Business Architects:Do not start with strategy

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 "Business architects start with the strategy of an organization.  They take that strategy and map it to the capabilities of the enterprise to clarify the capabilities that must be improved or matured in order to effectively execute."

This article ponders on how business  takes on working on strategy first which might not be fruitful.The best thing would be to have a business model in place and then work on building the strategy.The strategy is meaningful within context.Analyzing the organization's business model helps to determine what to expect and how to frame the needs of the business.This is where Strategy comes in role.The strategy directs the business model to help achieve the future business expectations.

     

Strategy depicts one of the two possibilities:

• Incremental improvements in the business model (cut costs a little more.  Improve customer satisfaction a little more.  etc), or
• Adding a new business model to the organization.

I agree that understanding the value of business is important and to layout a model to be able to put in place a methodology to work it out.But at the same time it might not work for all organizations.A intuitive and calculated decision might help in determining whether strategy comes first or after adopting a business model.