Establish the Foundation

BFF: Business Architecture + IT Architecture, Part 1 — How Business Architecture Fits Within the Context of Enterprise Architecture

16 October 2017

We’ve been very business-focused in our StraightTalk so far—and intentionally so. But a business architect always has a foot in two different worlds: one as part of the business and the other as part of the enterprise architecture team. So, for the next two posts, we are going to focus on how business architecture relates to IT architecture, and we’ll see how these two really are BFF (Best Friends Forever). Business architecture provides the business context and direction, and IT architecture makes it real through automated solutions.

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5-Minutes with Mike Rosen: Understanding Enterprise and Business Architecture

Whynde Kuehn, founder of S2E Transformation, conducts a podcast interview with industry thought leader Mike Rosen on understanding enterprise and business architecture.

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A Map of the World, Part 2: Back to School With Mapping the Extended Business Architecture

02 October 2017

Back to business architecture school one more time. In our last installment, we talked about how to map out (a.k.a write down) the “core” business architecture that included capabilities, value streams, organization and information. Here in this installment, we’re going to talk about mapping the “extended” business architecture domains.

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Making the Customer Experience Real with Business Architecture

20 September 2017

This article provides an overview of the benefits and integration points between customer experience design and business architecture, two mutually beneficial disciplines, both critical to customer centricity and transformation.

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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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Let’s Get This Party Started: How to Start a Business Architecture Practice

15 May 2017

Knowing what business architecture is: Check.
Knowing why we do it: Check.
Knowing where it fits within the strategy execution life cycle: Double Check. Knowing where to start: Not so much.

Starting business architecture within an organization can be a fairly organic process, but there are a proven set of steps to follow.

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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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Maturing a Business Architecture Practice: The Promise and the Path

16 June 2016

In this article, business architecture practitioners are offered a clear vision of what a fully mature business architecture practice looks like, the value it brings to the organization, and a practical perspective on how to get there.

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