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A Map of the World, Part 1: Back to School With Mapping the Core Business Architecture Foundation

18 September 2017

Okay, time to go back to business architecture school. Having our business architecture written down is at the heart of us being able to do cool stuff with it, so we better talk a little more about mapping it out.

In this StraighTalk installment, we’re going to talk about the “core” business architecture domains. That means those four boxes in the middle of our favorite diagram below.

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The Unexplained Mystery of Business Architecture: What is Business Architecture

03 April 2017

According to the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO), “Business Architecture represents holistic, multidimensional business views of: capabilities, end-to-end value delivery, information, and organizational structure; and the relationships among these business views and strategies, products, policies, initiatives, and stakeholders.”

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What is Business Architecture? Business Architecture Simplified and Differentiated

20 March 2017

Even though formalization has taken root in the discipline, confusion still exists about what business architecture really is—and is not. This tight, well-organized, essential white paper assists the reader in cutting through the myriad of content available on the topic of business architecture. This publication is intended for Business Architecture Practice Leaders and Practitioners. It is also helpful for executives or any other business or IT roles who would like to gain a more in-depth understanding of business architecture. Original Publish Date: 20 Mar 2017 Revised: 25 April 2018.

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The Business Architecture Overview

A special free on-demand webinar for the Business Architecture Guild, presented by Co-Founders Whynde Kuehn and William Ulrich, entitled, The Business Architecture Overview. This presentation — designed for executives, business architecture practitioners or anyone interested in the discipline — describes how business architecture moves strategy into actionable solutions.

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Business Architecture: Setting the Record Straight

01 July 2015

A reprint of Chapter 2, Part 1 of the book, Business and Dynamic Change: The Arrival of Business Architecture, Published by Future Strategies, Inc. Copyright © 2015 William M. Ulrich and Whynde Kuehn. Original Publish Date: 1 July 2015 Revised: January 2019.

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