Business Architecture

Business architecture articulates how an organization creates and delivers value through capabilities, value streams, processes, and organizational structures. It connects strategy to execution by showing which capabilities must mature and which processes or roles change. Business architecture provides the anchor for application, data, and technology decisions.

In Practice

Effective business architecture engages executives and process owners, not only IT analysts. Larkinized LLC uses capability maps and value stream analysis to prioritize investments and define measurable outcomes. Business architecture outputs feed portfolio roadmaps and change management plans.

Example

A retailer maps the “Customer Acquisition” value stream to three core capabilities and identifies duplicate CRM processes across regions.