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Organizations that desire to leverage business architecture for transformation, better strategy execution, or various types of decision making need to build their business architecture knowledgebase first before they can fully benefit from the discipline. This is part three of a three-part series of articles that describe how to accelerate the development of an organization’s business architecture. This article focuses on leveraging tools.

Amidst the backdrop of a digital, globally connected world and the evolution of the very purpose of the firm, organizations are beginning to rethink and shift their mindsets and structures from shareholder focus to stakeholder focus, from profit-driven to value-driven, and from competing as an organization to thriving as a key part of ecosystems. With this future trajectory in mind, this article provides an overview of the essential role business architecture plays in defining, designing, implementing, and managing business ecosystems, along with examples of where this concept is emerging in practice.

This article by industry thought leaders Whynde Kuehn and Mike Clark articulates the role of business design in not only helping to identify the data that will power AI but also ensuring that all appropriate guardrails have been considered and are put in place.

This visionary article discusses the areas in which business architecture will continue to play a key role and illustrates how three specific scenarios will lead the way to expanded relevance and leadership. It lays out what this might mean for practitioners, along with the steps needed to realize these benefits.

This article offers advice to business and enterprise architects on taking stock of the global state of business architecture. Whether you are think­ing over your organization’s business architecture practice or your own business architecture career, having an awareness of the bigger picture is vital for comparison and inspiration.

Senior leaders are feeling the push from shareholders to continue driving their organizations forward, but is AI the answer? Just because AI is front-page news, is it right for your organization? Are the implications truly understood? These questions and more are crucial for leaders as the AI evolution continues to shape the next wave of work. Clearly, AI will profoundly transform our lives in the years ahead. Finding the balance between opportunity and implications is key to our success as well as to our future.

This executive report, written by industry thought leaders Whynde Kuehn and Mike Clark, explores these opportunities and implications, discusses how business design can be a crucial guide for AI, and provides key recommendations for moving into action.

There is a growing body of evidence that points to what makes a business architecture team successful. This article shares a few characteristics that encapsulate how successful business architecture practitioners think and act.