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Introduction

  • Defining an Agile Enterprise and its Enterprise Architecture
  • Comparing enterprise architecture frameworks: Zachman, US FEAF, and CISR

Elements of Business Architecture for an Agile Enterprise

  • Business Architecture: Bridging the gap between business strategy and enterprise architecture
  • The interplay between Business Architecture, BPM, and SOA
  • Comparing the Business Motivation Model (BMM) with Enterprise Business Motivation Model (EBMM) and other business models
  • Core structures and relationships in the Business Motivation Model (including SWOT analysis, business vision, goals, objectives, missions, strategies, and tactics) as they relate to business processes
  • Guiding operational enterprises through Balanced Scorecards
  • OMG’s Business Architecture Views: Progressing from Strategy to Organizational views via Business Capabilities and Processes
  • Process Modeling: Fundamental elements and best practices
  • Modeling processes with BPMN using language accessible to business owners and analysts: Basics, Processes, Sub-processes, Activities, Tasks, Pools, Lanes, Detailed Events, Gateway typology, Synchronization, Connectors, Message Flows, Compensations, and Best Practices
  • Overview of tools for process modeling, execution, and monitoring
  • Utilizing BPMN and UML to model Business Processes and Business Objects (Resources)
  • Case Study: Refining goals from business vision down to business processes and resources

Achieving Agility in Business Processes through BPMN and UML 2

  • Modeling business processes to make underlying IT systems more responsive to change
  • Using BPMN, UML, and SoaML to support updates to business process and business object models
  • Updating target architecture business models by altering strategies and leveraging Business Capabilities
  • Case Study: Developing an agile process and resource model that is easy to maintain amidst changes

Adapting "Business Models" to Changing Business Requirements

  • Modeling changes in goals, strategies, tactics, and business rules
  • Aligning processes and resources coherently with such evolutions
  • Case Study: Adapting business processes and resources to meet changing business requirements and rules

Conclusion

  • Steps for efficient Agile Process and Resource Modeling
  • Frameworks for tracing business requirements from Business Motivation Model elements to IT structures to enhance governance in the face of change.

Note: For on-site delivery of this workshop, we can tailor the content and case studies to your specific needs and business context, providing a solid starting point and roadmap. Following the workshop, we can also support you through review sessions to validate that your architecture solutions align with your business needs.

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