ITM706 – Lecture 8
Motivations for EA Modeling
Getting to grips with change
o Know the impact of a change
Take well-informed design decisions
Compare alternative designs
o Make trade-offs between aspects like costs, quality, and performance
Enterprise:
Business
Data
Application
Technology
Modeling Enterprise
EA finds which aspects of an enterprise are relevant and should be represented in
the model
Examples of aspects
o Products
o Business processes
o Applications
o IT-Infrastructure elements
o Relations
Purpose of Architecture Models
To communicate something:
o To the people reading the model
o Between people making the model
Motivations for EA Modeling
Getting to grips with change
o Know the impact of a change
Take well-informed design decisions
Compare alternative designs
o Make trade-offs between aspects like costs, quality, and performance
Enterprise:
Business
Data
Application
Technology
Modeling Enterprise
EA finds which aspects of an enterprise are relevant and should be represented in
the model
Examples of aspects
o Products
o Business processes
o Applications
o IT-Infrastructure elements
o Relations
Purpose of Architecture Models
To communicate something:
o To the people reading the model
o Between people making the model
