Concept: Business Architecture |
The organization of significant elements of the enterprise and their interactions, to realize the services and business processes aligned with the enterprise’s vision and mission.
Relationships
Related Elements | Business Modeling
Main Description
Business Architecture is a subset of Enterprise Architecture, focusing upon the organization of significant elements of the enterprise and their collaboration to realize the services and business processes supporting the enterprise vision and strategies. Business Architecture is decomposed into Business Domains comprised of Business Functions. Business Functions collaborate to realize business processes and offer services via well-defined interfaces. An enterprise’s Business Architecture is driven by its vision, goals and strategies, and influenced by the enterprise’s architectural principles. The Business Architecture is captured in Business Models. Stakeholder perspectives of the Business Architecture are exposed via views into the Business Models.
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Concepts | Business Goal
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