Business architecture is often seen as a labyrinth of complexity, demanding substantial authority, resources, and a dedicated team. While the challenges are multi-faceted, the story of a beginner at TRUMPF Group, a global high-tech manufacturer, illustrates that with a holistic mindset, commitment to rigor, and the ability to simplify complexity, one person can drive significant impact.

“The future is a process, not a destination that relies on the successful implementation of new strategies where digitization, sustainability, and workforce meet. As industries continue to transform at a rapid pace, business architecture enables Autodesk’s leaders to manage change, create value for our customers, and drive continued innovation.”

“Technological innovation is transforming the future of healthcare and will continue to evolve. Business Architecture enables Humana’s leaders with a shared vision and blueprints to address demand and embrace new ways of providing care with the right capabilities, technologies, and investments."

“When it comes to asset management, knowing where to begin is one of many challenges. To improve asset performance, business architecture is critical in guiding the business to determine the right focus, the right platforms and the right level of readiness to be successful.”

“Business Architecture is about connecting the dots to translate strategies into execution. With the ability to look at the future of change through the lens of Business Capabilities, we are building the bank of the future with a logical path, roadmap and the right capabilities.”

“Business architecture helps to provide executives and leaders transparency to ensure common capabilities are leveraged and enables a better understanding of how processes, policies, information, etc. are connected to ensure a thorough and efficient impact assessment, direct investments to align with strategic objectives, and improve planning through execution.”

“To truly reimagine banking, business architecture enables leaders to focus on the ‘what’ before jumping into execution. PNC has taken a progressive approach to organizing its architecture teams to proactively help leaders enhance capabilities, enable strategy definition and execute new business opportunities.”

“Because creating value at the end is not sustainable, business architecture enables FedEx to move towards a modern approach where capabilities are built and integrated through shared services that can enable transformation and meet rapid growth needs.”

“Leveraging the Business Architecture Guild’s industry reference models allowed us to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs. In a matter of weeks, not months, we gained a relatively high degree of sophistication and insights directly linked to value creation.”