The document outlines a framework for business architecture across various quadrants, emphasizing the motivation and functions of organizations within different community structures. It details the integration of platforms, technological infrastructure, and the balance between local and corporate agendas, highlighting trends such as decentralization and performance measures. Key themes include a focus on community ownership and transparency, as well as challenges arising from legacy systems and inconsistent data standards.

1. Quadrant 5
Full Business
Architectural
realisation
Higher
Motivation Organisation Function Motivation Organisation Function
Driver Driver Organisation Business Services
· Community culture · Business Services
(Motivation) Organisation Business Services (Motivation) · Sense of belonging transparency in the
· Strong desire to · ·
Quadrant 4
· Duplicated capability on Community central community.
Quadrant 1
regionalise. Operate as a Complex structure as
legal entity integrated platforms agenda · Leveraged enabling
broader community. · Operates as a single
· Standardised KPI and services
· Reduce cost through use community Location
common BMS.
of common way of doing · Rationalised via shared
things and standarise Location services. Processes, Events,
· Decentralised Processes, Events, · Smaller local precense Controls
Controls · Rationalised asset base
Measures Measures · High level of asset
· High level of standardised · 3D type analysis
(Motivation) Stakeholder/Role functions and data. (Motivation) utilisation · Value chain transparency
· Performance measure has · Strong sense of local · Key processes expedited
local focus. ownership. and managed within the
Stakeholder/Role
Level of Business Capability
· No desire to compare · Allegiance to local community.
· Community central
against industry community Function · Scorecard has community Function
agenda
· Scorecard likely to be · Lacks wider corporate focus.
culture support · Decentralised · Desire to carry out leading · Decentralised
implemented but will have
· Local Agenda · Exist in all communities edge analysis and · Exist in all communities
local community focus.
comparisons.
Technical Architecture Technical Architecture
Platform Services Platform Services
· Robust infrastructure · Latest ERP solutions · Enterprise application integration · Single instance
· Latest ERP · Enterprise Application Integration
· Flexible applications · Integrated platforms · Robust infrastructure · Regional data centre
· Integrated platforms · Web Architecture
· Portals and EDI stuff · Web architecture · Flexible applications · EDI and portal exchanges
Motivation Organisation Function Motivation Organisation Function
Driver Organisation Business Services Driver Organisation Business Services
· Some centralisation of · Some use of shared
(Motivation) · Complex structure as · Low level of (Motivation) competencies. services
legal entity standardisation.
· ·
Quadrant 2
Community culture Poor “close to report”
Quadrant 3
· Organic growth through
· Operates as a community performance.
acquisition
but with mixed · Standarisation.
· Focus on local community Location Location
implementation results
no awareness of region · Decentralised but sharing
· Decentralised Processes, Events, Processes, Events,
resources.
· Under leveraged asset
Controls · Some rationalisation of Controls
base
assets.
Measures · Basic Management Measures · Inefficient data collection
reporting and analysis.
(Motivation) Stakeholder/Role · No common reporting (Motivation) Stakeholder/Role · Standardisation, but
· Strong sense of local · Duplicated processes
· Community focus with · High degree of community duplicated execution.
ownership.
· Local focus strong role input. ownership.
· Allegiance to local Assists with checking the
· No scorecards · Scorecard has strong · Sense of belonging.
community Function Function
· No desire to compare · Lacks wider corporate community elements. · Local agendas balanced maturity of the
against peers. culture support · Decentralised · Desire to compare with against community · Decentralised organisation.
· Local Agenda · Exist in all communities peers in the community. objectives. · Exist in all communities
Technical Architecture Technical Architecture
Platform Services Platform Services
· Weak legacy systems · Diverse data standards · Incompatible applications · Legacy systems · Diverse data standards · Some degree of application
· No/Poor/inefficient · Fragmented infrastructure · Inflexible/bespoke applications · Some interfaces · Fragmented infrastructure integration. © 2009 Henk Harms
interfaces · Poor functionality · Aging technology · Aging technology · Poor functionality · Inflexible/bespoke applications. (henk@bawizard.com)
Lower
Least
Most
Integrated
Business Architecture/Organisation Integrated