ITM 706 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Enterprise Architecture, The Open Group Architecture Framework, Business Process
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Appendix e,f & g ea tools, views and viewpoints. Definition: aggregation a simple connector that shows the relationship between two or more elements in such a way that the first element is composed of the other element. Note: aggregation can be reviewed as is-a relationship. In togaf language, we clearly distinguish between two concepts: actor & role. Definition: actor an active enterprise participant (person, system, robot) who takes part in the activity of an organization. Note: an actor plays a more important role in actor-centric view. Definition: role a representation of an actor"s usual or expected function. Note: the quotation why, with, who, when, how, with what are strongly related to enterprise architecture design & development. Concepts are defined as follows: phase 1, ea visioning: related to business mission, vision, strategy, ea scope & content: we need to precisely define the scope of a project.