Let us define Business Architecture
What does business architecture mean, and what does a business consist of? Please read it here!
Definition
What is the Architecture of a Business:
A business structure is a business system comprising elements such as departments, operations, and attributes like image, ethics code, and transparency.
A business (structure, system) is an organization or economic system exchanging goods, services, or products for value.
In Dragon1, an architecture is only real architecture when it contains a coherent set of constructive, operative, and decorative concepts.
Summarized, the Business Architecture definition is:
Business Architecture is a coherent set of business concepts of a business structure or business system. It is a total concept containing constructive, operative, and decorative business concepts.
Examples of Business Architecture
Examples of Business Architecture (or total concepts for doing business) are:
- The 100% Online & Digital Company - all business is done online & digital
- The 100% Brick and Mortar Money Collection Business - all money is collected in the real world
- The Trust-Based Consultancy Company - all that this company advises is believed or accepted by its clients through trust
Example Business Architecture Diagram
This diagram shows a part of the business architecture of an organization.
It identifies the business capabilities the organization possesses for specific business functions, enabled by the implementation of certain business concepts.
Also, the diagram shows the organization's capabilities in terms of skills and capacity. The set of business concepts is the actual business architecture.
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