Business Architecture Document

Definitions

Business Architecture Document

the architecture work product produced during business engineering that documents the new architecture of the customer organization’s reengineered business enterprise

Objectives

The typical objectives of the business architecture document are to:

• Documents the new architecture of the customer organizations's business enterprise.

Benefits

The typical benefits of the business architecture document are:

• Provide a high-level summary of the other more detailed business architecture work products.

Contents

The typical contents of the business architecture document are:

• Business Models (summary with references)
• Business Organization Charts (summary with reference)
• Applications (summary with reference)
• Relationships (summary with reference)
• Technologies (summary with reference)
• Digital Brand (summary with reference)
• Conclusion
• Appendices:
  • Major Issues
  • TBDs
  • Assumptions

Stakeholders

The typical stakeholders of the business architecture document are:

• Producers:
  • Architecture Team
• Evaluators:
  • Strategy Inspection Team
  • Customer Organization, which inspects the content for correctness
• Approvers:
  • Technical Leader
  • Project Manager
  • Customer Representative
• Maintainer: Architecture Team
• Users:
  • Customer Organization

Phases

A business architecture document is typically produced during the following phases:

• Business Strategy: Completed
• Business Optimization: Maintained
• Initiation: Not Applicable
• Construction: Not Applicable
• Delivery: Not Applicable
• Usage: Not Applicable
• Retirement: Not Applicable

Preconditions

The business architecture document typically can be started if the following preconditions hold:

• The initiation phase is started.
• The business strategy team has been staffed.
• The technology strategy team has been staffed.

Inputs

• Digital Branding Work Products:
  • Digital Brand Description Document
• Architecture Work Products:
  • Business Object Model
  • Business Process Model
  • Application Strategy
  • Relationship Strategy
  • Technology Strategy
• Stakeholders:
  • Domain Expert

Guidelines

• This is a living document that is developed incrementally and iteratively in parallel with other documents.

Conventions

The business architecture document is typically constrained by the following conventions:

• Work Flow
• Content and Format Standard
• MS Word Template
• XML Template
• Inspection Checklist

Examples

• Example Business Architecture Document