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Phase B Orientation

Orient the learner to Phase B by explaining what business architecture means in TOGAF, what it produces, and how it connects to the ADM phases before and after it.

Phase B, Business ArchitectureDerived from TOGAF

Phase B pipeline: from Statement of Work inputs through architecture work to Phase C and D outputs

Phase A inputs flow down into the in-phase architecture work, pass a single governance gate, and leave as a signed-off business architecture that seeds Phase C and D. Each stage names its artefacts and its owner.

Phase B is a self-contained loop between Phase A and Phase C. Each stage feeds the next, so without a clean hand-off the following phase has no starting context.

Phase B pipeline: from Statement of Work inputs through architecture work to Phase C and D outputs A vertical pipeline of five stages joined by flow arrows. Inputs from Phase A (owner Phase A): Vision, Statement of Work, principles, stakeholder map, scope. Arrow model the business leads to Phase B activities (owner Architect): model business, capability map, value streams, gap analysis. Arrow produce leads to Deliverables (owner Phase B): baseline and target business architecture, gap report. Arrow submit for review reaches the Governance gate, reviewed by the architecture board against the principles. A red arrow sign off leads to Outputs to Phase C and D: signed-off architecture, gap list. Red note: hand-off is the point of Phase B, as C and D inherit only what passes the gate. InInputs from Phase AVision, Statement of Work, principles, stakeholder map, scopePhase A WorkPhase B activitiesModel business, capability map, value streams, gap analysisArchitect OutDeliverablesBaseline plus target business architecture, gap analysis reportPhase B GateGovernance gateArchitecture board reviews the work against the principlesArch board NextOutputs to Phase C and DSigned-off business architecture, gap list for Phase C and DPhase C / D model the business produce submit for review sign off The hand-off is the whole point of Phase B.Each stage feeds the next, so Phase C and D inherit only what passes the governance gate.