Cross domain relationships

Introduction

In the Orthogramic Metamodel, cross-domain relationships articulate the interactions between elements across distinct business architecture domains. These relationships are pivotal for understanding how components such as strategies, capabilities, value streams, and policies interconnect, thereby enabling a cohesive and comprehensive view of the enterprise.​

By delineating these interdependencies, cross-domain relationships facilitate strategic alignment, operational efficiency, and informed decision-making. They serve as the connective tissue that binds various domains, ensuring that changes or developments in one area are appropriately reflected and managed across others.​

This section provides a structured overview of the defined cross-domain relationships within the Orthogramic Metamodel. It supports practitioners in mapping and analysing the complex web of interactions that underpin organisational performance and strategic execution.

Example

This cross-domain relationship example illustrates how the Finance domain plays a critical role in enabling the Capability domain by providing funding. Funding is essential for the development, enhancement, and sustainability of organisational capabilities, ensuring that key competencies are aligned with strategic priorities. By explicitly linking finance to capabilities through a 'funds' relationship, organisations can strengthen the connection between financial planning and strategic execution, ensuring that investments are directed towards the areas of highest strategic value. This relationship is classified as high priority and strategic in impact, highlighting its importance in driving long-term organisational success.

{
  "crossDomainRelationships": [
    {
      "domain": "Capability",
      "relationshipType": "funds",
      "description": "Finance provides funding to capabilities to enable the development and enhancement of organisational competencies aligned with strategic objectives.",
      "metadata": {
        "priority": "high",
        "impact": "strategic"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Relationship types descriptions

• purchases: Indicates customer segments purchase products

• influences: Shows how market elements influence other domains

• targets: Indicates targeting relationships

• requires: Shows dependencies on other domain elements

• supports: Indicates supportive relationships

• uses: Shows utilization of other domain elements

• enables: Indicates enabling relationships

• delivers: Shows delivery relationships

• depends_on: Indicates dependency relationships

• contributes_to: Shows contribution relationships

• validates: Indicates validation relationships

• aligns_with: Shows alignment with other elements

• governed_by: Indicates governance relationships

• secured_by: Shows security relationships

• measured_by: Indicates measurement relationships

• enhanced_by: Shows enhancement relationships

• monitors: Indicates monitoring relationships

• tracks: Shows tracking relationships

• informs: Indicates information flow

• guides: Shows guidance relationships

• interacts_with: Indicates interaction relationships

• analyzes: Shows analysis relationships

• optimizes: Indicates optimization relationships

• relates_to: Shows general relationships

• affects: Indicates effect relationships

• impacts: Shows impact relationships

• funds: Financial support or funding for other elements.

• impacts: Influence or affect other domain elements through finance.

• drives: Propel or stimulate activity in another domain.

• enables: Make possible through financial or resource backing.

• allocates_to: Assign financial resources to organisational units or initiatives.

• influences: Affect direction or outcomes indirectly.

• constrains: Limit options or actions due to financial considerations.

• derives_from: Originate as a result of another element.