04d Key Terminology O-S Flashcards
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Objective
A time-bounded milestone for an organization used to demonstrate progress towards a goal.
E.g. : “Increase Capacity Utilization by 30% by the end of 2009 to support the planned increase in market share”
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Physical
A description of a real-world entity.
Physical elements in an enterprise architecture may still be considerably abstracted from Solution Architecture, design, or implementation views.
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Reference Model (RM)
A reference model is an abstract framework for understanding significant relationships among the entities of [an] environment, and for the development of consistent standards or specifications supporting that environment.
A reference model is based on a small number of unifying concepts and may be used as a basis for education and explaining standards to a nonspecialist.
A reference model is not directly tie to any standards, technologies, or other concrete implementation details, but it does seek to provide common semantics that can be used unambiguously across and between different implementations.
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Repository
A system that manages all of the data of an enterprise, including data and process models and other enterprise information.
The data in a repository is much more extensive than that in a data dictionary, which generally defines only the data making up a database.
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Requirement
A statement of need that must be met by a particular architecture or work package.
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Segment Architecture
A detailed, formal description of areas within an enterprise, used at the program or portfolio level to organize and align change activity.
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Solution Architecture
A description of a discrete and focused business operation or activity and how IS/IT supports that operation.
A Solution Architecture typically applies to a single project or project release, assisting in the translation of requirements into:
- a solution vision,
- high-level business and/or IT system specifications, and
- a portfolio of implementation tasks.
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Solution Building Block
A time-bounded milestone for an organization used to demonstrate progress towards a goal.
E.g. : “Increase Capacity Utilization by 30% by the end of 2009 to support the planned increase in market share”
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Solutions Continuum
A part of the Enterprise Continuum.
A repository of re-usable solutions for future implementation efforts.
It contains implementations of the corresponding definitions in the Architecture Continuum.
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Stakeholder
An individual, team, or organization (or classes thereof) with interests in, or concerns relative to, the outcome of the architecture.
Different stakeholders with different roles will have different concerns.
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Strategic Architecture
A summary formal description of the enterprise, providing an organizing framework for operational and change activity, and an executive-level, long-term view for direction setting.
