Jeanne W. Ross > Quotes

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.”
― Jeanne W. Ross, Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution

“One IT executive in an investment banking company claimed that 80 percent of his company’s programming code was dedicated to linking disparate systems, as opposed to creating new capabilities.”
― Jeanne W. Ross, Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution

“Jim Crookes, chief architect at BT, has observed, “Companies get the systems they deserve. A company’s systems estate is a result of its culture, organizational history, and its funding structures. Coherent, well-integrated systems will only ever exist in companies that value coherence and integrated service.”
― Jeanne W. Ross, Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution

“Big, old companies are simply not designed for digital.”
― Jeanne W. Ross, Designed for Digital: How to Architect Your Business for Sustained Success

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”
― Jeanne W. Ross, Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution