PRACTICE & VALUE

Establishing a Business Architecture Practice: A Practical Approach
Establishing a successful, sustainable business architecture practice is a journey that takes time, particularly for large organizations. This article provides a practical roadmap on how to establish and mature a practice over time with consideration of the realities that organizations face along the way.

This article discusses key aspects of how to structure a business architecture team and role.

Whether driven by top-down mandate or won through demonstrated bottom-up success, there is a point when business architecture achieves “enough” acceptance within an organization to formalize an internal practice. While there are many steps to take throughout the journey of establishing and maturing a business architecture practice, this article discusses the four cornerstones that when put into place, can accelerate the process and create significant clarity.

Articulating the value of business architecture within our organizations is one of the most important things that we need to do and do well—the results of which can ultimately determine if business architecture is embraced and how it is positioned. However, this can be a real challenge and barrier to growth for many business architecture practices. This article shares the Do’s and Don’ts for communicating Business Architecture value.