OMG BASIG - Domain Strategy Mapping Working Group

Business Architecture Domains

The following is a running list of business architecture “domains”, with supporting standards, resources, links, etc. We will use the term “domain” for consistency, but other possible terms have been used like “aspect”,”category”, “concern”, “context”, “dimension”, “segment”, etc. The domains are named as per common usage, and their contents loosely categorized. As this is a work in progress, the domains are not exhaustive or definitive, and may overlap. Domains may be added, removed or merged over time, as our collective understanding of them evolves.

DOMAIN> Structure [STR]
- DOMAIN> Eco-System [ECO]
  - DEFINITION>
    - This domain refers to business vocabulary about the major components, forces and other factors that influence a business context (like the economy, markets, customers, etc.). Ecosystem focuses on what is outside the enterprise, and their relationships to the enterprise and each other. For example, the enterprise and its customers. For greater detail around customer, see the Stakeholder super-domain or the Customer domain.
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- DOMAIN> Capability [CAP]
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    - This domain refers to business vocabulary about major functions and their supporting people, systems and other infrastructure.
      Wikipedia: Another way to think about capabilities is a container of people, process and technology that is addressable for a specific purpose.
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- DOMAIN> Organization [ORG]
  - DEFINITION>
    - This domain refers to business vocabulary about the human stakeholders within an enterprise, and the relationships between them. Organization focuses on what is inside the enterprise.
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- DOMAIN> Relationship [REL]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about the relationships, interactions, and commitments between stakeholders
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DOMAIN> Stakeholder [STA]
- DOMAIN> Customer [CUS]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about customers, their attributes, and their relationship to the enterprise.
    - Customer generally refers to the buyer in a commercial relationship, providing payment in exchange for a product/service from a supplier.
    - Similar terms include: client, buyer
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- DOMAIN> Supplier [SUP]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about suppliers, their attributes, and their relationships to the enterprise.
    - Supplier generally refers to the seller in a commercial relationship, providing a product/service in exchange for payment from a customer.
    - Similar terms include: seller, vendor
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- DOMAIN> Employee [EMP]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about employees, their attributes, and their relationships to the enterprise.
    - Employee generally refers to the worker role in an employment relationship, providing labor and/or expertise, in exchange for payment from an employer.
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- DOMAIN> Manager [MAN]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about managers, their attributes, and their relationships to the enterprise.
    - Manager generally refers to the supervisor role in an employment relationship, directing, tracking and monitoring the labor and/or expertise from an employee.
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- DOMAIN> Owner [OWN]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about owners, their attributes, and their relationships to the enterprise.
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- DOMAIN> Regulator [REG]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about regulators, their attributes, and their relationships to the enterprise.
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DOMAIN> Assertion [ASR]
- DOMAIN> Motivation [MOT]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about expressions of business intent, motivation and purpose
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- DOMAIN> Architecture [ARC]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about expressions of architecture, structure, and design, whether business architecture, IT architecture, etc.
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- DOMAIN> Requirement [REQ]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about expressions of requirements, or desired state for a future timeframe
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- DOMAIN> Metric [MET]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about expressions of measurement, metrics, and other indicators of performance
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- DOMAIN> Rule [RUL]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about business rules, and other constraints on behavior
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DOMAIN> Occurrence [OCC]
- DOMAIN> Event [EVE]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about events in time, happenings or occurrences (like a decision, an announcement, etc.)
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- DOMAIN> Behavior [BEH]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about any human behavior
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- DOMAIN> Process [PRC]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about process, the actions and tasks performed by human stakeholders and/or systems
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- DOMAIN> Initiative [INI]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about initiatives, endeavors with a beginning and ending, and an intended outcome
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DOMAIN> Value [VAL]
- DOMAIN> Benefit [BEN]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about business benefits, what stakeholders desire
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- DOMAIN> Detriment [DET]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about problems, issues, risks, what stakeholders avoid
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- DOMAIN> Money [MON]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about money, and other financial instruments
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    - CONCEPT> Money
    - CONCEPT> Income
    - CONCEPT> Money
    - CONCEPT> Cost
- DOMAIN> Exchange [EXC]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about exchange of value between stakeholders (like sales, contracts, etc.)
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- DOMAIN> Transformation [TRA]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about major changes in value proposition
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DOMAIN> Resource [RES]
- DOMAIN> Material [MAT]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about materials used to deliver products and services
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- DOMAIN> Labor [LAB]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about human work
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- DOMAIN> Product [PRD]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about the products and services offered to customers
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- DOMAIN> Brand [BRA]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about brand capital
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- DOMAIN> Technology [TEC]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about technology, including applications, systems, platforms, and data
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- DOMAIN> Property [PRP]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about property, including non-productive items like furniture and buildings
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- DOMAIN> Information [INF]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about information, including metadata
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- DOMAIN> Intelligence [INL]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about insight and knowledge
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- DOMAIN> Site [SIT]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about sites (independently of their locations), and may include plance, buildings, but also channels and virtual web sites
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- DOMAIN> Obligation [OBL]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about obligations, claims, and other commitments about what is owed others
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- DOMAIN> Artifact [ART]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about artifacts, meaning information containers, like documents and reports
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DOMAIN> Basic [BAS]
- DOMAIN> Time [TIM]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about time
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- DOMAIN> Location [LOC]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about location
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- DOMAIN> Language [LAN]
  - DEFINITION> This domain refers to business vocabulary about language
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