Business capabilities reference model new brunswick. Once you have registered you can immediately download togaf 9. A business capability is a functional building block of the business architecture that supports the business model and the business strategy. Supports business capabilities through an explicitly defined interface and is explicitly governed by an organization.
Based on business capabilities, business capability maps can be created, which enable the assessment of. Pdf on jan 1, 2018, pouya aleatrati khosroshahi and others published business capability maps. Business capability managemen hassoplattnerinstitut. Togaf to essential meta model mapping v4 the essential project. Current practices and use cases for enterprise architecture management find, read and cite all. Enterprise it architectures enterprise architecture ea.
Deliverables produced by executing the adm are shown in the. Introduction to part iv identifies deliverables that are produced as outputs from executing the adm cycle and potentially consumed as inputs at other points in the adm. Irrespective of what business capability mapping methodology you have used, capability models make nice wall art. The office of the cio has adopted the open group architecture framework. If such a deficit is recognized for an important business capability, measures can be taken. I would personally prefer to define a capability as a grouping of organisational resources or assets i.
Hence enterprise activities are treated with far less detai l. This is a togaf series guide to architecture maturity models. Architecture capability framework this part discusses the organization, processes, skills, roles, and responsibilities required to establish and operate an architecture function within an enterprise. Enterprise architecture as business capabilities architecture. The business capability map can be used as a basis for analyzing how an it landscape can be transformed to optimally support the business fuh11c. Business capability mapping and analysis bcma by helix commerce. Hence, it is essential to craft blueprints, views, and viewpoints, which juxtapose capabilities and other entities so as to map the relationships and footprint. It looks to answer some important questions about what a business capability is and how it is being used to enhance business analysis and planning in the development of a togaf business architecture. This means transparency is created with regards to which business capabilities are badly supported by available applications.
This capability map is used by a business unit mainly focused on sales of financial. Capability maps, enterprise architecture ea, enterprise architecture management. Follow the instructions on this page to download togaf 9 in various formats, including a pdf edition of the togaf 9 book, a html edition of togaf 9, and a method plugin for epf composer. It formalizes the definition of an enterprise architecture. It leaders are realizing that mapping it applications to business.
Building and putting your business capability model to work. While the development of a business capability map is important, the value to the enterprise is in the assessment. With business capabilities, you may link execution to strategy, by associating which capabilities support the strategy pillars, aligning funding to core capabilities, and assigning, measuring and monitoring key performance indicators. Other deliverables may be produced elsewhere and consumed by the adm. Stakeholder management is an important discipline that successful architecture practitioners can use to win support from others. It defines the organizations capacity to successfully perform an unique business activity. Capabilities architecture as the cornerstone of our approach to enterprise architecture. The intention of dividing the togaf standard into these independent parts is to allow for different areas of specialization to be considered in detail and potentially addressed in isolation. Business capabilities centric enterprise architecture. Capabilitybased planning with togaf and archimate university of. Togaf is the open group framework for developing an enterprise architecture and. Capability mapping is a methodology of business architecture, which is used to align strategic objectives and tactical demands capability maps reflect the what. Business capability map and model the definitive guide. As the discipline and practice of business architecture has continued to grow and mature, the concept of the business capability has emerged to become a fundamental component in the development of a business architectu.
Downloading togaf 9 as an architecture forum member. It introduces the concept of architecture capability maturity models, techniques for evaluating and quantifying an organizations maturity in enterprise architecture, including a publicly available framework as an example, which can be used by any enterprise to develop their own organizationspecific maturity model. It does not have the concept of a business function, because capability takes its place. Enterprise it architectures it architecture standards, togaf and.
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