Business Architecture Maturity Model Flashcards
No business architecture discipline exists within the enterprise.
Overall / 1. Initial
Business architecture governance structures are defined and established for the business with appropriate executive sponsorship.
Overall / 2. Managed
The goals of the business are understood with a business model, strategy, or equivalent concepts in place.
Overall / 2. Managed
Business architecture team has a defined mandate and clearly articulated goals.
Overall / 2. Managed
Business architecture team is staffed appropriately based on a suitable governance structure that services the needs of the business.
Overall / 2. Managed
Core business architecture domains have been articulated for the business using foundational business architecture blueprints, including Capability, Value Stream, Information and Organisation
Overall / 3. Defined
The capability map is defined and captured within the business architecture knowledgebase.
Overall / 3. Defined
Value streams (or other value maps) are defined and captured within the business architecture knowledgebase.
Overall / 3. Defined
The information map is defined and captured within the business architecture knowledgebase.
Overall / 3. Defined
The organisation map is defined and captured within the business architecture knowledgebase.
Overall / 3. Defined
The business has documented business vision, goals, objectives, and action items for achieving them using formal strategy mapping approaches.
Overall / 4. Strategically Executed
Business architecture is actively used to discover portfolio project opportunities.
Overall / 4. Strategically Executed
Business architecture is used to identify opportunities to drive business performance improvement.
Overall / 4. Strategically Executed
Project opportunities are realised through measured improvements in capability and value focused performance.
Overall / 4. Strategically Executed
Business innovation, business partnerships, and other strategic initiatives routinely leverage business architecture.
Overall / 4. Strategically Executed
Transformational initiatives leverage business / IT architecture alignment concepts.
Overall / 4. Strategically Executed
Business strategy is clearly articulated and realised through business architecture and supported through enterprise architecture and technology strategy.
Overall / 5. Fully Integrated
Capability performance is a key driver in project and program selection within the firm’s portfolio management processes.
Overall / 5. Fully Integrated
The business architecture is fully integrated into the remaining aspects of enterprise architecture.
Overall / 5. Fully Integrated
Major information technology investments with business implications are driven through business strategy as articulated via business architecture.
Overall / 5. Fully Integrated
Feedback and improvement processes exist that allow for continuous business alignment to achieve innovation and agility.
Overall / 5. Fully Integrated
The executive sponsorship of business architecture ensures that principles, standards, quality and designs reflect compliance, and where noncompliance is evident escalation process is in place to satisfactorily resolve.
Governance
No explicit governance of architectural standards.
Governance / 1. Initial
Scope is undefined to deploy control or influence.
Governance / 1. Initial
Governance process of business architecture deliverables is defined but not deployed.
Governance / 2. Managed
The foundational governance structures have been defined and established for the organisation, with appropriate executive sponsorship.
Governance / 2. Managed
Steering committee in place and meeting on a regular basis to establish objectives for business architecture organisation; value stream definition in flight or complete.
Governance / 2. Managed
No explicit governance of architectural standards.
Governance / 2. Managed
Roles for proper steering committee may be defined but may not be filled.
Governance / 2. Managed
Steering committee roles include:
- a chairperson or sponsor to lead the overall committee
- a representative from each business unit as defined by the enterprise
- one person from each line of business
Governance / 2. Managed
Architecture organisation supports the governance team in the use and review of the assets, to address questions.
Governance / 2. Managed
Additional members may be added to the steering committee at the discretion of the organisation. The steering committee process should be established, along with the cadence for the meetings.
Governance / 2. Managed
The foundational governance structures have been defined and established for the organisation.
Governance / 3. Defined
Business architecture review board process exists with governance of deployed architectural standards (e.g., scope analytics, process model, requirements management, notational and language standards) across a random selection of projects for review. Variances go undetected and architectural decisions may be diverted in design and implementation phases.
Governance / 3. Defined
Business ownership, business sponsorship and representation exist on a governance board of essential business areas.
Governance / 3. Defined
Business architecture methodology is fully integrated into the SDLC, PLC and other relevant governance processes.
Governance / 3. Defined
Governance process is explicitly documented and applied to a few architectural standards with some adherence.
Governance / 3. Defined
The business architecture steering committee has been formed, with its members trained on their responsibilities and the initial kick-off has occurred. The cadence of meetings has been agreed to, and the charter, which outlines the goals and objectives for the business architecture organisation, has been ratified by the steering committee.
Governance / 3. Defined
The business architecture steering committee provides an avenue for the business architecture working team to review, approve, and escalate issues and concerns to.
Governance / 3. Defined
Formal architecture reviews are conducted, appropriately placed within the project or system life cycle, and over the majority of investment spend. Additionally, formal processes have been deployed to manage variances in agreed designs. Quality reviews are in place to ensure success criteria are met.
Governance / 4. Strategically Executed
Enterprise level governance exists.
Governance / 4. Strategically Executed
Business architecture is completely owned by the business.
Governance / 4. Strategically Executed
Schedule is established and adhered to with metrics being managed through continuous improvement.
Governance / 4. Strategically Executed
Explicit governance exists on all investment and strategic initiatives.
Governance / 4. Strategically Executed
Virtual and core roles are actively promoted and cycled to ensure appropriate SME representation.
Governance / 4. Strategically Executed
Integrated governance process is documented and followed.
Governance / 4. Strategically Executed
Quality assurance standards are in place. The quality of the deliverables in their ability to drive value is acceptable. Design compliance is evident prior to gate release. Change control processes are in effect. Adherence to business architecture principles and standards is evident.
Governance / 4. Strategically Executed
Formal processes for managing architectural compliance and variances feed back into architecture definition. Process exceptions (standards waivers) are used to improve architecture governance process. Post implementation reviews are conducted to close the loop on continuous improvement and metric baselines.
Governance / 5. Fully Integrated
Business architecture deliverables are fully supported through the organisation’s IT and process strategies, and processes exist that allow these to be re-validated on an annual basis, ensuring consistent alignment and agility.
Governance / 5. Fully Integrated
Explicit governance exists over the entire body of change and investment portfolios, with holistic enterprise oversight.
Governance / 5. Fully Integrated
Standard change control process is used to make governance-process change.
Governance / 5. Fully Integrated
Business strategies are derived from strategy mapping and the performance of value delivery and capabilities. Integrating strategy into the business architecture results in strategic initiatives that deliver measurable value to the organisation.
Business Strategy Linkage
Business strategy, impacted business architecture, and initiatives drive and align with the information technology roadmap, bringing holistic strategic alignment.
Business Strategy Linkage
No linkage, or only implicit linkage, to business strategies and business drivers.
Business Strategy Linkage / 1. Initial
The conceptual mappings between business model frameworks and business architecture do not exist.
Business Strategy Linkage / 1. Initial
Linkage is reactive and sporadic.
Business Strategy Linkage / 2. Managed
Architecture vision, principles, goals and objectives are defined, but not aligned to business.
Business Strategy Linkage / 2. Managed
IT owns business architecture, with minimal business buy-in and involvement from senior business executives.
Business Strategy Linkage / 2. Managed
Approved mission & vision statements exist.
Business Strategy Linkage / 2. Managed
Clear set of principles exists.
Business Strategy Linkage / 2. Managed
Documented goals and objectives with outlined activities exist.
Business Strategy Linkage / 2. Managed
Existing business strategies are aligned to foundational maps.
Business Strategy Linkage / 2. Managed
Organisational alignment to IT exists.
Business Strategy Linkage / 2. Managed
Business lead interview results reveal little interest.
Business Strategy Linkage / 2. Managed
Strategy principles as defined in the BIZBOK® Guide are agreed to by the business or modified for organisational adoption.
Business Strategy Linkage / 2. Managed
Strategy mapping principles are actively applied to projects for compliance.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Explicit linkage of business architecture to business strategies exists.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Business recognition exists to the challenge, difficulty and cost of supporting a broad base of technologies.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Business architecture is owned and operated by IT, but the business is now involved. There is program management and budgetary alignment of business architecture efforts.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
The goals of the business are broadly understood, as well as the steps to be taken to achieve the business goals
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
A common vocabulary exists around “what the business does”.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Business strategies are known, documented, and there is some evidence of or attempts at business architecture alignment.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Business strategic objectives, plans, and goals are driving business architecture analysis efforts.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Terms of reference and/or charter exist, signed off by the business.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Business architecture analysis is a mandatory requirement of project life cycle.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Business architecture is integrated with capital planning and investment control
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Business architecture is used to deliver rapid solution analysis that can be turned into initiatives, align funding to business goals, shape one or more business goals into deployable projects, and ensure that projects are tied directly to business goals.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Business strategy principles are actively monitored for compliance and reviewed for continued relevancy.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Business blueprints are actively used to support:
- Strategy development and review
- Annual planning and budget cycle
- Investment portfolio
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
The business has greater accountability for and involvement in business architecture, and owns it.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Periodic reexamination of business drivers exists.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Recognition exists that architectural standards reduce integration complexity and enhance ability of IT to enable business goals.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Business participates actively in architecture definition and design.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
The business has defined value stream visions or similar strategy deliverables based on core business architecture assets.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
The business is actively using business architecture to define portfolio project opportunities to drive business performance improvement.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Blueprints are supported and maintained as strategic input to planning, budget and investment.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Evidence exists of use of the blueprints to drive strategic initiatives and investments.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Formal strategy map is defined and actively used to define and drive strategy at the enterprise level..
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
Business strategy is clearly articulated, realised through the business architecture, and supported through the IT strategy.
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
Processes exist that allow for strategy and impacted areas to be re-validated on an annual basis, ensuring consistent alignment and agility.
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
All lines of business participate actively in architecture definition, placing the good of the enterprise ahead of what is best for each.
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
Linkage between concepts found in business model and business architecture are being used to organise and concur on certain business goals.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Business model and accompanying goals, which collectively form part of a broader business vision, serve as the baseline in taking action to achieve stated goals.
Business Strategy Linkage / 3. Defined
Business ownership has been established over the business model framework content.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Business drivers are part of the model analysis.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Engagement process and rationale is completely defined and adopted at a detailed level.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Business architecture alignment to strategies is part of the culture.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Business accepts architectural standards as a means to reduce integration complexity and enhance ability to achieve business goals.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
There is business signoff on architectural definition.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
The foundations required to determine the impact of various business model articulated goals, assess deployment options, balance costs against benefits, and ensure that related business goals are considered within the context of a given goal, are in place.
Business Strategy Linkage / 4. Strategically Executed
Business outcomes are realised through the business architecture.
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
Business outcomes are supported through the business architecture aligned IT strategy.
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
Lines of business formally signoff on architecture definition, based on strategy.
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
Business architecture performance analysis metrics are used to optimise and drive business strategy and impacts.
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
Enterprise holistic viewpoints are applied to architectural decisions.
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
Business architecture is being used to interpret the business model in ways essential to establishing actionable roadmaps, funding, and priorities needed to deliver results ranging from tactical deployments to long-term business transformation.
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
Business architecture serves as a means of taking various goals resulting from business model deployment, and structures them in a way that can be driven into business solutions.
Business Strategy Linkage / 5. Fully Integrated
Business management actively engaged in the sponsorship, governance, and direction of the adoption and use of the business architecture.
Management Involvement
Minimal or no management involvement exists. Some management may inhibit progress.
Management Involvement / 1. Initial
Management dedication to business architecture and requirements is poor/unacceptable by industry standards.
Management Involvement / 1. Initial
Level of support from the organisation, as a whole, is non-existent.
Management Involvement / 1. Initial
Some senior management recognition of business architecture value exists. There is executive sponsorship with limited first line recognition or participation.
Management Involvement / 2. Managed
Management dedication to business architecture and requirements is just adequate by industry standards.
Management Involvement / 2. Managed
There is limited management team awareness or involvement.
Management Involvement / 2. Managed
Level of support and acceptance from the organisation is limited or minimal.
Management Involvement / 2. Managed
Management awareness of business architecture efforts exists. There is some resistance to implications and benefits of having defined business architecture.
Management Involvement / 3. Defined
Organisational use of business architecture output is on a reactive or prove-a-point basis.
Management Involvement / 3. Defined
There is misalignment between executive and management - some see benefit, others do not.
Management Involvement / 3. Defined
Management dedication to business architecture and requirements is good by industry standards.
Management Involvement / 3. Defined
Senior management is aware and actively supportive of architectural standards, but this has not rippled through the management hierarchy.
Management Involvement / 3. Defined
Level of support the organisation provides is not entirely consistent across management levels and business units.
Management Involvement / 3. Defined
Senior management is directly involved in business architecture review processes and governance.
Management Involvement / 4. Strategically Executed
Management dedication to business architecture is excellent by vertical industry standards.
Management Involvement / 4. Strategically Executed
Level of support the organisation gives to business architecture is strong, consistent, and adequate.
Management Involvement / 4. Strategically Executed
Management status updates are provided to ensure communication of reviews and governance results are executed.
Management Involvement / 4. Strategically Executed
Management support is clear and consistent.
Management Involvement / 5. Fully Integrated
Management reviews business architecture process, progress, governance, cycle times and variances.
Management Involvement / 5. Fully Integrated
Management is involved in optimising process improvements in architecture development and governance.
Management Involvement / 5. Fully Integrated
Business architecture is completely owned by the business. IT is a key stakeholder.
Management Involvement / 5. Fully Integrated
There is senior management involvement and direction in optimising process improvements in business architecture evolution, utilisation, and governance.
Management Involvement / 5. Fully Integrated
Business architecture approach, methods, and practice as defined in the BIZBOK® Guide principles and usage guidelines.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice
Architectural process and development of business blueprints (i.e., maps) does not exist.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 1. Initial
No business architecture agreed upon approach exists.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 1. Initial
A business architecture framework has not been adopted.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 1. Initial
Some non-industry standards exist; however, these are established by ad hoc means.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 1. Initial
Business architecture activities are not recognised within the enterprise.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 1. Initial
Business architecture-like activities are completed as portions of strategic efforts or evaluation, but are not recognised as business architecture.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 1. Initial
There is no evidence of methods, process, framework, reference maps or principles.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 1. Initial
The business does not understand or recognise the ability of business architecture blueprints to inform business scenarios.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 1. Initial
A business architecture framework of model types with architectural process and methods is under development.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 2. Managed
Recognised standards are being applied.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 2. Managed
Business architecture principles have been agreed on by the business.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 2. Managed
Business architecture work is done on an ad hoc basis.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 2. Managed
Activities and disciplines related to business architecture are being performed such as business process modelling, business rules definition, and enterprise business analyst activities.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 2. Managed
Business architecture BIZBOK® Guide reference framework is utilised, documented, published and agreed upon. Twenty percent of core BIZBOK® Guide practices are deployed.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 2. Managed
Success is dependent on individual efforts. Architecture mission, vision, principles, goals, and objectives are documented.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 2. Managed
Foundational blueprints are developed and available. Industry reference maps are sourced. Business architecture blueprints are created to address individual, one time scenarios, usually at the suggestion of the business architect.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 2. Managed
A business architecture approach has been defined. Process, practices and methods are defined, deployed and actively communicated. Industry standards exist, but not all areas clearly link to overarching conceptual principles and best practices.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
Use of process and practices are unstructured, with inconsistent application of principles, methods, and standards, which are viewed by the organisation as competing.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
Foundational blueprints are available.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
Business analysis and discipline alignment (e.g., case management, process management, Lean Six Sigma) are actively being aligned.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
Deliverables are driven by business architecture principles, practices, and standards, and are harvested back to a central repository.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
People, process and technology components of the business architecture are considered.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
A few successful engagements have been completed.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
A recognised business architecture methodology approach is being applied, e.g. the BIZBOK® Guide.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
Methods, practices, techniques, and standards are documented and defined using industry reference maps and industry body standards.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
The process for managing architectural content is defined and documented.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
Architecturally significant documents are defined and agreed across architecture teams. Quality criteria are in place for each model type.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
Architecture mission, vision, principles, goals, and objectives are defined and agreed by sponsor and primary stakeholders.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
Core practices are understood and being used.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
Quality criteria are in place for business architecture and related discipline alignment.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
Business architecture practice is funded.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 3. Defined
A formal process is in place for engaging business architects in business strategy, planning, and change management activities, and for integrating business architecture with IT processes and projects.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
A formal business architecture approach is in place that includes business capability, value, information, and organisation mapping. Process, methods, and standards are consistently deployed and linked to business strategies, architecture, and best practices. Architecture framework is defined with content actively being generated.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Evidence of business blueprints integration (e.g. value stream / capability cross-map). Value stream visioning or similar approaches are defined and deliverables are based on the core business architecture assets.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Major business units share common business architecture perspective.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Demand and usage for business architecture is now coming from the business.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Business architecture is engaged to define, validate, and prioritise projects and portfolios based on strategic alignment.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Materials, manuals, and guidelines are up to date. Business architecture collateral is being leveraged on strategic projects.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Techniques and scenarios for business analysis and modelling are adopted.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Architecturally-significant, mandatory artefacts are being produced for high priority projects.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Quality criteria are actively applied to the model types and content in the framework. Quality of expected architectural artefacts is defined and managed.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Process for managing, analysing, modelling, designing, deploying, refining, monitoring, and handling change control of the business architecture content is adopted.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Business architecture blueprints are used consistently by the business to inform a large number of business scenarios.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 4. Strategically Executed
Business architecture is part of the culture, with linkages between foundational and extended business architecture perspectives (as defined in the BIZBOK® Guide figure 1.1).
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 5. Fully Integrated
Efforts exist to optimise and continuously improve business architecture approach and definition.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 5. Fully Integrated
Enterprise capability, value, information, and organisation maps are in place and in use.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 5. Fully Integrated
Major business units have aligned to the enterprise perspective on business architecture.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 5. Fully Integrated
The use of business architecture blueprints to address business scenarios is normative.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 5. Fully Integrated
Requests for new blueprints are largely driven by the business.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 5. Fully Integrated
Traceability of expected business outcomes is defined and followed.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 5. Fully Integrated
Process for managing, analysing, modelling, designing, deploying, refining, monitoring, and handling change control of the business architecture framework content is rigorously applied and continually improved. When specific practices and techniques are required, they are used.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 5. Fully Integrated
Architecturally-significant artefacts, including custom blueprints based on foundational business architecture artefacts, are being produced for all projects.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 5. Fully Integrated
Level of support the organisation, as a whole, gives to business architecture is strong and broadly accepted.
Architecture Process, Methods and Practice / 5. Fully Integrated
No strategy mapping or formal strategy definition is in place.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 1. Initial
There is no link between strategy and business architecture.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 1. Initial
Strategy mapping is an accepted practice.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 2. Managed
Strategy mapping is beginning to articulate strategies.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 2. Managed
Strategy mapping approach is allowing for identification of differentiated market strategies.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 2. Managed
Business Motivation Model (BMM) or similar approach is used to tie strategies and tactics to goals and objectives.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 2. Managed
Business architecture provides input to strategy mapping.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 3. Defined
Strategy map has three components: objectives; a mapping of objectives and outcomes to capabilities and value streams; and one or more analyses that evaluate the other two components in the context of the competitive marketplace and the economic, legal, and societal environment.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 3. Defined
A business strategy mapping framework is used to define, communicate, and govern objectives.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 3. Defined
Strategy mapping is enabling traceability of business objectives into project goals.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 3. Defined
A strategy mapping framework is used to gain better visibility of investment decisions.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 3. Defined
Principles of strategy mapping are agreed upon.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 3. Defined
Strategy portfolio objectives are linked together by outcomes that support or oppose the outcomes of other strategies.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 3. Defined
Strategic objectives are mapped to capabilities, value streams.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 3. Defined
Strategy mapping highlights goals and objectives along with identified actions to be taken to achieve those goals and objectives.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 3. Defined
Strategy mapping is used to balance strategic objectives and tactical demands.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 4. Strategically Executed
Strategy mapping framework is used to monitor progress towards strategic goals.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 4. Strategically Executed
Principles of strategy mapping are governed.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 4. Strategically Executed
Business strategy uses the business architecture to assess the impact, further inform and tie strategy to business area and objective.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 4. Strategically Executed
Strategy is deployed through a well- managed execution and delivery methodology to ensure all employees understand the long- term goals, and organisational initiatives are aligned.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 4. Strategically Executed
Organisational initiatives are linked to strategic objectives to ensure that objectives are decomposed to a level that is attainable for the defined scope of the initiative.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 4. Strategically Executed
Monitoring processes are established and used to ensure planned actions are accomplished.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 4. Strategically Executed
The business architecture informs the business of opportunities and the business selects the right opportunity based on the strategy goals.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 5. Fully Integrated
Business performance analysis leverages heat-mapped business architecture blueprints, and drives business goals to help identify a portfolio of possible strategic objectives and projects.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 5. Fully Integrated
Actionable strategy deployment, on an enterprise level, is articulated and achieved through the perspective of business architecture
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 5. Fully Integrated
Year-over-year lessons learned are used to continually improve planning process.
Business Architecture Mapping – Business Strategy / 5. Fully Integrated
No capability mapping is in place or it is being used in ways that do not define capabilities according to BIZBOK® Guide capability mapping principles.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 1. Initial
Some capability maps exist but are deep for a single business unit, or are business-wide but only to levels 1 or 2.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 2. Managed
Concepts of capability mapping are understood in pockets, with one or more capabilities maps in process.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 2. Managed
No guidelines are in place for creating or coordinating capabilities modelling efforts.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 2. Managed
No quality criteria are defined for capabilities maps.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 2. Managed
Maps may or may not have been subjected to business validation; stability of maps is questionable.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 2. Managed
Concepts of capability mapping are established and recognised across all organisational units involved in business architecture.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 3. Defined
A single capability map is in place and recognised as definitive for the enterprise; business SMEs participated actively in the development and/or refinement of the model; guidelines and mechanisms are in place for coordinating changes and update to the capability map.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 3. Defined
Quality criteria for the capability map have been defined, and are applied to all changes and updates to the capability map.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 3. Defined
There is limited mapping of capabilities to other business blueprints.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 3. Defined
Capability has been partially heat mapped.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 3. Defined
Business validation and acceptance of the capability map is ubiquitous.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 4. Strategically Executed
The capability map is stable - changes at this point involve refinement of definitions, addition of examples (unless the business ventures into new product or service types, in which case the process for updating the capability map is well-known and followed).
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 4. Strategically Executed
Capability cross-mappings to value streams, organisation, and other blueprints are in place, kept up-to- date, and can be traced bi- directionally.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 4. Strategically Executed
The capability map is comprehensive, and owned and maintained by the business.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 4. Strategically Executed
Capability map has been heat mapped, and impact ratings have been applied to capabilities where appropriate to strategy.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 4. Strategically Executed
Capability map definitions drive information map definition.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 4. Strategically Executed
Capability map heat and impact mappings are completed as appropriate and updated on an ongoing basis.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 5. Fully Integrated
The use of and relationships to the capability map are optimised.
Business Architecture Mapping – Capability / 5. Fully Integrated