Episode #006 - DEC 2025 - Strategic Planning with Semra Kandemir
From The Enterprise Architecture Experience by Jon Hill and Hassan Abba
December 17, 2025 · 59 min · Season 1 · Episode 6
About this episode
The episode discusses Strategic Planning in Enterprise Architecture with insights from Semra Kandemir.
This month we start on our journey around the four quadrants of Enterprise Architecture planning starting with Strategic Planning, in future episodes we will be covering Business Case Development, Solution Delivery and IT Operation and Optimisation. We start by defining Strategy Planning, and then discuss good practice, and Hassan gives insight into how his team do it in AstraZeneca. Our Interview is with Semra Kandemir, Chief Strategy Officer (Product Strategy, Aviation Solutions) at Hitit Computer Services, an Airline and Travel IT Solutions provider. Semra walks us through the important cornerstones of the planning activity, and talks about the planning cadence and processes. Podcast Overview Introduction and discussion about what Strategic Planning is, and how it works at AstraZeneca - 00:00 - 12:05 Interview with Semra Kandemir - 12:05 - 53:21 Recap of key points - Jon and Hassan talk about some of the interesting points from the interview - 53.21 - 58:47 You can follow Semra on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/semra-kandemir-b506211a/ Listen to other episodes of the EA Experience Podcast by searching for “Enterprise Architecture Experience” wherever you get your…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jon Hill, Hassan Abba
Guest: Semra Kandemir
Topics covered
- Strategic Planning
- Enterprise Architecture
- Business Case Development
- Solution Delivery
- IT Operation
- Planning Processes
Keywords
- Strategic Planning
- Enterprise Architecture
- AstraZeneca
- Hitit Computer Services
- Planning Cadence
- Business Case Development
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: AstraZeneca, Hitit Computer Services, Enterprise Architecture Experience
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