Knowledge center
Insights. Management questions, answered precisely.
Eight questions executive teams ask before major business, data, infrastructure, and AI decisions. Each page opens with the answer.
- Answer first
- Author and date
- Sources named
The questions
Eight questions, four themes
From the decision through the architecture to getting started.
Deciding
How do you evaluate alternative enterprise architectures?
Several feasible options, future scenarios, and ten criteria instead of a premature target architecture.
Why is data strategy a boardroom matter?
Because it decides on investment, accountability, and risk, not on technology.
Architecture
What is business architecture?
The company described in capabilities instead of departments, as the basis for every data and technology decision.
How do you create reliable data flows?
One system of record per data set, binding KPIs, and reconciliations that expose discrepancies.
Technology and sovereignty
When is a company AI-ready?
When use cases, data, technology, and rules fit together. Data first, then the model.
How do you assess cloud sovereignty?
By asking who can access your data and how easily you can leave a provider again.
Getting started
What is BISA, and when is it worth it?
The BISA baseline assessment in two steps: first the baseline with risks and immediate actions, later the target state and roadmap.
What is BEIA, and when is it worth it?
The direct entry point before major decisions: eight layers, one day on site, ten components.
How the answers are written
The answer first, then the reasoning
Each page answers a question that executive teams ask us in engagements. The answer comes in the first sentences, so it makes sense on its own. Context, approach, and the questions that usually come next follow.
Each page names its author, its review date, and its sources. Practical examples are marked as typical scenarios, not individual client cases. Statements on law and supervision carry their date and do not replace legal advice.
We are not tied to any vendor and earn nothing from licenses. That is why the answers name criteria rather than products.
Your next step
How ready is your decision?
The Decision Readiness Check assesses your initiative in twelve questions, and you see the result right away. If you’d rather talk directly, book an initial call with a Managing Partner.
45 minutes, and you will know whether SIMO fits your decision.
How ready is your decision? Check it in 3 minutes.
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