JS Miller is the sole-source provider of strategic "top-down" EA practices (EA 1.5 or EA 2.0), also known as "Biz-EA", that is "ROI-centric" through our proprietary process improvements that improve overall effectiveness whereas our competitors typically provide a "bottom-up" EA practice (EA 1.0), also known as "IT-EA", that is "cost-centric" and intended to improve overall efficiency.

JS Miller is able to implement Biz-EA (EA 2.0) using ONLY process changes that don't require any large upfront investment for applications and tooling whereas our competitors typically implement IT-EA (EA 1.0) using proprietary products and tooling at additional cost and time for implementation and require a large upfront investment but often with questionable results since they prioritize efficiency (think EA 1.0) OVER effectiveness (think EA 1.5 or EA 2.0).

As a result, JS Miller is able to achieve incremental ROI in much shorter timeframes of 1-2 years instead of 2-4 years at a FRACTION of the time & cost and therefore with a higher overall ROI and a shorter payback period so that the EA capability can then become self-sustaining financially before taking on additional strategic objectives.

Only after EA is established, fine tuned, and self-sustaining within the organization can additional tooling be rightsized to meet business relevant EA goals without the RISK of implementing expensive tooling that doesn't fit the organizations long-term needs.

The typical business benefits of EA are most commonly described as: simplifying IT complexity (e.g. integration complexity), improving productivity of inefficient business processes, improving decision-support through visualization, reduction of technical debt, sweating the assets through higher utilization, reducing technology footprint & costs by eliminating redundancy, enforcing process and technology standards for higher levels of efficiency, creating a single version of the truth for accurate reporting and decision support, improving system performance, stability, and reliability, reducing regulatory and security risk, elevating both the throughput and success metrics of projects through reuse and standards, enabling disruptive innovation, and improving the overall effectiveness (ROI) of the enterprise's strategy execution.

See FAQ: Why is JS Miller "Enterprise Architecture (EA) Consulting" considered BEST-IN-CLASS?

Traditional-EA or EA "1.0" typically focuses on building a "Foundation for Execution" to achieve "operational excellence" or "cost optimization" through standardization of business processes and technology integration by intentionally selecting and implementing an "operating model" that is specifically aligned with the company's strategic business model.

This "bottom-up cost-centric" approach typically takes 2-4 years to achieve depending upon the size and complexity of the company.

In contrast however, EA "1.5" uses a "top-down ROI-centric" approach to achieve better results in half the time of EA "1.0" and at a fraction of the cost.

Traditional-EA or EA "1.0" typically focuses on building a "Foundation for Execution" to achieve "operational excellence" or "cost optimization" through standardization of business processes and technology integration by intentionally selecting and implementing an "operating model" that is specifically aligned with the company's strategic business model.

In contrast however, EA "2.0" has a bimodal focus that enables the simultaneous enablement of both "operational excellence" as well as "disruptive innovation" for the purpose of building both a "Foundation of Execution" and a "Foundation for Innovation" that work in tandem in order to avoid the effects of "creative destruction" from competitors.

This industry disruption is hastening with increasing rapidity as technology innovations enable new and more sophisticated business models and are often implemented as part of a digital transformation, business transformation, or IT transformation program.