Foreword xxvii Preface xxix Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Strategy Development, Alignment, and Execution 5 Chapter 2: The Role of Strategic Business Architecture in Strategy Development and Execution 47 Chapter 3: The Strategic Business Architecture Toolkit 89 Chapter 4: Leveraging a Capability Perspective for Strategy Translation and Alignment 147 Chapter 5: Strategic Portfolio Management and Effective Strategy Execution 191 Chapter 6: Linking Strategic Business Architecture with Other Architectural Domains and Other Business Functions and Disciplines 225 Chapter 7: Building the Strategic Business Architecture Function and Integration with Strategic Planning 265 Chapter 8: Scaling and Maturing the Strategic Business Architecture Function 299 Chapter 9: Strategy Execution Trends and the Application of Strategic Business Architecture 339 Endnotes 355 Acknowledgments 361 About the Authors 363 Index 367

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