Select architecture viewpoints to demonstrate how stakeholder concerns are addressed in the Business Architecture

Select tools and techniques for viewpoints

Describe the existing Business Architecture (the current baseline)

Develop a Target Business Architecture

Analyze the gaps between the Baseline and Target Architectures

Develop Baseline Business Architecture Description

Identify Reference Models, Viewpoints, and Tools

Create Business Architecture Model(s)

Select Business Architecture Building Blocks

Conduct a Formal Checkpoint Review of the Architecture Model and Building Blocks with Stakeholders

Review Non-Functional (Qualitative) Criteria

Complete the Business Architecture

Perform Gap Analysis and Create Report

Request for Architecture Work

Approved Statement of Architecture Work

Refined statements of business goals and strategic drivers

Architecture principles, including business principles

The Enterprise Continuum

Architecture Vision, including:

• Baseline Business Architecture, Version 0.1
• Baseline Technology Architecture, Version 0.1
• Baseline Data Architecture, Version 0.1
• Baseline Applications Architecture, Version 0.1
• Target Business Architecture, Version 0.1
• Target Technology Architecture, Version 0.1
• Target Data Architecture, Version 0.1
• Target Applications Architecture, Version 0.1

Statement of Architecture Work, updated if necessary

Validated business principles, business goals, and strategic drivers

Target Business Architecture, Version 1.0 (detailed)

Baseline Business Architecture, Version 1.0 (detailed)

Views corresponding to the selected viewpoints addressing key stakeholder concerns

Gap analysis results

Technical requirements identifying, categorizing, and prioritizing the implications for work in the remaining architecture domains (for example, by a dependency/priority matrix )

Business Architecture Report

Updated business requirements