PBA Zone: Trends and Forecasting : General Market Business Trends Trends represent a prediction of possible future states based on past observations. All architecture teams must carefully examine trends to make pragmatic decisions for the specific solution. Sometimes, an architecture team will want to align their decisions with predicted trends and sometimes, the team will intentionally want to make decisions that are antagonistic to observed trends.
General Markets are always changing and evolving towards newer equilibriums. These trends can promote some industries, suppliers, regulators and consumers while putting others at a disadvantage.
Perspective Capture Questions: General Market Directions/Trends Area
a) What are the relevant market directions/trends?
b) Why are they significant to the business?
c) How is the business addressing those trends?