Align Your Vision
People, Technology and Strategy in Harmony
Targeted Business Architecture from Clarity Arc designs bespoke models that bridge your current operations with future goals. By aligning people, processes, technology, and strategy, we create a roadmap for sustainable growth, agility, and competitive edge. Transform silos into synergies and turn strategic intent into actionable reality.
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Business Architecture
A pre-requisite for IT success.
In an era of rapid digital disruption, businesses must evolve beyond reactive fixes. Targeted Business Architecture provides a structured framework to define your "to-be" state, aligning organizational capabilities with strategic objectives. It integrates people (skills and culture), technology (systems and tools), and strategy (goals and metrics) to eliminate misalignment, reduce risks, and accelerate innovation.
Without it, companies face fragmented efforts: outdated tech hindering productivity, talent not leveraged effectively, or strategies that fail to execute. Drawing from frameworks like TOGAF and Zachman, this approach has helped industries from finance to retail achieve 20-40% improvements in operational alignment.
Strong business architecture is crucial for mergers, digital transformations, and scaling, ensuring compliance with standards like GDPR or ISO 42010 while fostering resilience. By investing in targeted models, you gain clarity, efficiency, and a foundation for AI-driven advancements, turning potential into performance.
Enhance decision making with unified views
Mitigate risks through gap analysis
Drive innovation via strategic alignment
Business Architecture Services with ClarityArc
Clarity Arc's Targeted Business Architecture services begin with a deep dive into your as-is state, using tools like capability mapping and stakeholder interviews to craft a tailored target model. We focus on holistic alignment, ensuring every element supports your business vision.
Our offerings include:
Assessment and Gap Analysis: Evaluate current architecture against strategic goals, identifying misalignments in people, processes, and tech.
Model Development: Create visual models (e.g., ArchiMate diagrams) that outline target states, including capability blueprints and transition roadmaps.
Integration Consulting: Align IT systems with human resources and strategy, incorporating emerging tech like cloud and AI.
Governance and Training: Establish architecture governance frameworks and train teams on maintenance and evolution.
We collaborate closely with your executives and teams, adhering to best practices from The Open Group and BIZBOK Guide. This non-intrusive process minimizes disruption while maximizing buy-in, suitable for enterprises of all sizes.
Business Architecture - Standard Deliverables and Outcomes
Our engagements deliver comprehensive, customizable artifacts that empower your organization. Key outputs include:
Architecture Models: Interactive diagrams and repositories (e.g., in tools like Sparx Enterprise Architect) detailing target states. This includes business capability maps, value stream models, business process diagrams, organization maps, information and data models, strategy models and motivation diagrams.
Roadmaps and Plans: Phased transition strategies with timelines, resource needs, and KPI dashboards.
Reports and Analyses: Detailed gap reports, risk assessments, and business case justifications with ROI projections.
Governance Documents: Policies, standards, and training kits for ongoing architecture management.
Integration Blueprints: Tech stack recommendations aligned with people development plans.
Outcomes are transformative: A tech company streamlined operations for 35% faster time-to-market; a healthcare provider improved compliance and reduced costs by $1.5M annually. All deliverables are secure, editable, and compliant with industry standards.
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What’s included in a typical Business Architecture Effort?
Projects are phased for efficiency, lasting 6-16 weeks based on complexity. Structure includes:
Discovery and Assessment (Weeks 1-3): Gather requirements, map current architecture, and define strategic objectives through workshops.
Design and Modelling (Weeks 4-8): Develop target models, perform gap analysis, and create alignment strategies.
Validation and Implementation (Weeks 9+): Refine models with feedback, build roadmaps, and provide training for handover.
ClarityArc provides custom programs to solve common challenges:
Application Portfolio Management - Develop a detailed understanding of the current application estate, map to capabilities, understand redundancies and rationalization opportunities.
Technology Modernization
Cloud Transition
Technology Risk Assessment
Assessing Change Readiness
Preparing for Automation and AI
Case Studies
Banking & Finance: Risk Assessments for implementing enterprise systems
Oil & Gas: IT modernization & rationalization
Retail Chain: Aligned omnichannel strategy, boosting revenue by 25%.
Manufacturing Firm: Integrated IoT with workforce, cutting downtime by 40%.