performance IT technique and/or pursuing outcome-driven structure as outlined by Forrester. Know-how leaders, together with chief info officers, chief know-how officers, chief digital officers, and enterprise architects, throughout three areas — North America, EMEA, and APAC — are inspired to use.
Final 12 months’s winners have been U.S. Financial institution in North America, Schneider Electrical in EMEA, and Union Financial institution of the Philippines in APAC.
You’ll find extra details about the award classes, plus detailed submission packages and directions, on the web sites for our three Know-how & Innovation Summits under. Please select the suitable hyperlink on your area:
North America
EMEA
APAC
Submissions shut on Might 20, 2024, for North America; June 20, 2024, for EMEA; and July 9, 2024, for APAC. We are going to notify finalists by the top of July 2024. At the moment, we’ll ask for extra info. We are going to then announce finalists and award recipients forward of Forrester’s Know-how & Innovation Summits in North America, EMEA, and APAC.
Unfold the phrase, and should you’re getting into, good luck!