Software Architect's Handbook

Phase B – Business architecture

Business architecture is one of the four architecture domains defined in TOGAF. The business architecture focuses on the business and/or service strategies of the organization, along with its business environment. An understanding of the business architecture is a prerequisite to perform architecture work on the other three domains defined in TOGAF (data, application, and technology).

The goal of this phase is to determine the target business architecture for how the enterprise achieves its business objectives and its strategic drivers. In order to create a roadmap on how to reach the target state, the following four steps are undertaken:

1. Gain an understanding of the current state of the architecture
2. Refine ...