BPM and AI Architectural Layers
Where AI enters the enterprise architecture hierarchy
1
Business Model
What value is exchanged, with whom, and for what consideration
implemented by
2
Value Chain
How value is produced, transformed, and delivered to the customer
executed via
3
Process Model (BPM)
How work is structured, who performs it, and how outcomes are measured
decomposed into
4
Task / Activity
The atomic unit of work — carries a worker assignment and consumes capabilities
consumes as capability
assigns as a worker
AI
Artificial Intelligence
A capability consumed by tasks — not a strategy, value chain, or process
Enters the architecture at the task layer — no higher
Porter 1985 · Magretta 2013 · BPM Council 2019