Can I use BIAN to help with M&A and outsourcing decisions?

Yes, but in order to leverage the BIAN standard to support enterprise management activities such as these it is often necessary to develop a “bank on a page” enterprise blueprint of the relevant divisions of the Bank. This selects, specializes and assembles the BIAN Service Domains (typically including the duplication of many of the Service Domains) into a blueprint or map that represents the operational and organization layout of the enterprise – see the Practitioner´s Guide Section on the M⁴Bank for more detail. Because the Service Domains represent static or enduring capabilities that make up the enterprise this model view is highly stable over time and defines a complete and non-overlapping view of the business. It is therefore a very powerful framework for overlaying existing resources, assessing performance and aligning solutions as is typically necessary in M&A and outsourcing initiatives.