The current theory of BOA allows a company to design their business and operating model based on integration of critical business architecture components, such as capabilities, processes, customers, employees, channels, and products with automation through IT application, data, and technology architectures.
Gartner defines BOA as a combination of business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA).
[1] BOA connects the technical, IT-facing tools of SOA with the core process improvement functions of BPM.
[1][2][3] The current theory of BOA allows a company to manage, automate, and integrate critical processes, applications and functions, legacy applications, and components in a unified interoperability BOA to achieve business goals.
[4][5][6][7] The current architecture is built on a set of principles and methodologies for achieving speed to market, business agility, and lower total cost of ownership.