Summary
As we have seen in this chapter, business architecture elements look very similar to their counterpart elements in the application and technology layers. However, even if they look alike, the business architecture elements describe the business regardless of the availability of applications and technology.
Automated business elements are realized by application and technology elements. Knowing this is critical for many businesses as they seek higher maturity levels. If your organization keeps everything in an EA repository, as it should, elements can be located in a few minutes. This is the power of EA, and this is the helpfulness of an EA tool such as Sparx.
In the next chapter, we will combine the knowledge and the experience that we have gained regarding building business, application, and technology models under the business capabilities umbrella.
