Engineering & Logistics Support – BMfS Architecture Coherence

Challenge

The CIO of the Support Function needed a coherent, concise capability model to understand and plan the functional landscape of Equipment and Logistics Support. This model needed to interlink with user stories, process maps, and data models—crucial for scoping transformation initiatives and informing Outline Business Cases across BMfS.

The challenge was compounded by the immaturity of the Enterprise Architecture Practice (EAP), which lacked widespread familiarity with industry-standard tools, governance, and best-practice modelling frameworks.

Solution

ASU worked collaboratively with the EAP’s lead business architect and stakeholders across BMfS to assess, restructure, and enhance the Support Function’s capability model. Activities included:

• Restructuring the Capability Model – Addressed levelling and abstraction inconsistencies to improve clarity and usability.
• Integrated Architecture – Created a connected view linking business, data, and application architecture to the revised capability model.
• Conceptual & Logical Data Models – Developed engineering support data models from fragmented and inconsistent sources.
• Knowledge Transfer – Provided hands-on support, upskilling EAP architects in best-practice modelling and EA exploitation techniques.
• Proofs of Concept – Delivered working examples to demonstrate how business architecture could be applied in practice.
• Digital Function Review – Contributed business architecture insights to BMfS design reviews, strengthening alignment with the Digital Function.

Outcome

The result was a well-structured, actionable architecture capability model that allowed the Support Function to:

• Communicate clearly with internal and external stakeholders.
• Scope and prioritise transformation initiatives based on strategic importance and maturity.
• Support formal design reviews with robust, standardised artefacts.
• Import data and generate useful, insight-driven architectural views using the tools and methods established through ASU’s guidance.

Ultimately, ASU enabled the Support Function’s EA practice to become a more effective strategic partner in BMfS delivery—embedding architecture coherence as a foundation for meaningful, sustainable change.