Business architecture is a business driven disciplined process that decomposes the enterprise business goals and strategies, the assets and processes required to execute them as well as identify their impact on business goals. Business architecture provides a blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organisation and is used to align strategic objectives and tactical demands.

1. KEY QUESTIONS
How to take advantage of synergies
across the major strategic programs?
How do to know the right things are being
done with all the activity going on out there?
Are we investing in the right areas across the enterprise? Is the
investment portfolio balanced for all value add dimensions?
Are the strategic programs aligned, or for that
matter, are they the right strategic programs?
CURRENT
ORGANISATION
CHALLENGES
STRATEGIC PLANS NOT LINKED TO ENTERPRISE STRATEGY
Difficult to understand thee BIG picture. Many HR and IT organizations
develop strategic plans that are not linked to the enterprise strategy
COMPANY STRATEGY
Employees in most companies
do not understand the strategy
TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES
Cost of maintaining duplicated
systems & leveraging tech.
ONLY 30% BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SUCCESSFUL
Planning and execution across enterprise hard. Only 30% of
transformation initiatives are successful over the long term
BUSINESS ARCH.
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The goal of Business Architecture is to operationalize business by linking strategy to implementation
VISION, STRATEGIES & TACTICS ORGANISATION VALUE STREAMS INFORMATION POLICIES & REGULATIONS CAPABILITIES
INITIATIVES & PROJECTS DECISIONS & EVENTS METRICS & MEASURES PRODUCTS & SERVICES CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS & COMPETITORS
BUSINESS ARCH.
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HOW YOUR BUSINESS WORKS
Business (processes, rules, data)
PROGRAM INVENTORY
Strategies, goals, clients (needs, services)
ENTERPRISE OBJECTIVES
Enterprise mandate, goals, stakeholders
SERVICES INVENTORY
Delivery model and processes, measures
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
SLA’s, Service providers & their measures
WHY BUSINESS
ARCHITECTURE
MATTERS?
FOCUS AND ALIGN CORPORATE STRATEGY TO BUSINESS
BA helps to focus & align corporate strategies across organization
IMPROVES DECISION MAKING
Business Architecture improves decision making by lowering risk
INCREASES OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
Business Architecture increases operational efficiency
INCREASES EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Business Architecture increases employee engagement making them more autonomous
INCREASES AGILITY
Business Architecture makes it possible to increase agility in both business and IT execution
WHEN IS
BUSINESS
ARCHITECTURE
USED?
BUSINESS / DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS
Planning & Delivering Business Transformations
UPGRADING SYSTEMS
Upgrading legacy systems
CUSTOMER JOURNEYS
Enhancing customer journeys
INTEGRATION
Integrating systems
ENHANCING MOBILITY
More mobility for clients, staff
VALUE PROPOSITIONS
Building Value Propositions for Customers
M&A
Mergers & acquisition
BUSINESS UNITS
Opening or closing a business unit
NEW PRODUCT
New product or service roll-out
SUPPLY CHAIN
Supply chain streamlining
GLOBALISATION DIVESTITURE JOINT VENTURE INVESTMENT ANALYSES REGULATORY COMPLIANCE RESTRUCTURING
BA CONTENT
FRAMEWORK
WHY -> STRATEGY MAPS WHY -> MOTIVATIONAL MODEL WHY -> BENEFITS DEPENDENCY NETWORK WHY -> BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS
WHAT -> BUSINESS CAPABILITY MODEL HOW -> VALUE CHAIN WHO -> FUNCTIONAL & ORGANISATIONAL:
WHEN -> PORTFOLIO PLANNING WHEN -> ROADMAPS WHEN -> BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION
FAILURE POINTS
STRATEGY DRIVERS
The drivers of the strategy are
often misaligned
MISUNDERSTOOD STRATEGY
Strategy not adequately linked to
operations
MISUNDERSTOOD CAPABILITIES
Required capabilities not properly
understood or measured
LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Planners not accountable for delivery
LACK OF BENEFITS MANAGEMENT
Benefits aren’t quantified or traced back to original
strategic business goals
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CONSULTING
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TRANSFORMATION
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CONSULTANT
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United Kingdom
BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW
Business architecture is a business driven disciplined process that decomposes the
enterprise business goals and strategies, the assets and processes required to execute
them as well as identify their impact on business goals. Business architecture provides a
blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organization
and is used to align strategic objectives and tactical demands. Click Here
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