According to “Why YOU Need a Business Architecture," only 50% of workers understand the intent or goals of their organization. They understand their individual job duties, but they don’t know the optimal way to apply their skills and resources to help the organization. Having a business architecture spell out the business's goals helps the entire organization (from the top down) develop strategies to meet the goals of the organization. The current state BA shows the current business services or capabilities that are in place. The future state BA shows the desired future state for each of the business services/capabilities. Having both in place is necessary to map out strategies for success. The CEAF reading states that “effectiveness and efficiency” should be the goal of any Business Architecture. “Changes and innovations in the industry … may create new business processes and/or eliminate the need for one or more existing business processes.” Once the decision has been made to make any significant change, it should be done slowly - in baby steps. Now that I have a better understanding of current business architecture and future state business architecture, I see the value of having both of these in place. Not only is it important to have a plan and map to get there, but the plan needs to be communicated to all the employees so that it can be carried out. Additionally, it is valuable to have buy-in from the employees so that they are invested in the changes that are being made. Resources: Why YOU Need a Business Architecture. (n.d.). Retrieved February 14, 2016, from http://www.accelare.com/blog/2013/03/28/why-you-need-a-business-architecture Cameron, B. (2013). Analyzing the Current Trends in Enterprise Architecture ... Retrieved January 31, 2016 from http://ea.ist.psu.edu/documents/journal_feb2013_cameron_2.pdf.
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