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Rethinking enterprise architecture for the agentic era

Your enterprise architecture is already obsolete. Here's why incremental change won't cut it in the agentic era.

Reporting by McKinsey Insights 1 min brief
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As AI agents become production-ready, tech leaders must choose between incremental modernization and full-scale IT transformation—a strategic decision with significant implications for competitive positioning in the agentic economy.

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  1. McKinsey analysis on enterprise architecture modernization strategies

  2. Two primary paths identified: incremental change vs. full-scale transformation

  3. Focus on agentic AI era implications for infrastructure and systems design

  4. Published March 2026 - signals urgency of architectural decisions for leaders

  5. McKinsey analysis of enterprise architecture modernization strategies

  6. Two competing paths: incremental change vs. full-scale transformation

  7. Focus on agentic AI era implications for IT infrastructure

  8. Tech leaders identified as primary decision-makers in architectural choices

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Publisher excerpt: Tech leaders face a choice in modernizing enterprise IT architecture: incremental change or full-scale transformation. Here are the benefits and pitfalls of each path.
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