Business Architecture: Part IV — Building a Robust Foundation for the Future

by William Ulrich

In Part I and Part II of this six-part Executive Update series, we discussed the importance of executive sponsorship and outlined how business architecture provides the means for shaping and communicating business strategy, transformation roadmaps, and funding models. ¹ Part III explored using value streams as a basis for planning and deploying various business initiatives. ² Here in Part IV, we examine how capabilities, introduced in Part I, form the foundation for fusing business and IT through a shared vocabulary, vision, and transformation strategy.