The document discusses the SABSA domain modeling webinar, emphasizing the importance of risk management in enterprise architecture through effective decision-making and governance. It highlights the need for clear authority boundaries, stakeholder engagement, and the application of SABSA domain models to simplify complex problems. The conclusion stresses the model's ability to balance richness and simplicity while fostering sound risk thinking.

1. SABSA Domain ModellingWebinar
Be a better enterprise architect
Risk
Simplify Decision Making
Cluster Benefit & Cost
Building a SABSA Domain Model

2. SABSA Domain Model
Webinar
Best Available Technique for Enterprise Architecture
First, Risk
• Uncertainty – Benefit – Impact
Second, Building a SABSA Domain Model
• Boundary of Authority, Opportunity, & Threat
Third, Apply to Architecture Development
• Clear & Present Stakeholder
Fourth, Apply to Architecture Governance
• Best practice Architecture Governance
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Risk
Uncertainty - Benefit - Impact
Opportunity & Threat
• Every choice. Do something to capture a benefit or dodge an impact
• Objectives – Complex set of Impact & Benefit
Risk is the effect of uncertainty on meeting objectives
• No uncertainty. No Risk.
• You know the Impact. You know the Benefit

4. Building the
SABSA Domain Model
Boundary of Authority, Opportunity, &Threat
Who owns the decision?
• Expected Benefit
• Acceptable Impact
• Tolerable Uncertainty
What is the boundary?
• Organizational boundaries tend not to be useful
Nation, department, team, etc. …
• Softer boundaries are most useful
Service, function, process, technology, etc. …
• Digital transformation drives
Products, market, business partners, etc. …
What classification helps you
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5. Apply to
Architecture Development
Clear & Present Stakeholder
Stakeholders are the strength & bane of
Enterprise Architecture
• Nail them and you develop great
transformative architecture
• Miss and you get derailed at Planning &
Execution of change
SABSA Domain models drive out
Architecture stakeholders
• Meaningful domain with clear authority
• Ability to sub-divide & find peers
• Unique mix of Expected Benefit, Acceptable
Impact, and Tolerable Uncertainty
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6. Apply to
Architecture Governance
Best practice Architecture Governance
Stakeholders own the decision
Domains speed Architecture approval
• Within delegated expectations
• Identifiable space
Domains simplify Implementation Governance
• Planning and approval of change
• Implementation and acceptable of change
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7. Conclusion
Best AvailableTechnique
Decision Authority is Slippery
SABSA Domains are defensible model
• Balances richness & simplicity
• Makes you think
Who, Scope, Expected Benefit, Acceptable
Impact, and Tolerable Uncertainty
• Drives solid Risk Thinking
Helps drive out traceable criteria
• Subdomains are isolated for Scope, Expected
Benefit, Acceptable Impact, and Tolerable
Uncertainty
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8. Continue the journey
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9. Conexiam
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