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Business Architecture 101
A basic guide to understanding Business Architecture practice by Aniekan Okono
What is Business Architecture?
Object Managment
GroupSource:Bawg.omg.org
“A blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organization and is used to align strategic objectives and tactical demands.”
BLUEPRINTSource: Oxford Dictionaries
"Something which acts as a plan, model, or template for others."
BLUEPRINTExamples
● Business Models● Operating Models● Organisation maps● Value Chain Models
● Capability Models● Business systems & Information
flow Maps● VMOST(Strategy)
● Supply Chain Models● Balanced Score Cards● Business Process Models
Align strategic objectives and tactical demands, how?
Strategy AS IS Execution
● Vision ● Mission● Objectives● *Controls● *Performance
Measures● *Contracts
● Operating Model● Capability Model
● Target Operating Model
● Target Capability Map
● Organisational Re-design
VMOST Example
People Process Technology(Tools)
People ● Organisation Design● Culture● Vision, Mission,
Objectives, Strategy● Governance Models● Training● Capabilities● Performance
Management(KPI)● Etc
Process● Value Chain● Supply Chain● Business Processes● Functions
Technology● Databases● Security● Websites● Mobile Apps● Line of Business
Systems● Integrations● API ● etc
Some of the blueprints
● Stakeholder Matrix● Organisation Chart● Organisation
Unit/Actor/Location catalog (Organisation decomposition map)
● Contract/Measure catalog
● VMOST
● Business Functions Map
● Business Processes● Business Events
Flow Map Business services /information flow map
● Value Chain Map● Supply Chain Flow
Map
Solution Concept Diagram
ProcessPeople Technology
Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise
In terms of its architecture
Source: Enterprise Architecture Team, USDA-OCIO - The USDA Enterprise Architecture Program
Enterprise Architecture Frameworks
Source:Dennis E. Wisnosky - Engineering Enterprise Architecture: Call to Action
Why TOGAF?
Business Architecture Benefits
Links Execution to Strategy:● Associate which capabilities support the strategy
pillars.● Align funding to core capabilities● Assign, measure and monitor key performance
indicators
Source: Business Architecture Value Proposition
Competitive differentiation by focusing on Core Capabilities:
● Invest into core capabilities and leapfrog competition
● Standardize the context capabilities and outsource the commodity capabilities
Source: Business Architecture Value Proposition
360 Degree view of the Enterprise:
● Coherent and comprehensive view of business motivation, capabilities, processes, data and resources
● Ability to understand interconnectedness, overlaps and synergies
Source: Business Architecture Value Proposition
A Common Language:
● Provide business and IT an actionable framework and a common language
● Communicate across the organization that is devoid of business speak and technical geek
Source: Business Architecture Value Proposition
Better Business Definition:
● Business architecture help provide a better business definition which leads to effective and efficient technology solutions
Source: Business Architecture Value Proposition
Fosters Reuse of IT assets:
● Build once and use the IT assets many times by leveraging capabilities and processes
Source: Business Architecture Value Proposition
Helps breaks down Business Silos and hence IT silos:
● Focusing on conceptualizing, creating, managing and evolving capabilities over the long-term will help defocus annual funding cycles and silo’ed functionality development
Source: Business Architecture Value Proposition
