In order for a business to understand it health in the industry and market, it must have a way to measure and monitor its external and internal activities. At a basic level, many government regulatory bodies set financial reporting standards. However, these financial reporting models are supported through accounting and financial core standards (example: FASB and IASB).
However, businesses have many more metric standards than financial reporting models. There are many qualitative and quantitative performance metrics for specialized business roles for business services to deliver quality products and services to customers.
Architecture designs should positively impact these business metric standards. Ultimately, the architectural solution will probably be measured by these metrics standards.
Perspective Capture Questions: Business Metric Area
a) What common business metric standards are utilized by the organizational units or departments?