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Domain relationships

Domain relationships

Owned by damian.hickey
Last updated: May 25, 2025

Overview

Orthogramic uses structured relationships to link elements across and within its business architecture domains. These relationships help reveal alignment, accountability, duplication, and strategic coherence across the enterprise. The two primary types of relationships used in Orthogramic are:

  • Cross domain relationships: Connections between different business architecture domains (e.g. Strategy to Capability, Capability to Value Stream). These represent structural and conceptual links defined by the Orthogramic Metamodel.

  • Inter-domain relationships: Connections between domain elements that span different organisational units (e.g. a Capability in one unit enabled by a Service in another). These highlight dependencies and collaboration across the organisational structure.

Purpose

Understanding both types of relationships allows:

  • Strategic traceability from goals to execution

  • Identification of silos, gaps, or duplication across units

  • Better decision-making based on a holistic, connected view of enterprise data

Where used in Orthogramic

  • Mindmaps: Visualise relationships across domains and units

  • Recommendations: Suggest actions based on structural gaps or misalignment

  • Review and approval: Highlight relationship issues during assessment

  • Insights: Enable interactive exploration of how business elements are connected

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