Business Fundamentals
Business Fundamentals are the basic skills required to address the different aspects of running an organization. This includes understanding of broad and generic business structures and functions that apply to any organization. Prerequisites to this are People Management, Organizational Design, Human Resources, Financial Management, Micro and Macro-Economics, Global Trends, Marketing and Sales Strategy, R & D, Production, Quality Control and Fulfilment. Fundamental comprehension of the business is key to effective architecture. Architects that understand the business will be more informed to shape solutions and position IT to deliver better value to the business. Imagine visting a doctor for a medical check-up. What are the signs of health and wellbeing he/she would look for? Would he/she rely on only one or a few? Similarly, Business Fundamentals provides insight to the health of organisations and where vulnerabilities lie. They are early indicators of future problems and/or...