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About CBA Lab

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  CBA Lab: Innovations developed by application users for other application users

  This slide presentation provides an overview of Cross-Business-Architecture Lab e. V. and the work it does. Version from October 2026.

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  2023/2024 Yearbook

  The Cross-Business-Architecture Lab e. V. Yearbook 2023/2024 (PDF).

  PDF (19.77 MB)

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  2022 Yearbook

  The Cross-Business-Architecture Lab e. V. 2022 Yearbook (PDF).

  PDF (12.3 MB)

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  2020 Yearbook

  The Cross-Business-Architecture Lab e. V. 2020 Yearbook (PDF).

  PDF (15.21 MB)

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  2018 Yearbook

  The Cross-Business-Architecture Lab e. V. 2018 Yearbook (PDF, german).

  PDF (3.28 MB)

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  2017 Yearbook

  The CBA Lab’s first Yearbook (PDF)

  PDF (2.44 MB)

Domain Architectures

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  Auf dem Weg zu Zero Trust – Teaser

  Der CBA Lab-Workstream „Auf dem Weg zu Zero Trust“ hat das Thema Zero Trust in der Enterprise Architecture unter die Lupe genommen. Was genau ist Zero Trust und warum ist es so wichtig in der heutigen digitalen Welt?

  mp4 (3.85 MB)

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  Auf dem Weg zu Zero Trust – Teil 1 – Motivation und Herausforderungen

  Welche guten Gründe sprechen für die Einführung von Zero Trust? Welche Herausforderungen bringt diese trotzdem mit? Antworten liefert das zweite Video unserer kurzen Videoreihe zum Thema Zero Trust.

  mp4 (7.47 MB)

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  Auf dem Weg zu Zero Trust – Teil 2 – Best Practices

  In den ersten beiden Filmen unserer Videoreihe haben wir uns bereits mit der Bedeutung von Zero Trust in der heutigen digitalen Welt beschäftigt, haben die Gründe für und die Herausforderungen bei der Einführung von Zero Trust betrachtet. Im dritten und letzten Video stellen wir uns der Frage, wie diese Herausforderungen bewältigt werden können – mit Best Practices aus dem EA-Netzwerk des Cross-Business-Architecture Lab.

  mp4 (7.09 MB)

EA Management Practice

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  New!CBA Lab EA Tool Use Case Canvas

  CBA Lab has developed a standardized template that allows for the quick and highly targeted description of a use case across various topics based on a guided set of questions—including the initial problem, obstacles, constraints, and stakeholders.

  PDF (66.63 KB)

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  New!Data Strategy as a Pathway to AI

  With a clear data strategy, the potential of agent-based AI can be realized. Companies from various industries collaborated in the Cross-Business-Architecture Lab to develop best practices. Through its strategy, Festo is organizing a globally accessible data repository to accelerate innovation based on artificial intelligence. Read more in the attached article from “IT&Production”. (German)

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  Business-Driven Architecture: White Paper (Light version)

  Business-Driven Architecture (BDA) aims to align IT with business objectives and promote business agility. The CBA Lab white paper shows how this can be achieved.

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  Business-Driven Architecture CheatSheet

  Business-Driven Architecture: Step by step to a business-oriented Enterprise Architecture.

  PDF (375.18 KB)

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  EA Communities & Communications – Infographic

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  EA Communities & Communication – Whitepaper

  Das Whitepaper beschreibt sowohl den grundsätzlichen Ansatz für eine Community als auch die theoretischen Aspekte und den praktischen Aufbau einer Enterprise Architecture (EA) Community.

  PDF (6.84 MB)

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  EAM Services Catalog – Infographic

  This infographic is structured according to the EAM Services Catalog and shows the 33 EAM services assigned to the 6 categories. Each category has been assigned a suitable icon, which corresponds to the ArchiMate® (The Open Group) colors.

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  Effective EA Governance

  The number of AI solutions and agent systems is constantly growing. This makes it all the more important to ensure consistent governance across all applications. The Cross-Business Architecture Lab worked out the best way to do this in a project. Read more in the attached article from “manage IT,” September-October 2025 issue. (German)

  PDF (354.7 KB)

Technology Architectures

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  Digtal Twin

  As a virtual mirror image of real plants and systems, a digital twin enables a variety of new application scenarios and business models. What fields of action and challenges arise from the use of this forward-looking digitalization concept? These and other questions are addressed in the cross-industry study conducted by management consultancy Detecon in cooperation with CBA Lab.

  PDF (18.05 MB)

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  KI Governance – Whitepaper

  The need for action in governance is linked to the latest developments in generative AI. The CBA Lab's white paper provides a good overview of the challenges and methods. (PDF)

  PDF (2.26 MB)