O-BA describes a typical transformation lifecycle providing a framework for two dimensions of traceability: vertical (from strategy to competitive assessment to investment to implementation and outcomes) and horizontal (across different domains of the organization/ecosystem). In this way we can find answers to our business questions. information exchanges).Ĭapabilities will be mapped to organization and then we will identify respective enablers such as technology, application, process, information, skills.īusiness Architecture builds the overall picture and connects the dots in a logical a traceable framework, generating blueprints that represent the current state, future state and possible intermediate steps of a transformation. Then we will analyze them and uncover the capabilities that enable each stage of the value streams and their respective relationships (e.g. The relevant customer journeys – tailored to customer personas – represent the main value stream which is the backbone of the whole story.Īlong with the customer’s perspective, we will align the relevant value streams of the other stakeholders, including their pursued goals. Any of them will try to combine the business stakeholders’ views in a holistic picture.įor a digital business sake, as discussed in my first post, we want to start from the intended customer experience and make it our baseline. There are several techniques to uncover the capabilities that a business requires. The O-BA standard reflects industry best practices addressing the business view of a transformation. How our partners and channels are going to be impacted? How our customers/users’ experience is going to be impacted? More importantly: how to focus investments and ensure that the desired business outcomes will be achieved? How to ensure a common understanding of the transformation within the organization? How to align an organization and its constituents towards the goal? Do we have the necessary skills and what changes should we drive, even in our organization’s culture? How to unleash technology-driven innovation to lead business model innovation, as well as the other way round? How processes and organization are going to be impacted? How to identify priorities? What about dependencies and risks? ![]() When undertaking our transformation efforts we need to answer, in a structured way, the inherent business questions, such as: Part #3 – Business Architecture Answers the Business Questions This is part three in a three-part series. Giovanni, who is leading this effort within Huawei, presented Huawei’s perspectives on Business Architecture coming from best practices. Huawei was a Diamond Sponsor of this summit, is a Platinum Member of The Open Group and is participating in the creation of the O-BA standard, whose first part was launched in July 2016 as a Preliminary Standard. Giovanni Traverso, Chief Business Architect of HUAWEI Service Strategy and Architecture Practice, to give a keynote speech “New Open Business Architecture (O-BA) to Support the Construction of Digital Business and Smart Government”. At The Open Group Shanghai 2016 summit, we invited Dr.
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