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Business architecture provides an invaluable set of philosophy, methodology, and mechanism for performing a wide array of task.

One of the important characteristics of the digital age is hyper-connectivity. Business Architecture is like a compass tool for the organization to navigate through the right direction, implement a good strategy by enhancing the processes of problem diagnosis (current state), setting up policy/guideline, doing gap/impact analysis to define where and how, that bridges the gap between what is required and how it is implemented, and taking cohesive actions in change management.

 The information provided in the architecture provides guidance/direction on what steps need to be taken by the board and senior executives to reach their strategic goals for the company.

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Illustratearchitecture Organizations today are dynamic and complex to adapt to the ever-evolving business ecosystem. The role of business architecture in designing and planning future enterprise is both interesting and challenging. It’s an effective communication tool for business executives to facilitate business dialogues; a strategy mapping tool to transform the manual process and the business requirement to process design and process governance so that the organization’s mission, vision, and goal can be realized smoothly.

Illuminatesinnovationarchitecture Organizations become overly-complex and informative, frameworks add value as they are implementations of the patterns to avoid having to reinvent the wheel for every business initiative. It is defined as a set of principles and describes best practices of how things should be done from the process and documentation side. It is a configurable, reusable semi built application with features designed for specific purposes technically.

Illumiatearchitectureaspect The digital organization is hyper-connected and interdependent, business architecture contains the organizational context in that it provides direction to the large-scale business transformation. It is the visualization of the organization strategy, competences and operation layers and how they fit together to bridge between the enterprise business model and enterprise strategy, reimagine the future of business.

Inquiriesofarchitecture The digital organization is hyper-connected and interdependent, business architecture contains the organizational context and is strategic in that it gives direction to the business design, innovation, and transformation. The management and architects should ponder: What is the role Business Architecture may play to design and manage future businesses that can respond to “VUCA” reality, with multidimensional factors impacting business model, business operations, and business reputation? Which skills the architects and designers should sharpen in order to design the future of business? Did the presence of architectural artifacts actually influence business investment decisions, and drive transformative changes?

Inneraspectofarchitecture Building an evolving digital organization is to advocate the concept of “business as a whole is superior to the sum of pieces. Business architecture provides an invaluable set of philosophy, methodology, and mechanism for performing a wide array of tasks including strategic positioning, process optimization, balancing the business priorities and forcing conversations that are otherwise difficult to have, to make an impact on all crucial aspects of the organization.

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