Accenture ’ s Benjamin Zeller on how enterprise architecture creates sustainable business value , facilitates collaboration and drives digital change
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
Accenture ’ s Benjamin Zeller on how enterprise architecture creates sustainable business value , facilitates collaboration and drives digital change
Professional services leader Accenture has an extensive history of solving its clients ’ toughest challenges by providing unmatched services in strategy and consulting , technology , operations , Industry X and Accenture Song .
As a leader in enterprise , application and systems architecture , Accenture ’ s Architecture Services division delivers strategic , tactical and operational enterprise architecture consulting services to help clients embrace their future .
Beginning his time with Accenture in 2009 , Benjamin Zeller , Principal Director of Enterprise Architecture at Accenture DACH , describes the concept of enterprise architecture as the ‘ tip of the spear ’.
“ We are a relatively small group of strategic technology futurists that work on the tip of the spear of the technology strategy and advisory business ,” he comments . “ We don ’ t start by talking about infrastructure or application or technology , but about the business , about capabilities , how the market works and how the industry mechanics function . Once we understand this , we use our experience and our skillset in a technology space to translate that into achievable and effective solutions .”
As Zeller describes , there are two major challenges to being a good enterprise architect . “ One challenge is to combine deep technological understanding with the capability of strategic thinking and to tailor your communication to the audience and their specific needs ,” he explains .
94 October 2023