Business Strategy Phase



Definition

Business Strategy Phase
the first phase of the business engineering cycle during which the development organization develops new strategies and architectures for all or part of the customer organization’s business enterprise

Goals

The typical goals of the Business Strategy Phase of a business engineering project are to:

Objectives

To meet these goals, the typical objectives of the business strategy phase on a business engineering project are to:

Preconditions

The following preconditions should typically be satisfied before the business strategy phase of a business engineering project can successfully begin:

Postconditions

The business strategy phase of a business engineering project is typically complete when the following postconditions have been met:

Milestones

The typical milestones of the business strategy phase of a business engineering project include:

  1. Project Mobilized
  2. Analyses Complete including:
  3. Business Vision Complete
  4. Strategies Complete including:
  5. Business Architecture Complete
  6. Business Strategy Phase Complete including:

The following figure illustrates the order and approximate timing of preceding business strategy phase milestones:

Business Strategy Phase Milestones ProjectMobilized AnalysesComplete BusinessVisionComplete Strategies Complete Business Architecture Complete Business Strategy Phase Complete

Work Products

During the business strategy phase, the following primary work products are typically produced and delivered during a business engineering project:

Secondary Work Products

During the business strategy phase, the following secondary work products are typically produced and delivered:

Teams

The following teams typically collaborate during the business strategy phase of an business engineering project:

Activities And Tasks

The following business engineering activities and associated tasks are typically performed during the business strategy phase in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and timeboxed manner:

Administrative Activities and Associated Tasks

The following administrative activities and associated tasks are typically performed during the business strategy phase in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and timeboxed manner:

General Engineering Activities and Associated Tasks

The following general engineering activities and associated tasks are typically performed during the business strategy phase in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and timeboxed manner:

Guidelines