The Execution Challenge

Chapter 6Linking Strategic Business Architecture with Other Architectural Domains and Other Business Functions and Disciplines

Successful strategy execution requires many different business functions and disciplines working together hand in hand to turn strategy into a reality. This includes business functions such as human resources and finance, and strategy execution disciplines such as strategy development, strategic business architecture, experience design, and organizational change management. Effective strategy execution also requires interaction with execution-level disciplines such as program and project management and solution design and delivery. All these teams form a cohesive ecosystem spanning from strategic to tactical and operational—linked together through strategic business architecture. Strategic business architecture is the bridge discipline that creates the enterprise perspectives, understanding, and connections needed for successful strategy development and execution.

In addition, to realize the full benefits of strategic business architecture, it must be embedded into the very fabric of an organization. This includes embedding the mindset and enterprise views of strategic business architecture into processes and practices across an organization, such as strategy formulation, innovation, strategic planning, strategic portfolio management, and project and solution delivery. This also includes incorporating strategic business architecture into the approaches ...