Understanding Commercial Architecture Method: Definition and Commercial Context
A proposed transformation lifecycle for commercial architecture: Assess, Architect, Build, Embed and Govern.
Within Boderia's developing Commercial Architecture body of knowledge, this term helps describe how commercial capabilities can be designed, connected, assessed or governed. Its definition should remain consistent with the controlled vocabulary and any formally released standards.
For example, an organisation reviewing commercial architecture method should identify the responsible roles, the relevant processes and information, the decisions being made, and the evidence used to judge whether the arrangement works as intended.
Commercial Architecture examines strategy, people, process, technology, data and governance together. Commercial Architecture Method should be considered in the context of those interdependencies and the revenue-system capabilities it influences. Governance of one capability alone does not establish that an organisation has a fully Governed Revenue System.
This is a proposed or developing Boderia concept, not a claim that an independently recognised industry standard already exists.
Within Boderia's developing Commercial Architecture body of knowledge, this term helps describe how commercial capabilities can be designed, connected, assessed or governed. Its definition should remain consistent with the controlled vocabulary and any formally released standards.
For example, an organisation reviewing commercial architecture method should identify the responsible roles, the relevant processes and information, the decisions being made, and the evidence used to judge whether the arrangement works as intended.
Commercial Architecture examines strategy, people, process, technology, data and governance together. Commercial Architecture Method should be considered in the context of those interdependencies and the revenue-system capabilities it influences. Governance of one capability alone does not establish that an organisation has a fully Governed Revenue System.
This is a proposed or developing Boderia concept, not a claim that an independently recognised industry standard already exists.
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