Applying Business Architecture
Outline
Course 432 - 2 Days
This workshop explains the rationale behind Business Architecture. It defines what Business Architecture is in terms of artifacts, and presents the modeling activates that produce these artifacts. Then, we will explore the interdependencies of the Business Architecture view and the other Enterprise Architecture views (Application, Information, etc). Business Architecture modeling is a big undertaking with known associated risks: scope creep, getting the right level of detail, etc. The workshop identifies these risks and provides best practices for risk management.
Business Architecture & Enterprise Architecture Planning – Concepts & Principles
- Aligning Business & IT
- What is Enterprise Architecture?
- Enterprise Architecture views and layers
- Business Architecture as a key Enterprise Architecture view
Business Architecture Overview
- What is Business Architecture?
- Elements of Business Architecture
- Scope, structure, dynamics and management
- Business Architecture Artifacts Overview
Modeling Business Architecture Scope & Structure
- Reference Model
- Context Diagram
- Business Goal Hierarchy
- Concept Diagram
- Organization Model
- Company Structure (Business Unit breakdown)
Modeling Business Architecture Dynamics
- Business Unit Interaction
- Business Process Model
- Business Object Model
- Modeling Business Unit Interaction
- Business units as business components
- Provided and required services
- Modeling interaction between business units with UML sequence and communication diagrams
Modeling Business Processes
- Assessing processes
- Assessing the organization
- Identifying goals, actors, activities, inputs, outputs and mechanisms
- Top-down vs. bottom-up approach
- Structuring the Business Process Model to promote identification of shared processes
- Business Use Cases
- Managing the level of detail
Modeling Business Objects and Components
- What is business object modeling?
- Harvesting objects from process models
- Modeling actors, resources and entities
- Organizing objects into business components and subsystems
- The modeling process
- Getting the right level of detail
Managing Business Architecture Modeling - Best Practices and Things to Avoid
- Getting the right people together
- Planning for business architecture modeling
- Monitoring progress
- Warning signs of common problems
- Dealing with scope creep
- Knowing when to stop
Mapping Business Architecture View To Other Enterprise Architecture Views
- Business Architecture as input to Enterprise Architecture Planning
- From business goals to applications and application features
- What are Application and Information Architecture Views
- Mapping shared business processes to system services
- Mapping business objects and components to software subsystems and components
- Deriving services from business process models
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