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The underlying idea of ICL Method is to tailor the TOGAF artifacts, into the framework for feasible business management method.

This Method also exists to facilitate safe journey of an legacy enterprise to AI enabled organizaton

AI and the Legacy Iceberg

Iron Code Labs Enterprise Management Method

ICL enables clients with a DBJ Method based on TOGAF. DBJ Method is a framework keeping the organisation running in a feasible fashion and repeatedly raising the AI ROI level.

On-boarding

In this step DBJ Method prepares ICL clients for architecture-led delivery by putting them on firm capability maturity foundations.

Preparing for the Maturity Levels

DBJ Method leads the assessment of the client’s current organisational maturity levels using the ACMM Levels L0–L5 nomenclature. In this step DBJ Method:

Establishes a common vocabulary: the Taxonomy — the shared language of the organisation’s information space
Classifies capability gaps using the ACMM scorecard
Sets a realistic target level (typically L3)

Potential deliverable: ACMM baseline assessment + ICL Method improvement roadmap

Raising the Organisation to CMM Level L3

DBJ Method defines and documents architecture processes — moving the organisation from ad-hoc (L1) to defined (L3).

Establishes governance structures and secures senior management involvement
Analyzes and documents architecture-driven communication practices across the organisation
Anchors the shared lexicon as a durable organisational asset — the structural mesh holding the information space together

Potential Deliverable: Documented processes and organisation operating at CMM level L3

For full detail on the organization maturity model see the DBJ CMM.

Business, Product, Technology Loop

Continuous company-wide operational cycle

Once on-boarded to maturity Level 3 (or above), the client organisation enters the BPT Loop — a continuous cycle of three clearly decoupled parts: Business, Product and Technology. This is Iron Code Labs’ delivery-focused operational methodology for AI-ready organisations.

BPT Loop is using deliverables from projects based on DBJ ADM “Wheel”. These deliverales are organized into three repositories following the BPT segments,

Key BPT strengths

Decoupling of responsilities on the organizatio level delivers faster development
Product is the natural alignment point between Business and Technology
Enteprise Architecture operates “above” the process, not within it
CMM prerequisite provides foundational maturity
Continuous loop maps to operational rhythm, not rigid phase gates
ADM “Wheel’s” and B,P or T segements depend on each other but they oprate indepedently of each other.

DBJ Method provides the bridge over which customers cross from the chaos of Legacy to the feasibility of AI.

ICL CLients Architecture does not participate in the loop — it governs it.