TOGAF ADM – Phase B – Business Architecture

By | January 23, 2015
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Objectives

  • Develop the Target Business Architecture describing how the enterprise needs to operate to achieve the business goals, responds to the strategic drivers set out in the Architecture Vision, and addresses the Request for Architecture Work and stakeholder concerns
  • Identify candidate Architecture Roadmap components based upon gaps between the Baseline and Target Business Architectures

Steps

  • Select reference models, viewpoints, and tools
  • Develop Baseline Business Architecture Description
  • Develop Target Business Architecture Description
  • Perform gap analysis
  • Define candidate roadmap components
  • Resolve impacts across the Architecture Landscape
  • Conduct formal stakeholder review
  • Finalize the Business Architecture
  • Create Architecture Definition Document

Inputs

  • Request for Architecture Work
  • Business principles, business goals, and business drivers
  • Capability Assessment
  • Communications Plan
  • Organizational Model for Enterprise Architecture
  • Tailored Architecture Framework
  • Approved Statement of Architecture Work
  • Architecture principles, including business principles, when pre-existing Enterprise Continuum
  • Architecture Repository
  • Architecture Vision, including:
    • Refined key high-level stakeholder requirements
  • Draft Architecture Definition Document, including:
    • Baseline Business Architecture (high-level)
    • Baseline Data Architecture (high-level)
    • Baseline Application Architecture (high-level)
    • Baseline Technology Architecture (high-level)
    • Target Business Architecture (high-level)
    • Target Data Architecture (high-level)
    • Target Application Architecture (high-level)
    • Target Technology Architecture (high-level)

Outputs

  • Statement of Architecture Work, updated if necessary
  • Validated business principles, business goals, and business drivers
  • Elaborated Business Architecture principles
  • Draft Architecture Definition Document containing content updates:
    • Baseline Business Architecture (detailed), if appropriate
    • Target Business Architecture (detailed)
    • Views corresponding to selected viewpoints addressing key stakeholder concerns
  • Draft Architecture Requirements Specification including content updates:
    • Gap analysis results
    • Technical requirements
    • Updated business requirements
  • Business Architecture components of an Architecture Roadmap