Enterprise Architecture

-

Meta-model for a Organisation

  1. Vision – a statement by company officials about the broad purpose of the company
  2. Strategy – grouping of plans that supports achieving company goals
  3. Goal – a specific objective that is measurable and achievable within the planning horizon
  4. Programme – provides the rules that govern initiatives and projects
  5. Project – a work effort that has defined start and end points. It consumes resources and generate values (e.g. cost reductions, revenue growth, benefits, etc.)
  6. Business Function – a set of procedures or activities that delivers products, services or support control of the company
  7. Capability – due to the business functions, the company is able to perform tasks, deliver services and develop products that sets itself apart from competitors
  8. Business Process – a procedure or activity that uses resources input to generate a measurable output. A group of these creates a function
  9. Application – a computerised system supporting automation for business processes

The inter-relationship is depicted in the following UML class diagram:

image

Classes in different colours denote different types of entities:

  • Yellow – Strategy
  • Blue – Transition
  • Green – Products & services offered by the organisation
  • Orange – Business processing

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Understanding ITIL Service Management the UML way…

-
Image
I originally had a great deal of difficult reconciling the differences amongst ITIL Change Management, Incident Management, and Problem Management. Having researched on the subjects and understanding them better now, I’ve tried to put the concepts together using a UML class diagram to capture my understanding and to keep it imprinted. Similarly, I wanted to differentiate the various categories of changes (Standard, Emergency, Normal) using an easy to understand & self-explanatory manner – a UML Activity Diagram!
Read more

How to depict (Professional-Looking) Logical Network Diagrams in Astah

-
Image
I have always had to create (professional-looking) UML diagrams using Visio-like icons. You’ve got to admit that showing a bunch of boring UML boxes hardly interests anyone less technical (like anyone whose designation has the words “manager” or “director”). This is actually possible in Astah! I’ve created a template for future projects that allows me to produce logical network diagrams that look like the following: To create this diagram, you need to do the following: Assign various icons to stereotypes. I created the following for my use: Create a new UML Deployment Diagram Every element in the diagram is created as a Node The nodes are subsequently assigned the appropriate <<stereotype>>. E.g. Internet is <<internet>>, WebZone FW is <<firewall>>, Web LB is <<loadBalancer>> Ensure the “Icon Notation” is set to “Customized Icon” for each node Instead of the boring boxes, the corresponding icons automatically gets displayed!
Read more