It’s no secret that organizations need to respond and adapt faster to the changes and forces that are constantly impacting their business, including market changes, new competitors, rising energy costs, increased demand for talent, changes in regulatory requirements and so forth.  All of these changes require extensive changes within the business, which in turn, require changes to the underlying technology that supports the business which puts a tremendous burden on IT.  In this age of constant change, how can IT plan and manage technology in a way that supports the business?

According to Forrester Research, managing change across people, process, information, and technology requires a new set of building blocks, or business services, that the business and IT can use to negotiate, and adapt to demand at the business. Business service architecture is the set of practices enterprise architecture (EA) programs use to guide the definition, management, and optimization of the portfolio of services on which the business runs.

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