Describing the business architecture environment
The business architecture environment contains the elements that define the enterprise model (operational model) for the current stage.

A business architecture environment represents the relationships of a business functional area with its partners.
The elements constituting the enterprise operational model are:
• the enterprise ecosystem defined by the interactions with the partners,
• the business function architectures,
• the business functions.
To describe the business architecture environment for an enterprise stage:
1. Open the Architecture Description properties page of the enterprise phase.
2. In the Functional Architecture section, click the right arrow of the Operational Model field.
3. Click Connect a business architecture environment.
A selection window opens.
4. Select the business environment architecture that interests you and click Connect.
The business architecture environment is connected to the enterprise stage.