Applying TOGAF® Business Architecture Enhancements - The Open Group
Channel: The Open Group
Date: 2019-06-24

1:35 - Agenda
- Introduction
- Business Architecture Improvements (7:22)
- Business Model (10:02)
- Business capability (12:40)
- Value Streams (18:43)
- Information Mapping (20:44)
- TOGAF Business Architecture Level 1 Credential (28:04)

Background:
The TOGAF Standard Version 9.1 was published in 2011. The Business Architecture discipline has evolved significantly since then.
The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, published in April 2018, includes major improvements in business architecture. Further supplemented by an evolving set of TOGAF Series guides adding a more complete business architecture practices.

Business Architecture Advancements
Architecture Development Method (ADM) Improvements Phase A - Architecture Vision.
- Introduction of "course of actioon" concept with ties to strategy and architecture.
- Phase A introduces initial business capabilities and value streams.
- "Develop Architecture Vision" step expanded: - Policy development and strategic decisions captured. Ties architecture vision to selected course of action.
- "Creating Architecture Vision" subsection expanded - Business models as strategy artifact. Examination and research of business architecture concepts: business capabilities, value streams, and organization Maps.
- Added outputs: Business Model diagram, Business Capability Map & Value Stream Map.

9:18 - #TOGAF Series Guides. The TOGAF® Series Guides contain detailed guidance on how to use the TOGAF framework, and are expected to be the most rapidly developing part of the TOGAF documentation set. See more via: https://publications.opengroup.org/guides/togaf/togaf-series-guides

Business Models Guide Overview:
- Familiarizes architects with the concept and purpose of business models.
- Explains how business models relate to and influence the TOGAF ADM.
- Explores a common framework for creating and leveraging business model artifacts.

Business Capability 
Business Capabilities Guide Overview:
- Defines the "business capability" concept.
- Describes the significance of business capabilities to Business/Enterprise Architecture.
- Provides guidance for developing and using them in practice.

Level 1 Capability Model (18:15)

Value Streams
Value Streams Guide Overview:
- Defines value and the "value stream" concept.
- Describes the significance of value streams to Business/Enterprise Architecture.
- Provides guidance for developing and using them in practice.
- Provides key scenarios.

Information Mapping
Information Mapping Guide Overview:
- A framework to help architects understand what information matters most to a business.
- An information map is a collection of information concepts and their relationships to one another.

Q&A session with Steve Nunn, President & CEO, The Open Group https://www.opengroup.org/

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