Without a 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 of the broader enterprise landscape, it's easy for Agile delivery teams to focus on local optimisations that don't align with enterprise strategy and governance requirements. 

This can lead to misalignment with business goals as well as failure to fully appreciate scalability, security, regulatory compliance and data interoperability needs.

Equally, business units may set expectations and priorities without understanding technology constraints, leading to friction between teams and unpredictable delivery outcomes.

Solution

𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗔 (𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗔) provides Agile delivery teams with access to a 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵, incorporating enterprise-wide models, policies, standards and reusable assets such as templates and best-practice patterns.

This helps to:

• Ensure alignment between Agile initiatives, business objectives and enterprise governance.

• Accelerate delivery by allowing teams to focus on innovation and value delivery rather than reinventing solutions.

• Improve quality, mitigate risk and reduce technical debt by ensuring adherence to enterprise standards and industry best practices.

Why it matters

Linking strategy and governance to execution is critical for maintaining business-IT alignment and ensuring transformation delivers reliable, high quality outcomes. By bridging this gap, MBEA:

• 🏃‍♀️ Fosters agility and faster innovation cycles by enabling Agile delivery teams to pivot more quickly to changes in strategic direction.
• 😊 Improves customer outcomes and reduces risk by ensuring that scalability, security, compliance and data standardisation are integrated into Agile solutions by design and by default—this could mean automated test generation for use in DevOps pipelines to ensure compliance with enterprise security policy and OWASP guidelines.
• 📈 Improves performance through use of templates, reference architectures, re-usable patterns and other model-based accelerators such as code generators.

Ultimately, MBEA links 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 by giving teams the clarity and guidance they need to move fast and deliver outcomes while remaining aligned to enterprise goals.

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