DBJ Method

Where AI Strategy meets EA

from-chaos-to-ai

Architecture nature is static. Architecture does not change after the building starts

DBJ Method uses simplified TOGAF EA artifacats to govern dynamic smooth running of the business.

Part of DBJ Method, “BPT” is an loop workflow made of three domains: Business, Products and Technology. Business declares the Product, and Technology is implementing the Product

The guiding principle of DBJ Method is to tailor the TOGAF artifacts, into the framework for plain sailing. DBJ Method is optimal path for a feasible business running

This Method exists to facilitate safe journey from the chaos of legacy to AI enabled organizaton. On the other side of the bridge

Detour for a very quick general AI Guidance

Adoption

DBJ Method is based on TOGAF. DBJ Method is a runtime flow keeping the organisation running in a feasible fashion. Repeatedly raising the AI Readines level.

The Method engagement has two stages:

On-boarding
Business, Product, Technology Loop

On-boarding

In the first step DBJ Method prepares clients for architecture-led delivery by putting them on firm (DBJ simplified) capability maturity foundations.

The Maturity Levels

DBJ Method Practitioners are leading their client’s current organisational maturity to the (DBJ) ACMM Levels L0–L5. In this step DBJ Method Practitioners:

Establishes a common vocabulary: the Taxonomy — the shared language of the organisation’s information space
Classify capability gaps using the ACMM scorecard
Set a realistic target level (typically L3)

Raising the Client Organisation to CMM Level L3

DBJ Method defines and documents architecture processes — moving the organisation from ad-hoc (L1) to defined (L3). By using this Method, DBJ Method Practitioners:

Establish a governance structures and secure senior management involvement
Analyze and document architecture-driven communication practices across the organisation
Anchor the DBJ Method shared lexicon as a durable client organisational asset — the structural mesh holding the information space together

For full detail on the DBJ Method maturity model see DBJ CMM.

Business, Product, Technology Loop

decouple redeploy ready

Continuous operational cycle

Once on-boarded to maturity Level 3 (or above), the client organisation enters the BPT Loop — a continuous cycle of three clearly decoupled segments: Business, Product and Technology, connected by constan flow of organization events.

BPT Method delivery-focused operational methodology is creating AI-ready organisations.

BPT Loop is using deliverables from projects based on DBJ ADM “Wheel”. These deliverales are organized into three repositories infroming the three BPT segments.

Key BPT strengths

Decoupling of responsilities on the organization level delivers faster development
Product is the natural alignment point between Business and Technology
Client Enteprise Architecture operates “above” the process, not within it
CMM level 3+ prerequisite provides foundational maturity
Continuous loop maps to operational rhythm, not rigid phase gates
ADM “Wheel’s” and B,P or T segements depend on each other but they oprate indepedently of each other.

DBJ Method provides to the customer organization, the bridge over which users of the method cross from the chaos of Legacy to the feasibility of AI.

The future Clients future Architecture takes the natural position: it governs the loop.


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