Business Architecture Starter Kit

The most comprehensive business architecture starter package available — 25 deliverables spanning capabilities, value streams, data entities, operating models, and transformation frameworks. Everything a business architecture team needs to launch and scale its practice, without starting from a blank page.

What's Inside

• Enterprise Business Capabilities Map — 1,975 capabilities across four levels, delivered in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Capability Definitions — Detailed descriptions at Level 3 for shared understanding across teams
• Capability KPIs — Performance indicators at Level 2 to measure capability maturity
• Capability Profile Card Template — A structured template to document capability profiles on a page
• Enterprise Value Streams and Processes — 250 end-to-end flows showing how the business creates and delivers value
• Value Streams Guide — A pragmatic guide to understanding and leveraging value streams
• Business Data Entities — Subject areas, data, and information entities organized by domain
• Enterprise Operating Models Overview — Comprehensive overview of operating model archetypes with pros, cons, and selection guidance
• Business Case for Business Architecture — A template with sample content to build internal sponsorship
• Enterprise Roles and Departments — Listings of common roles and departments as a structural baseline
• Business Dictionary — Definitions of standard business terms to build shared understanding
• Transformation Framework — A customizable one-page framework for enterprise transformation
• Practical Guide to Business Architecture — An e-book covering business architecture fundamentals
• Business Transformation Overview — An e-book on enterprise transformation strategy and execution
• Practice Launch Emails — Sample emails to introduce business architecture to colleagues

Bonus Deliverables

• Business Capability Modeling Overview
• Capability Summary Profile Template
• Capabilities-to-Microservices Mapping Example
• Business Architecture Framework to Enablement
• Business Architecture Deliverables List
• Capability-Relationship Mapping Templates
• Business Architecture Leader Role and Expectations

How Teams Use It

• Launch an enterprise business architecture practice in weeks, not months
• Provide a capability-based foundation for digital transformation and strategic planning
• Align business and IT with a shared vocabulary, operating model, and capability framework
• Support M&A integration, operating model redesign, and enterprise-wide transformation
• Build internal sponsorship for business architecture with ready-made business cases and guides

Who It's For

Business architects, enterprise architects, transformation program leaders, CIOs, and strategy teams building or scaling a business architecture practice.