Business Architecture

This document discusses the domain of business architecture. It defines business architecture and its objectives, and explains its relationship to other architectures like data, applications, and infrastructure. It outlines the roles involved in business architecture like business architects and business analysts. It also describes several business architecture frameworks and the typical artifacts and views they include, such as capability maps, value streams, organization maps, and information models. Finally, it discusses how business architecture can be used to evaluate and enable organizational change initiatives.

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Business Architecture

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The Business Architecture Domain

 The rationale for business architecture: definition and objectives for business architecture
 Architecture principles
 Relationship of business architecture with the data, applications and infrastructure
architectures
 Roles in business architecture
 Business Architect
 Programme Manager
 Business Analyst
 Business Change Manager
 Solution Architect
 Subject Matter Expert
 External Supplier
 Business Architecture frameworks
 Artefacts of a business architecture: capability map; value stream; organisation map;
information concepts model; value network
 Business architecture views: organisation; capability; value/process; information;
people
 Frameworks
 Zachman: Contextual and conceptual rows
 TOGAF 9.2: ADM & Content Framework by ADM phases
 Business Architecture Guild: Aspects of the business represented by business
architecture
 AssistKD POPIT model
 Business Motivation/Organisation view
 Rationale for business motivation view
 OMG business motivation model
 Business model canvas
 Organisation map: business units; functions
 Capability View
 Business capability modeling
 Three strata of a business capability model:
 Strategic
 core/customer facing
 support
 Levels of capability
 Level 1: Foundation
 Level 2: Capability groups
 Level 3: Business capabilities
 Defining capabilities: SUAVE
 Business capability, competency and capacity
 Value/Process View
 Business services and value propositions
 Value chain analysis
 Value stream analysis
 Value network analysis
 Relationships between capabilities, value streams and processes
 People View
 RACI analysis
 Functional, divisional and matrix organisation structures
 Business culture analysis
 The cultural web
 Organisational culture
 National culture
 Information View
 Meta data, data and information
 Information concepts modelling
 Relationships between information concepts and capabilities and value streams