Business Architecture: Part II — Business-Driven Transformation Strategies, Roadmaps, and Funding Models

by William Ulrich

In Part I of this six-part Executive Update series on business architecture, we took a look at why business executives must sponsor and enable business architecture for the business. ¹ We discussed how business architecture supports a wide range of business initiatives, such as improving customer service and reducing customer attrition; enabling merger, acquisition, and divestiture activities; and deploying new business strategies across product lines and business units. The challenge facing many organizations today is that enterprise strategies and executive mandates rarely align to funded initiatives and project deployments. Fragmented, redundant, or even conflicting projects often take organizations in directions that fall far short of strategic goals and executive mandates, in spite of the millions of dollars spent on these efforts. Here in Part II, we'll discuss how organizations can craft business-driven transformation strategies that address these challenges.