1. What is Business Architecture?
 Business Architecture:
 “A blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organiza<on and
is used to align strategic objec<ves and tac<cal demands.” Source: OMG, Business Architecture Special
Interest Group (hGp://bawg.omg.org)
 Business architecture is:
 Simple way for business to express itself consistently while keeping a focus on delivering
stakeholder value
 Way for business to craN strategies, priori<es and investment targets
 Business architecture is NOT:
 Replacement for business planning or sound business judgment
 Magic bullet for all business challenges
 New way to do perform requirements analysis or build systems
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2. Four Cornerstones of Business Architecture
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Why cornerstones: Because these are the most stable, robust views of a business.
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3. Benefits of Business Architecture
 Delivers transparency and clarity to enable issue analysis and resolu<on
 Provides business with common vocabulary to discuss issues, establish priori<es
and ar<culate requirements across a wide variety of stakeholders
 Provides holis<c view of a business that extends into the outsourcing, customer
and related stakeholder domains
 Business architecture extends beyond the bounds of an enterprise
 Offers variety of views of the business based on the needs of the individual
interested in those views
 Allows the business to take ownership and drive transforma<on strategies from
a business (not technology) perspec<ve
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