Business

Architecture 101

A basic guide to understanding Business Architecture practice

by Aniekan Okono
What is Business
Architecture?
 Object
Managment A blueprint of the enterprise that

Group provides a common understanding

of the organization and is used to
align strategic objectives and
Source:Bawg.omg.org
tactical demands.
 "Something which acts as a
BLUEPRINT plan, model, or template for
Source: Oxford Dictionaries others."
 Operating Models

Organisation maps

Value Chain Models

Capability Models

BLUEPRINT Business systems & Information

flow Maps
Examples
VMOST(Strategy)

Supply Chain Models

Balanced Score Cards

Business Process Models

Align strategic
objectives and
tactical demands,
how?
Strategy AS IS Execution

Vision
Mission Target Operating
Objectives Model
Operating Model
*Controls Target Capability
Capability Model
*Performance Map
Measures Organisational Re-
*Contracts design
Source:ArchValue
VMOST Example
People Process
Technology(Tools)
People
Organisation Design
Culture Process
Vision, Mission,
Value Chain
Objectives, Strategy
Supply Chain
Governance Models
Business Processes
Training
Functions
Capabilities
Performance
Management(KPI) Technology
Etc Databases
Security
Websites
Mobile Apps
Line of Business
Systems
Integrations
API
etc
Some of the
blueprints
People Process Technology

Stakeholder Matrix Business Functions

Organisation Chart Map
Organisation Business Processes
Unit/Actor/Location Business Events
catalog (Organisation Flow Map Business Solution Concept Diagram
decomposition map) services /information
Contract/Measure flow map
catalog Value Chain Map
VMOST Supply Chain Flow
Map
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 siloed
functionality development

Source: Business Architecture Value Proposition