Business Architecture Self-Assessment

Determine your strengths and weaknesses in business architecture and your odds of obtaining a business architecture certification.

This assessment covers the following 6 critical practice areas:

Business Architecture Fundamentals
Business Modeling and Value Proposition
Business Capabilities Modeling
Business Architecture Practice and Tools
Business Architecture Execution and Performance
Business Architecture Alignment

Business Architecture Fundamentals

Rate your knowledge using the following scale:

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How well do you understand the business architecture domain?
How clear are you about the role and responsibility of a business architect? And how that differs from a Business Analyst or Enterprise Architect?
Do you have a set of tools, processes, and techniques - a framework, that you can leverage to effectively execute business architecture in your organization?
There is an "art & science" to business architecture, are you confident in knowing the key skills and qualifications needed to be an effective business architect?
Are you confident in helping the leaders and others in the organization understand the purpose, objectives and value of business architecture, the role and the practice within the organization?

Business Modeling and Value Proposition

Rate your knowledge using the following scale:

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How confident are you in understanding the role of the business model canvas and the integrated elements of each dimension of the business model?
Do you feel capable of explaining the concepts of business modeling and its value to organizations wherever they are in the lifecycle?
How confident are you in understanding your customer segments and the type of relationship that each customer group wants to have with your organization?
Do you understand the relationship between business models, operating models, value streams and business capabilities?
How confident are you in explaining the role that business architecture can play in leading business transformation?

Business Capabilities Modeling

Rate your knowledge using the following scale:

Not at all	Somewhat	"Middling"	Mostly	Very
1	2	3	4	5

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How confident are you in your understanding of business capabilities?
Do you feel able to articulate the concepts, practical use and application of business capabilities?
How confident are you in understanding the role of capability maturity assessments in helping guide investment decisions and roadmaps?
Do you feel able to articulate the concept and application of value streams?
How confident are you in your understanding of the relationship between value streams and customer journey maps and the role each plays in business architecture?

Business Architecture Practice and Tools

Rate your knowledge using the following scale:

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1	2	3	4	5

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How confident are you in being able to explain the concepts and value behind the use of business capabilities?
How confident are you in being able to define business capabilities and create/maintain a capability framework?
How confident are you in understanding the various roles that business capabilities can play in driving organizational value?
How comfortable are you in knowing how to create a capability-based roadmap?
How confident are you in your understanding of value streams and value mapping using business architecture techniques and tools?

Business Architecture Execution and Performance

Rate your knowledge using the following scale:

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1	2	3	4	5

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How confident are you in your ability to articulate the importance of business architecture to organizational performance?
How confident are you in your ability to facilitate discussions aligning organizational goals to key performance indicators and change roadmaps with stakeholders at all levels of an organization?
Do you feel able to articulate how performance management will assist in aligning and tracing the progress of change?
How confident are you in your ability to develop a performance management system?
Do you understand the importance of providing a complete view of organization performance?

Business Architecture Alignment

Rate your knowledge using the following scale:

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Are you able to clearly articulate the intersection, dependencies and value business architecture has with IT?
Are you able to clearly articulate the intersection, dependencies and value business architecture has with Product Management?
Are you able to clearly articulate the intersection, dependencies and value business architecture has with Business Process Management?
Are you able to clearly articulate the intersection, dependencies and value business architecture has with Project Delivery?
Alignment is the holy grail of an organization, how confident are you in being able to help your organization align its purpose, mission, vision, strategy and execution?

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