Core business architecture for a service-oriented enterprise

  • Authors:
  • N. Nayak;M. Linehan;A. Nigam;D. Marston;J.-J. Jeng;F. Y. Wu;D. Boullery;L. F. White;P. Nandi;J. L. C. Sanz

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Cambridge, MA;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Client Process Transformation, Tour Descartes, France;IBM Client Process Transformation, Atlanta, GA;IBM research, Division Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

  • Venue:
  • IBM Systems Journal
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The business architecture of a service-oriented enterprise can be adequately represented through five main architectural domains: business value, structure, behavior, policy, and performance. In this paper we focus on the core business architecture, the set of essential elements in each of the five domains, and the interrelationships among these elements. The business architecture described in this paper identifies the key elements required for business reasoning and for its application to business transformation through service-oriented solutions. A business scenario involving a fictional company in the apparel business illustrates the concepts presented here.