Back Issues This Week → Current Issue → Popular →

All issuesVolume 334, Issue 3IT NewsCxO

How Enterprise Architecture And Start-Up Thinking Drive Strategic Success

CIO, Friday, January 23rd, 2026

Enterprise architecture works best today when it borrows start-up habits - testing fast, learning quickly and scaling what actually delivers value.

In an era defined by rapid innovation, shifting markets and disruptive emerging technologies, long-term planning alone cannot deliver the agility enterprises need. Strategy is now judged less by the quality of vision decks and more by how quickly enterprises can test, learn and scale what works and is valuable. To beat the heat, enterprises increasingly combine the discipline of enterprise architecture with the speed and adaptability associated with a start-up mindset.

more →  ·  More from CxO →