Business architecture
Business architecture is one domain of EA that describes various architectural aspects of businesses. SMEs that create business architecture are the business architects. Business architecture articulates the functional structure of enterprise including the business process and business capabilities. One of the key outputs of business architecture is business capability models. The business capability is a certain business functionality that delivers business values under specific conditions. The business capabilities are provided via business services and business processes which in turn implement business functionality:
Figure 16: Business capability map
Business architecture is the operating structure and represents the business functions, flows, and information. Business architecture defines key business entities that interact to deliver value to the business stakeholders. Business architecture is a big picture showing all key business functions, operating models,...
