Current Business Architecture Models Lack Both Breadth And Depth

Interest in business architecture continues to grow. Though there is a great deal of discussion, there is little consensus about what business architecture is, how organizations should pursue it, and what value it delivers. Current models, white papers, and books in the public domain present disjointed, incomplete, and often competing viewpoints that offer a few good ideas but little to help to aspiring or practicing business architects working to put together a cohesive, business-centric approach. Forrester has examined four of the most widely used models as well as some of the newer resources, and we find them all lacking as tool kits for guiding a business architecture program. Successful business architects will explore broadly to find the nuggets that are useful in their organizational context and take an iterative approach to developing a complete model.