Business Architecture - Overview

Overview

The term "business architecture" is, first of all, an architecture and used to refer to an architectural organization of an enterprise or a business unit, architectural model or profession. A formal definition of the first meaning is defined by the Object Management Group's Business Architecture Working Group as follows:

"A blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organization and is used to align strategic objectives and tactical demands."

Business Architecture articulates the functional structure of an enterprise in terms of its business services and business information. The business capability is ability to perform certain business functionality and deliver business results or values. The business capability is provided by business services that state "what" the organization does while the business processes implement business functionality and define "how" the organization can execute its capabilities. By following the governance and articulating business information, the business architecture considers all internal and external actors to an enterprise (including its customers, suppliers, and regulators), to ensure that flow in and out of the enterprise are captured.