Module 8: Business Architecture and Business Change Flashcards
What are the five stages of the BCS Business Change Lifecycle?
Alignment
Definition
Design and Development
Implementation
Realisation
Business case
Why is the BCS Business Change Lifecycle a useful framework for organisation
Helps the business architect to ensure that any business change initiative is aligned with the strategic goals and objectives of the organisation
What makes up the alignment stage of the business change initiative?
Aligning the business change initiative with the strategic goals and objectives of the organisation
What makes up the definition stage of the business change initiative?
Defining the scope and objectives of the initiative
What is the impact of the business change lifecycle
Enables business agility and provides the opportunity for competitive advantage
What is a business operating model
A business operating model is the system of activities, processes, capabilities, resources and partners that a Company uses to create and deliver value to customers
Business model vs Business Operating Model
Business model - How a business captures value / Business Operating Model - How a business is run
What is a target operating model
Blueprint that defines the desired future state of an organisations processes, systems and organisational structure. Serves as a roadmap for making strategic changes to the business and aligning the operations to strategy
How can a business architect be used to evaluate and enable change initiatives
Define the current state
Prioritise initiatives
Align change initiatives with strategy
identify and evaluate the impact of change
identify dependencies and interdependencies
clarify roles
Identify and address gaps
design new capabilities
How does Walsh and Ungson define organisational memory?
A combination of acquisition, retention and retrieval
Organisational memory is both an individual and organisational construct. True or false
True
