Business Architecture Current State Assessment

The Business Architecture Current State Assessment is a self-assessment template with ~90 questions across 16 dimensions to evaluate the maturity and effectiveness of business architecture in your organization. Each question offers four scored choices, making it easy to quantify your current state and identify actionable areas for improvement.

Delivered as an editable Word document. Bonus: includes a Business Architecture Intro Guide (PDF).

What's Inside

• Self-assessment questionnaire with ~90 scored questions
• 16 assessment dimensions with four-choice scoring per question
• Bonus: A Practical Guide to Business Architecture (PDF)

Assessment Dimensions

The assessment evaluates your practice across 16 dimensions:

1. Leadership Support — executive understanding and commitment to business architecture
2. Awareness and Adoption — how well the practice is known and embedded across the organization
3. Integration with Strategy Execution — alignment of business architecture with strategic planning
4. Methodology and Frameworks — robustness and suitability of the BA methodology in use
5. Collaboration with Other Architectural Domains — integration with enterprise, data, and solution architecture
6. Organizational Structure — how the BA function is positioned and governed
7. Deliverables Quality and Utility — value and usability of BA artifacts
8. Cross-Mapping and Integration — linkage between BA elements and other organizational constructs
9. Team Composition and Competence — caliber and diversity of the BA team
10. Performance Metrics — effectiveness of measures tracking BA impact
11. Governance — clarity of decision-making processes and standards
12. Training and Development — availability of ongoing BA skill-building programs
13. Stakeholder Engagement — quality of interaction with internal and external stakeholders
14. Scalability — ability of the practice to grow with the organization
15. Technology Utilization — effectiveness of modeling and collaboration tools
16. Agility and Dynamism — responsiveness to change and market shifts

How to Use It

• Distribute the questionnaire to stakeholders across different levels and functional areas
• Score each response (1-4 points) to generate a quantitative baseline
• Identify strengths to build on and weaknesses requiring immediate attention
• Develop a targeted action plan to elevate your business architecture practice

Who It's For

Business architects, enterprise architects, transformation leads, and executives responsible for embedding business architecture as a strategic discipline.