TOGAF 10 Business Architecture: 7 Core Elements Explained
This article outlines the seven key elements of business architecture as defined in the TOGAF 10 standard, including business capability mapping, information mapping, organization mapping, process modeling, structured analysis, use case analysis, and value stream mapping, noting that decomposition levels vary by enterprise context.
TOGAF 10 Business Architecture Elements
The TOGAF 10 standard specifies the deliverables and architecture elements for business architecture. The following seven elements constitute the core of business architecture:
Business Capability Mapping: Identifies, classifies, and decomposes the business capabilities required for the business to deliver value to one or more stakeholders.
Information Mapping: Collects the most important information concepts for the business and their relationships.
Organization Mapping: Represents the business organizational structure (including third-party domains), describing business units, their decomposition into lower-level functions, and organizational relationships (unit-to-unit and mapping to business capabilities, locations, and other attributes).
Process Modeling: Clarifies the activities of enterprise business processes to support analysis and improvement.
Structured Analysis: Determines key business capabilities within the architecture scope and maps them to business functions and organizational units in the business.
Use Case Analysis: A technique for identifying system or task requirements from the user's perspective.
Value Stream Mapping: Provides an end-to-end breakdown of activities the organization performs to create value exchanged with stakeholders.
Value stream mapping illustrates how an organization delivers value within the context of a specific stakeholder set, leveraging business capabilities to create stakeholder value and aligning with other aspects of the target business architecture.
It is important to note that the required level of decomposition and rigor varies across enterprises and within an enterprise. Architects should consider the enterprise's goals, objectives, scope, and the purpose of the enterprise architecture effort to determine the appropriate decomposition level.
Reference: TOGAF 10 Standard Edition
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