Organization Design
Process Design Pattern
Purpose
Organization Design establishes and maintains the elements of the design of the operating model for an organization.
Outcomes
Activities
There are a number of approaches to organization design:
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Enterprise Architecture Description Frameworks
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Change Program Approaches (which may use the same approaches) Program Management
Roles
- Business Architect.
- Organization Designer
- Information Systems Architect.
- Enterprise Architect
- Also links to:
- Process Owner / Manager
- Auditors
Entry Criteria
A manager of a team has identified a need to change the current organizational design / structure to achieve one or more objectives.
Objects
- Current Operating Model (from past organizational changes).
- Target Operating Model
Process Owner
Person from: HR (OD), or EA(BA), or CEO.
References
This process links to the following Best Practice, External Standards and Product Standards. Links to other processes that this process may start are also indicated.
The team model provides the basic elements for organization design and describing the operating model.
The Organizational Structure is represented on an Organization Chart. A two dimentional organization chart is shown below. Each box on the Organisation Chart is a Team. The organization chart provides the context and relationships of any team in the organization.