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Using business architecture

Manage business units, departments, goals, value streams, value stream stages, business capabilities, business processes, and demands in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace.

  • Manage business units
    Manage business units in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace to define your organizational functions.
  • Manage departments
    Add or edit departments, add users to the departments in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace.
  • Manage goals
    Manage goals to track and optimize your investments in business applications. Add a quantitative and qualitative targets to the goals in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace.
  • Manage value streams
    A value stream is a high-level representation of the steps an organization takes to deliver value to a customer whether internal or external. These steps are organized into value stream stages, each of which contributes incrementally to the final value delivered.
  • Manage value stream stages
    Value stream stages are the building blocks of a value stream, each adding an incremental value. Add or edit value stream stages in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace.
  • Manage business capabilities
    Add or edit a business capability, sub-capability, and manage architectural artifacts and diagrams of the capabilities in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace.
  • Manage business processes
    A business processes is a structured method to organize and manage applications that collectively deliver a specific service—whether internal (example: HR systems) or external (example: customer portals). This process ensures alignment between business capabilities and IT assets, enabling better governance, risk management, and value delivery.
  • Manage demands
    The structured process of capturing, evaluating, prioritizing, and tracking business demands—such as new applications, enhancements, or rationalization initiatives—across the application lifecycle. It ensures that IT investments align with strategic business goals and that resources are allocated efficiently.

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