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Business Architecture. Develop the Target Business Architecture that describes how the enterprise needs to operate to achieve the business goals, and respond to the strategic drivers set out in the Architecture Vision. Purpose.
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Business Architecture Develop the Target Business Architecture that describes how the enterprise needs to operate to achieve the business goals, and respond to the strategic drivers set out in the Architecture Vision
Purpose • Demonstrating the business value of subsequent architecture work to key stakeholders • Return on investment to those stakeholders from supporting and participating in the subsequent work. • The business strategy typically defines what to achieve — the goals and drivers, and the metrics for success — but not how to get there
2 ways • Target Architecture development is top-down • Baseline bottom-up
Business Modeling • Activity Models • Use-Case Models • Class Models • Node Connectivity Diagram • Information Exchange Matrix
Activity Diagrams • Activity diagrams are graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice, iteration and concurrency. In the Unified Modeling Language, activity diagrams are intended to model both computational and organizational processes (i.e. workflows).Activity diagrams show the overall flow of control.
BPMN • standard Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) will provide businesses with the capability of understanding their internal business procedures in a graphical notation and will give organizations the ability to communicate these procedures in a standard manner.
Archimate - ArchiMate distinguishes itself from other languages such as Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) by its enterprise modelling scope.
IER • The Information Exchange Requirements (IER's) identify who exchanges what information with whom, why the information is necessary, and in what manner.
Services • The TOGAF content framework differentiates between the functions of a business and the services of a business. Business services are specific functions that have explicit, defined boundaries that are explicitly governed business-service' combines a 'business-function' and a 'business-capability'