Architecture blueprints describe the business needs and technology components in a way that enables their linkages to be traced from business owner to system developer. Blueprints decompose the desired business capabilities into increasing details and ensure alignment between business objectives and information technology.
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When should you do Blueprinting?
- A new business strategy is developed that does not directly align with current blueprints
- Change in business unit strategy
- Initiation of a large project
- Current blueprints are old (not refreshed for more than 3 years)
- Architecture review board identifies the need for a refresh
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Benefits of Blueprinting
- Align Business and IT: Ensure alignment of business strategies, objectives, and expectations between IT and business communities
- Realize Cost Savings: Realize savings through optimal usage of the organization’s architecture and streamlining processes
- Reduce Implementation Risks: Provide a predictive modeling using AI tool to analyze the impact of new business scenarios before implementation begins, thereby lowering design costs and reducing overall risk
- Enhance and Control Quality: Bring engineering discipline to strategic planning, thus increasing overall quality of the end product