I’m called a Business Architect. But if my outputs mainly serve the CIO, I am not necessarily defining the enterprise. But unless my work defines D1–D15 × P1–P6 anatomy. I am creating CIO-facing business views. And CIO-facing business views are not the same as enterprise anatomy.

I’m called a Business Architect. But if I mostly create capability maps for IT programs, I am not necessarily defining business anatomy. But unless the capability map defines D1–D15 × P1–P6, it remains a business view. Not architecture.

I’m called a Business Architect. But if Sales, Finance, Operations, HR, Customer Experience, Support, and other departments do not use my work, then what business am I architecting? I am not defining business anatomy. I am producing business-facing views.