In order to remain competitive in today’s changing world, organisations have to face innovation and business transformation projects. To do so, they must have a comprehensive picture of the organisation and the relationships between its main assets, including processes (sales, quality, logistics, etc.) people (who does what, what types of roles they play, etc.), products, services, applications, technology (CRM, ERP, etc.), documents (incoming and outgoing documents, legal frameworks, etc.), etc. in order to be certain of what, where, when, how, how much it costs, what risks it has, and why carry out this project.

The general value of Business Architecture is to establish a single, reliable system of architecture domains to plan, manage and implement change from a business viewpoint, in order to be able to:

• Understand strategy, business, systems and infrastructure and how all these components relate and interact with each other.
• Govern change and development of what is being done in the organisation: “Doing things the right way”.
• Assist in prioritising and deciding what to do and in what order within the Organisation: “Doing the right things in the right time”.
• Provide a clear view of how business and IT resources will assist the organisation in implementing and delivering the established strategic goals.

To successfully develop a Business Architecture project, a strategic plan must be carried out, the purpose of which is none other than to organise the Organisation and transform it in the direction of the required evolution, which always points towards the fulfilment of the company’s mission, vision and strategy. A critical aspect is to analyse the gap between the current situation and the desired situation, providing a specific roadmap.

The application of maturity models enables us to identify the strengths and weaknesses in adopting the methodology in order to successfully guide the implementation of business architecture approaches in the Organisation.

Alignment between business and technology through an business architecture model enables companies to be more agile in light of change, make their processes more efficient, manage their information strategically, and contribute towards knowledge generation, a basic component of innovation, while maximising the value of company IT investments. By having clear processes, goals and accountability, it is possible to achieve greater performance and adoption throughout the Organisation of a certain tool or technology.