Business Architecture Context & Definitions
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Where Does a Business Architect Fit? |
Where Business Architecture Fits Within the Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
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Source: Steenekap, Philip , "Business Architecture Case Study", March 2023, Business Architecture Innovation Summit, Reston, VA, United States. |
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Business Architecture Domains in the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BIZBOK)
Source: Business Architecture Guild, A Guide to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge® (BIZBOK® Guide) |
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Business Architecture Definitions
- From The Business Architecture Guild's definition of business architecture:
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.
- From thought leader Whynde Kuehn:
Business Architecture bridges strategy and execution, activates change.
Business Architecture vs Business Analysis
- Business architecture scope is broader, macro level such as capabilities, where business analysis is more specific in scope, micro level focused on a specific process or group of processes.
- Business Architecture vs. Business Analysis - YouTube Bridging the Gap - Resources for Business Analysts
- Laura Brandenburg and Whynde Kuehn discuss the business architecture discipline, business architecture vs. business analysis, and how to become a business architect.
- Laura Brandenburg and Whynde Kuehn discuss the business architecture discipline, business architecture vs. business analysis, and how to become a business architect.
Business Architecture and Enterprise Architecture
- Business architecture focuses on the business strategy and capability of an organization.
- Enterprise Architecture is broader in scope encompassing the whole enterprise including technical architecture, information architecture, and business architecture.
Digestible Business Architecture
Quick Bites - easily digested videos for key concepts
- Dr. Raj Ramesh - YouTube Business Architecture Playlist
- Tom Graves (Tetradian) - YouTube Architecture Playlist
- Nik Malik - Where Business Architecture Came Fro
Business Architecture Domains, Models, Methods, and Tools
Higher Education Reference Models
The Higher Education Reference Models are available to all EDUCAUSE members at https://library.educause.edu/resources/2021/9/the-higher-education-reference-models
Business Capability Modeling
This is an excellent series from BiZZDesign on business capability modelling:
Business Architecture Use Cases in Higher Education
Use-Case Compendium
The Higher Education Reference Models includes a use-case compendium that is often having new examples added into it.
Other Examples:
- Helping Leadership Understand What the University Does to Provide Value
- Supporting Project Management with a Common Vocabulary
- Strategic Portfolio Management ( Application Rationalization)
- Team Alignment to Capabilities
Business Architecture Training and Certification
Professional Organizations and Training Resources
Business Architecture Center of Excellence (BACOE)
Others
Purpose
This landing-page aims to guide people towards resources that are useful to understanding and practicing business architecture in higher education.
Upkeep
The resources offered here were seeded in 2023 by members of the Itana Business Architecture Working Group. This landing-page is intended to be a living asset to the community, and will be updated as new and improved resources and guidance come to hand. Any and all suggestions for improvement are welcomed permanently.
Further Information
People
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Adjacent Resources
- Itana Architecture Methods
- EDUCAUSE
- Gartner (Publicly Available Articles Related to Business Architecture)
- Role of Business Architecture in Digital Business
- Better Digital Business by Design With the Business Architecture Landscape (Requires email)
- 2020 EA Symposium-The Future Direction and Evolution of Business-Outcome-Driven Enterprise Architecture - Marcus Blosch - Gartner
- 2021 EA Symposium- Architecting the Distributed Organization - Marcus Blosch
- 2022 EA Symposium-Responding to Business-Andrew Holcombe
- Role of Business Architecture in Digital Business
- Publicly Available Research
1. What are Business Capabilities & How to Identify them?
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