Most disciplines focus on a few Enterprise Elements only, using mostly discipline-specific mental model(s) and language. This leads to linguistic confusion and unsolvable arguments about the primacy of one perspective or element over another, which makes it hard for people from different disciplines to collaborate.

The Enterprise Scan facilitates cross-disciplinary discussion and collaboration by using a unifying language that ensures all perspectives and mental models are treated as equally valid. It can be performed individually by an enterprise designer, but for the optimum result, it should be conducted with all co-creators needed to address the design challenge. The Enterprise Scan methodically guides you through all the Enterprise Elements, which helps foster a holistic understanding of the design challenge you and your team are working on. The scan helps focus and orient your explorations and discussions, keeping you on track and ensuring you don't miss relevant design elements. It facilitates a constructive conversation amongst team members, ensuring team alignment around their design challenge, intended outcomes, and steps to be taken to achieve those outcomes.

With the official relase of the EDGY Enterprise Scan we are providing you with several resources to help you conduct your own Enterprise Scan:

• Everything you need to know about the Enterprise Scan

• A step-by-step instruction on how to use the Enterprise Scan

• A practical example of performing an Enterprise Scan

• But most importantly, you can download ready-to-use Enterprise Scan templates: