TOGAF® Business Architecture Level 1 Study Guide. Andrew Josey
The description of a future state of the architecture being developed for an organization.
Note: There may be several future states developed as a roadmap to show the evolution of the architecture to a target state.
[Source: The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2]
Value
1. The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
2. The usefulness, advantage, benefit, or desirability of something.
[Source: TOGAF Series Guide: Value Streams, Chapter 1, p.1]
Value Stream
A representation of an end-to-end collection of value-adding activities that create an overall result for a customer, stakeholder, or end user.
[Source: The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2]
3.3 Summary
This chapter lists and defines the key terms used in this Study Guide and the TOGAF Business Architecture Syllabus. These terms are used within other chapters of this Study Guide.
3.4 Exercises
1. Consider the following table of definitions:
| Definition |
| 1. A technique used to help identify, understand, and document business needs, and thereby derive the business requirements that an architecture development has to address. |
| 2. A description of the rationale for how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value. |
| 3. A representation of an end-to-end collection of value-adding activities that create an overall result for a customer, stakeholder, or end user. |
| 4. A particular ability that a business may possess or exchange to achieve a specific purpose. |
| 5. A representation of holistic, multi-dimensional business views of: capabilities, end-to-end value delivery, information, and organizational structure; and the relationships among these business views and strategies, products, policies, initiatives, and stakeholders. |
| 6. An ability that an organization, person, or system possesses. |
Complete the first column in the following table, by entering the relevant number(s) to identify the correct definition from the previous table for each term. (Refer to Section 3.2.)
| Answer | Term |
| .......... | Business Architecture |
| .......... | Capability |
| .......... | Business Model |
| .......... | Business Scenario |
| .......... | Value Stream |
| .......... | Business Capability |
3.5 Test Yourself Questions
Q1: Which of the following is defined as a technique to identify, understand, and document business needs, and thereby derive business requirements?
A. Business Architecture
B. Business Capability mapping
C. Business modeling
D. Business scenario
Q2: Which of the following terms represents multi-dimensional views of capabilities, end-to-end value delivery, information, and organizational structure?
A. Architecture
B. Architecture Vision
C. Business Architecture
D. Target Architecture
Q3: What is a representation of an end-to-end collection of value-adding activities that create an overall result for a customer?
A. Business Architecture
B. Business Capability
C. Course of Action
D. Value Stream
Q4: Which of the following is a model describing the rationale for how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value?
A. Application Model
B. Business Model
C. Data Model
D. Technology Model
Q5: Which of the following enables a subject to be represented in a form that enables reasoning, insight, and clarity concerning the essence of the subject matter?
A. Business Architecture
B. Business Capabilities
C. Modeling
D. Value Analysis
3.6 Recommended Reading
The following are recommended sources of further information for this chapter:
• The TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, Part I: Introduction, Definitions
4.1 Key Learning Points
This chapter will help you to understand the topic of business modeling and how it relates to Enterprise Architecture within the context of the TOGAF standard.
Key Points Explained
This chapter will help you to answer the following questions:
• What is a business model?
• What are the impacts and benefits of business models?
• What are some different example representations of business models?
• How to explain the relationship between business models and Business Architecture?
• How are business models used according to the TOGAF standard?
• Why business model innovation should be approached in a structured manner?
4.2 The Definition of Business Model
(Syllabus Reference: Unit 1, Learning Outcome 1.1.1: You should be able to define what a business model is.)
Definition: A business model is a description of the rationale for how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value.
See also Section 3.2, Business Model.
All Organizations have a Business Model
All Organizations have a business model, regardless of whether it is explicitly documented. Where it is not explicitly documented it may be an abstract concept that exists in a leader’s mind, or encapsulated in the way of working for the organization (e.g., the procedures and behavior).
Business models provide a high-level visual representation of the design of a business at various states; for example, current state, transitional state, or future state. They describe the rationale for how an organization creates, captures, and delivers value to its various internal and external stakeholders.
Business models also provide a basis for establishing a