IDENTIFYING TECHNOLOGICAL OWNERSHIP. The time has come to model a conceptual architecture.
But before moving on to complex formations and more elaborate associations between
architectural assets, it is necessary to pursue a few elementary steps that lead to the establishment
of organizational architectural concepts. Thus, start with one of the most challenging questions
facing organizations: Who owns what? The ownership perspective is vital to any project and
business or technological initiative. It not only involves budgetary challenges but is crucial to
understanding the enterprise sponsorship structure as well as the accountability and responsibility
of individuals and organizations and lines of business. Once these issues have been resolved, the
architectural modeling process can start.
From a pure modeling perspective, the correlation between a business domain and its
affiliated technological environment entities should be identified first. This revealed relationship
can help in making conscious decisions about asset reusability, asset consolidation, and shared
resources across multiple business domains in the enterprise. This common ownership paradigm
can also encourage the establishment of common organizational architecture concepts, fill in
communication gaps, and help reduce silo operations in an organization.
Exhibit 15.22 illustrates a business domain ownership model.
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