Business Blueprint

Document the structure of a business, as opposed to the organization that houses it

1.) Provides a clinical, data-driven strategic framework for comparing values of competing priorities; 2.) Provides a stable view of the natural channels and relationships between the essential components of the business to each other to understand both the narratives and the facts when reconciling obstacles to progress; 3.) Reveals the engines of growth and the balancing agents in your ecosystems, their distribution across and alignment with the structure of the business, its operation and the organization
CFOs, CEOs, CTOs, CROs, Founders, COOs; All industries, All company sizes
Straight consulting (interviews, workshops); Business architecture
One Business Architect, 12 weeks over five months
Businesses seem to change. That's an illusion most of the time. The how and when may shift but the who, what and why remain constant. This will be a ballast in the distractions growth presents to keep you on course and avoiding shiny objects, no matter how tempting at the time.

The document will

  1. Summarize the business model, objectives, strategy, and timeframes
  2. Identify objects and attributes and capabilities
  3. Elucidate stakeholder interests and value streams
  4. Record and delineate information concepts and relationships