The Enterprise Anatomy model’s structured approach is not just about solving immediate problems; it represents a significant breakthrough compared to traditional frameworks. While many may stop at a broader Stage 1 analysis, missing the deeper connections within the organization, the Enterprise Anatomy model goes further.
By using a comprehensive diagnostic process (Stage 2-7) and a well-integrated treatment plan i.e. Strategy Execution Plan (Steps 1-13), organizations can address issues at their core, leading to more effective, sustainable solutions.
Once the diagnosis is complete, the next step is treatment—implemented through the Steps 1-13 strategy execution model.
This model is akin to a comprehensive treatment plan that not only addresses the current symptoms but also ensures long-term health and resilience.
Step 1: Define and create Goals & Strategy models –
Clearly articulate the goals and strategies that will guide the problem-solving process, ensuring they align with the overall objectives of the project, department, or enterprise.
Step 2: Define and create processes –
Develop processes that will support the newly defined strategies, ensuring they are efficient and effective, much like prescribing a regimen of lifestyle changes or medications specific to the system being addressed.
Step 3: Define and create systems models – Build or refine the systems necessary to support these processes, ensuring they integrate well with the existing infrastructure—comparable to ensuring all parts of a patient’s treatment work together harmoniously.
Step 4: Define and create Components & Specifications – Identify and specify the necessary components that support both systems and processes, akin to ensuring that all aspects of treatment, from medication to therapy, are in place.
Step 5: Define and Create Implementation & Configuration Models – Create detailed models for implementing and configuring the solutions, much like planning the administration of treatment in stages.
Step 6: Define and Create Operating Models & Results – Establish operating models that will manage and monitor the processes and systems, ensuring ongoing alignment with strategic goals—similar to regular health check-ups to monitor progress.
Step 7: Link Strategy & Processes –
Ensure that strategic goals are directly linked to the defined processes, just as a treatment plan must align with a patient’s overall health objectives.
Step 8: Link Process & Systems – Align processes with the supporting systems to ensure seamless operation and integration, whether this applies to a specific project, department, or across the entire enterprise. It’s like ensuring that different treatments or therapies work in harmony with the body’s natural processes.
Step 9: Link System & Component Specifications – Ensure that system models are closely linked with component specifications, providing consistency and effectiveness. This step is essential to making sure that all parts of the solution—whether for a project, department, or enterprise—are aligned and function as intended, similar to ensuring that all aspects of medical treatment are synchronized for optimal health.
Step 10: Link Components to Implementation Tools –
Integrate components with the tools and methodologies that will be used for implementation, akin to using the right medical equipment or therapy techniques to administer treatment effectively.
Step 11: Link Implementation to Operating Models –
Connect the implementation strategies to the operational models, ensuring they support ongoing operations.
This step is critical for maintaining continuity and coherence, much like a holistic approach to patient care that considers both the immediate and long-term impacts of treatment.
Step 12: Use Linking among Strategy, Process, System, Component, Implementation & Operations – Create a unified view by linking all these elements together, ensuring comprehensive alignment across the board—whether within a project, department, or enterprise.
This is like ensuring that the entire body’s systems are considered in a treatment plan, providing a holistic approach to health.
Step 13: Create On-demand, One Page Model of Strategy, Process, System, Component, Implementation & Operations – Develop a one-page model that encapsulates the entire strategy, process, system, component, implementation, and operations for the project, department, or enterprise. This ensures that the entire plan can be communicated and understood clearly at all levels, much like a clear, simple treatment plan that a patient can follow.
The Power of Enterprise Anatomy in Problem-Solving
The Enterprise Anatomy model’s structured approach is not just about solving immediate problems; it represents a significant breakthrough compared to traditional frameworks. While many may stop at a broader Stage 1 analysis, missing the deeper connections within the organization, the Enterprise Anatomy model goes further.
By using a comprehensive diagnostic process (Stage 2-7) and a well-integrated treatment plan i.e. Strategy Execution Plan (Steps 1-13), organizations can address issues at their core, leading to more effective, sustainable solutions.
The model not only enhances the understanding of problems but also uncovers better opportunities for correction at every perspective, creating architecture anatomy-driven recommendations and tasks that are aligned with the top four perspectives—strategy, process, system, and component.
This approach ensures that the entire enterprise remains healthy and resilient, ready to face future challenges with confidence.