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Business vision

As explained in Architecture Modernization: Socio-technical alignment of software, strategy, and structure

A description of an organization’s desired future direction and the business state it aims to achieve.

Business vision articulates the organization’s medium- and long-term direction, giving architectural work a reference point for judging proposals against business and product objectives. section 4.4.2

Use business vision to orient modernization work:

  • Frame capability mapping and architectural discussions around the outcomes the organization wants to achieve. section 4.4.2
  • Connect monolith capabilities to the business metrics they influence. section 4.4.2
  • Use the desired direction to select a modernization slice that offers business value and useful complexity. section 4.4.2

Modernization workshop

Product leads and the head of IT opened a three-day workshop by articulating the medium- and long-term business vision. The vision helped participants assess capability maps, domain exploration, architecture options, and delivery plans against shared objectives. section 4.4.2

How Architecture Modernization: Socio-technical alignment of software, strategy, and structure covers it

How deep it goes
Frames workshop decisions with an articulated vision without detailing how the vision itself is formulated.
Examples
Uses an enterprise modernization workshop to connect vision with capability mapping, domain exploration, and architecture planning.
What you can do after
Evaluate architectural proposals against business and product objectives during modernization planning.
How it connects
Connects business goals, product vision, architecture, modernization, capabilities, and business metrics.

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