OBASHI
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The OBASHI® methodology provides a framework and method for capturing, illustrating and modeling the relationships, dependencies and dataflows between business and Information technology
(IT) assets and resources in a business context.
It is a formal and structured way of communicating the logical and physical relationships and dependencies between IT assets and resources (Ownership, Business Processes
, Applications
, Systems
, Hardware
, and Infrastructure) to define the business services of a modern enterprise.
The name OBASHI is a licensed trademark of OBASHI Ltd.
Business resources (which include people) and IT assets are either providers of data, consumers of data or provide the conduit through which the data can flow.
The role of IT is to support, process and optimise the flow of data to maximise business/organisational performance.
, Grangemouth, Scotland.
The subsequent OBASHI methodology was born out of the need for business professionals to easily understand the dollar per second value of dataflow that supports their business services in a simple and meaningful way so accurate and better informed operational and strategic decisions could be made.
Cloughley and Wallis recognized that by developing a methodology around the OBASHI framework, the existing methods for costing and valuing the flow of data in the Oil & Gas
/ Process Control industry
could be made universally appllicable to flows of data in all sectors.
The methodology entails capturing, documenting, modeling, analysing
, simulating
and optimizing
the cost / value of the flow of data between assets and business resources.
, Chemical
, Pharmaceutical
, Power Generation
, Water
, Food and Beverage
, Cement, Steelmaking and Paper
industries have relied on Distributed Control Systems (DCS
) to manage and control their Manufacturing and Process Control
systems.
The flow of data for I/O
control purposes is fundamental to the safe and efficient function of plant operations. A clear and concise understanding of the cause and effect of this data flow is a prerequisite to plant operations, business optimization
and Health and Safety
governance.
This clear and concise understanding is supported by a rigorous approach to documentation, namely: Computer Aided Design (CAD
) diagram
s & models; Piping and Instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs
); Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs
); and Cause and Effect diagrams.
Many other add-on technologies can be linked to the flows of plant data to support and optimise the plant running conditions, for example: Chemical Process modeling
, Computer simulation
, Process optimization
and plant maintenance management systems.
The OBASHI Framework and methodology were developed to mimic this rigorous approach and provide contextual documentation to support safe and efficient IT & Business operational practices.
are used within manufacturing
and process industries to control and simulate the operation of the plant. These models derive real-time
input from digital sensor
s attached to physical equipment throughout the manufacturing process and are built to understand the contextual relationship between the assets and process flow.
By linking the model to the commodities markets the real costs/values of flow can be displayed, monitored and trended as dollars per second, enabling the transposition from tonnes per hour. In turn, this enables business processes to be optimised around value, and each asset’s contribution to the cost/value of the flow be evaluated in financial terms.
Within the OBASHI methodology, business resources and IT assets are regarded as either providers of data, consumers of data, or provide the conduit through which the data can flow.
People provide and consume data daily, as do applications and systems. Hardware and cables act as conduits through which data flows: between desks, through office and corporate networks, across the internet, through deep sea cables and via satellites.
Across all businesses, the equivalents of the pipes, valves, pumps, meters and sensors of the oil and gas industry are the people, hubs, cables, routers, servers, and desktops through which data flows.
By utilising comparable contextual relationships the OBASHI methodology enables dataflow to be analysed in a similar manner to that of process flow within the manufacturing industry, which is central to business performance optimisation
.
The layers are:
Placing the elements above or below each other within the framework signifies a relationship between the elements. For example, placing an Owner element above a Business Process element signifies that the business processes belongs to that owner. Placing a business function above an application signifies that the process uses that application etc...
Elements can be connected on the diagram to denote a physical relationship, such as the connection between a hardware element and an infrastructure element. Dependencies can also be documented on the diagram to show explicit non-obvious relationships between elements, such as the reliance of a business process on a third party resource.
Each element can be referenced to supporting documentation to provide a supporting context for that element.
The flow of data (dataflows) can be superimposed on the diagrams to depict a sequence of elements required to support a business service.
The combination of one or more OBASHI diagrams form a contextual model for analysis.
The six layers are:
They are collectively known as OBASHI
A B&IT diagram is made up of elements. Individual elements represent individual business and IT assets and resources.
By employing the OBASHI framework, B&IT diagrams are able to accurately depict the complex inter-relationships and dependencies of business processes, IT resources and dataflows in an easy-to-understand visual format.
Through the use of a tool which supports the OBASHI Framework a repository of elements and relationships can be established. By using a graphical interface to create the B&IT diagrams the tool can build an interactive model of these relationships, with the B&IT diagram acting as a dynamic interface.
Behind each element information can be stored within the repository: business, financial and/or technical. This data may be captured manually, or automatically from data held within existing systems. This information can then be viewed, manipulated and analysed within its business context.
All of the physical assets required for the logical data flow to exist are documented as a sequence
. A sequence shows all of the IT and Business assets and resources involved in the data flow.
The DAV enables cost/value statistics to be generated to understand the contribution IT assets make to the business. Analysis of the DAV can highlight vulnerabilities, mis-alignment and areas for consolidation.
Architecture
Other Frameworks
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
(IT) assets and resources in a business context.
It is a formal and structured way of communicating the logical and physical relationships and dependencies between IT assets and resources (Ownership, Business Processes
Business process
A business process or business method is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product for a particular customer or customers...
, Applications
Application software
Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...
, Systems
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
, Hardware
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
, and Infrastructure) to define the business services of a modern enterprise.
The name OBASHI is a licensed trademark of OBASHI Ltd.
Core Principle
OBASHI is based around a core principle: that IT exists for one reason, namely, to manage the flow of data between business assets.Business resources (which include people) and IT assets are either providers of data, consumers of data or provide the conduit through which the data can flow.
The role of IT is to support, process and optimise the flow of data to maximise business/organisational performance.
The Origins of OBASHI
The OBASHI framework was invented by Fergus Cloughley and Paul Wallis of Stroma Software Ltd. during late 2001, following their collaboration on a project to help plant managers visualise and understand how and why IT assets supported business services within British PetroleumBP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
, Grangemouth, Scotland.
The subsequent OBASHI methodology was born out of the need for business professionals to easily understand the dollar per second value of dataflow that supports their business services in a simple and meaningful way so accurate and better informed operational and strategic decisions could be made.
Cloughley and Wallis recognized that by developing a methodology around the OBASHI framework, the existing methods for costing and valuing the flow of data in the Oil & Gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
/ Process Control industry
Process control
Process control is a statistics and engineering discipline that deals with architectures, mechanisms and algorithms for maintaining the output of a specific process within a desired range...
could be made universally appllicable to flows of data in all sectors.
The methodology entails capturing, documenting, modeling, analysing
Business Analysis
Business analysis is the discipline of identifying business needs and determining solutions to business problems. Solutions often include a systems development component, but may also consist of process improvement, organizational change or strategic planning and policy development...
, simulating
Computer simulation
A computer simulation, a computer model, or a computational model is a computer program, or network of computers, that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system...
and optimizing
Process optimization
Process optimization is the discipline of adjusting a process so as to optimize some specified set of parameters without violating some constraint. The most common goals are minimizing cost, maximizing throughput, and/or efficiency...
the cost / value of the flow of data between assets and business resources.
DCS - CAD in Process control
The Oil & GasNatural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
, Chemical
Chemical industry
The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials into more than 70,000 different products.-Products:...
, Pharmaceutical
Pharmaceutical company
The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs licensed for use as medications. Pharmaceutical companies are allowed to deal in generic and/or brand medications and medical devices...
, Power Generation
Electricity generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...
, Water
Water industry
The water industry provides drinking water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the economy. The water industry includes manufacturers and suppliers of bottled water...
, Food and Beverage
Food industry
The food production is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population...
, Cement, Steelmaking and Paper
Pulp and paper industry
The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American , northern European and East Asian countries...
industries have relied on Distributed Control Systems (DCS
Distributed control system
A distributed control system refers to a control system usually of a manufacturing system, process or any kind of dynamic system, in which the controller elements are not central in location but are distributed throughout the system with each component sub-system controlled by one or more...
) to manage and control their Manufacturing and Process Control
Process control
Process control is a statistics and engineering discipline that deals with architectures, mechanisms and algorithms for maintaining the output of a specific process within a desired range...
systems.
The flow of data for I/O
Input/output
In computing, input/output, or I/O, refers to the communication between an information processing system , and the outside world, possibly a human, or another information processing system. Inputs are the signals or data received by the system, and outputs are the signals or data sent from it...
control purposes is fundamental to the safe and efficient function of plant operations. A clear and concise understanding of the cause and effect of this data flow is a prerequisite to plant operations, business optimization
Process optimization
Process optimization is the discipline of adjusting a process so as to optimize some specified set of parameters without violating some constraint. The most common goals are minimizing cost, maximizing throughput, and/or efficiency...
and Health and Safety
Health and Safety Executive
The Health and Safety Executive is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom. It is the body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in England and Wales and Scotland...
governance.
This clear and concise understanding is supported by a rigorous approach to documentation, namely: Computer Aided Design (CAD
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
) diagram
Diagram
A diagram is a two-dimensional geometric symbolic representation of information according to some visualization technique. Sometimes, the technique uses a three-dimensional visualization which is then projected onto the two-dimensional surface...
s & models; Piping and Instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs
Piping and instrumentation diagram
A piping and instrumentation diagram/drawing is a diagram in the process industry which shows the piping of the process flow together with the installed equipment and instrumentation.-Contents and Function:...
); Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs
Process Flow diagram
A process flow diagram is a diagram commonly used in engineering to indicate the general flow of plant processes and equipment.The PFD displays the relationship between major equipment of a plant facility and does not show minor details such as piping details and designations...
); and Cause and Effect diagrams.
Many other add-on technologies can be linked to the flows of plant data to support and optimise the plant running conditions, for example: Chemical Process modeling
Chemical process modeling
Chemical process modeling is a computer modeling technique used in chemical engineering process design. It typically involves using purpose-built software to define a system of interconnected components, which are then solved so that the steady-state or dynamic behavior of the system can be...
, Computer simulation
Computer simulation
A computer simulation, a computer model, or a computational model is a computer program, or network of computers, that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system...
, Process optimization
Process optimization
Process optimization is the discipline of adjusting a process so as to optimize some specified set of parameters without violating some constraint. The most common goals are minimizing cost, maximizing throughput, and/or efficiency...
and plant maintenance management systems.
The OBASHI Framework and methodology were developed to mimic this rigorous approach and provide contextual documentation to support safe and efficient IT & Business operational practices.
Data flows in the Oil and Gas Industries
Computer modelsComputer simulation
A computer simulation, a computer model, or a computational model is a computer program, or network of computers, that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system...
are used within manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
and process industries to control and simulate the operation of the plant. These models derive real-time
Real-time computing
In computer science, real-time computing , or reactive computing, is the study of hardware and software systems that are subject to a "real-time constraint"— e.g. operational deadlines from event to system response. Real-time programs must guarantee response within strict time constraints...
input from digital sensor
Sensor
A sensor is a device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or by an instrument. For example, a mercury-in-glass thermometer converts the measured temperature into expansion and contraction of a liquid which can be read on a calibrated...
s attached to physical equipment throughout the manufacturing process and are built to understand the contextual relationship between the assets and process flow.
By linking the model to the commodities markets the real costs/values of flow can be displayed, monitored and trended as dollars per second, enabling the transposition from tonnes per hour. In turn, this enables business processes to be optimised around value, and each asset’s contribution to the cost/value of the flow be evaluated in financial terms.
Data flows in the modern business
The contextual understanding of the relationships between physical assets and flows is used within OBASHI to model the flow of data between business services and IT equipment.Within the OBASHI methodology, business resources and IT assets are regarded as either providers of data, consumers of data, or provide the conduit through which the data can flow.
People provide and consume data daily, as do applications and systems. Hardware and cables act as conduits through which data flows: between desks, through office and corporate networks, across the internet, through deep sea cables and via satellites.
Across all businesses, the equivalents of the pipes, valves, pumps, meters and sensors of the oil and gas industry are the people, hubs, cables, routers, servers, and desktops through which data flows.
By utilising comparable contextual relationships the OBASHI methodology enables dataflow to be analysed in a similar manner to that of process flow within the manufacturing industry, which is central to business performance optimisation
Process optimization
Process optimization is the discipline of adjusting a process so as to optimize some specified set of parameters without violating some constraint. The most common goals are minimizing cost, maximizing throughput, and/or efficiency...
.
Characteristics
The OBASHI Methodology models the enterprise/an organisation in six horizontal layers. The layers provide a framework (the OBASHI framework) for organising individual elements that represent individual Business or IT assets and resources.The layers are:
- Ownership
- Business Process
- Application
- System
- Hardware
- Infrastructure
Placing the elements above or below each other within the framework signifies a relationship between the elements. For example, placing an Owner element above a Business Process element signifies that the business processes belongs to that owner. Placing a business function above an application signifies that the process uses that application etc...
Elements can be connected on the diagram to denote a physical relationship, such as the connection between a hardware element and an infrastructure element. Dependencies can also be documented on the diagram to show explicit non-obvious relationships between elements, such as the reliance of a business process on a third party resource.
Each element can be referenced to supporting documentation to provide a supporting context for that element.
The flow of data (dataflows) can be superimposed on the diagrams to depict a sequence of elements required to support a business service.
The combination of one or more OBASHI diagrams form a contextual model for analysis.
The OBASHI Framework
These Layers provide the framework for organising the elements that represent individual Business or IT assets / resources.The six layers are:
- Ownership
- Business Process
- Application
- System
- Hardware
- Infrastructure
They are collectively known as OBASHI
Ownership Layer
The Ownership Layer contains elements representing the person(s) or group(s) that ‘owns’, or is responsible for, business processes portrayed in the Business Layer. Ownership elements can be positioned beneath other ownership elements to create a hierarchy of owners. Example owners could be: Accountancy, Planning Manager, Logistics, New York, Purchasing Officer and Environmental Health.Business Layer
The Business Layer contains elements representing the business processes or functions that are being used by the ‘Owner(s)’. These elements are positioned under their appropriate ‘Owner’. Examples could be: Monthly Balance, Sales Transactions, Tank Stock Management, Production Data and Capture Budgeting.Application Layer
The Application Layer contains elements representing software applications. These are positioned beneath the business processes that utilise them. Examples could include: Excel, Oracle, Sage, SAP and PeopleSoft.System Layer
The System Layer contains elements representing the operating systems on which the applications run. These elements are positioned beneath the appropriate applications. Examples could be: Windows XP, Unix, Solaris, Linux and Vista.Hardware Layer
The Hardware Layer contains elements representing the computer hardware on which the operating systems run. These elements are positioned beneath the appropriate operating systems. Examples could be: Workstations, Servers, Laptops, Tablet PCs, and Mainframes.Infrastructure Layer
The Infrastructure Layer contains elements representing the network infrastructure into which the hardware is connected. Infrastructure elements can be positioned beneath other infrastructure elements to create a hierarchy that supports the business. Examples could be: Switches, Routers, Multiplexers, Bridges and Hubs.B&IT Diagrams
The OBASHI framework is used to create Business and IT (B&IT) diagrams. A B&IT diagram is a diagrammatic representation of the logical and physical relationships (connectivity) between an organisation’s IT assets and resources and the business operations which they support.A B&IT diagram is made up of elements. Individual elements represent individual business and IT assets and resources.
By employing the OBASHI framework, B&IT diagrams are able to accurately depict the complex inter-relationships and dependencies of business processes, IT resources and dataflows in an easy-to-understand visual format.
Through the use of a tool which supports the OBASHI Framework a repository of elements and relationships can be established. By using a graphical interface to create the B&IT diagrams the tool can build an interactive model of these relationships, with the B&IT diagram acting as a dynamic interface.
Behind each element information can be stored within the repository: business, financial and/or technical. This data may be captured manually, or automatically from data held within existing systems. This information can then be viewed, manipulated and analysed within its business context.
Rules
The OBASHI Framework comprises the following rules which govern the implicit and explicit relationships between elements.-
- An element placed beneath or above another element has an implicit relationship with that element.
- All elements within the same layer have an implicit relationship to each other.
- Connected elements have an explicit relationship to each other, with the following rules governing connectivity:
- A connection is a bi-directional relationship
- An Infrastructure element may be connected to one or more Infrastructure or Hardware elements.
- A Hardware element may be connected to one or more Infrastructure or System elements.
- A System element may be connected to one or more Hardware or Application elements.
- An Application element may be connected to one or more System, Application or Business elements.
- A Business element may be connected to one or more Application, Business or Owner elements.
- An Owner element may be connected to one or more Business or Owner elements.
- A dependency is a uni-directional relationship i.e. element X may be dependent on element Y, but element Y might not be dependent on element X.
- An element may have one or more instances within a layer.
- An element can exist on more than one OBASHI diagram.
- A dataflow comprises two or more connected elements.
- A dataflow can contain one or more dataflows, enabling a hierarchy of dataflows.
- A dataflow may span multiple Business and IT diagrams.
The Dataflow Analysis View (DAV)
The OBASHI Dataflow Analysis View (DAV) is a graphical and statistical representation of all the business and IT resources, and attributed financial values, that support an individual data flow. A DAV illustrates to business professionals how and why IT systems interact with day to day business processes.All of the physical assets required for the logical data flow to exist are documented as a sequence
Sequence
In mathematics, a sequence is an ordered list of objects . Like a set, it contains members , and the number of terms is called the length of the sequence. Unlike a set, order matters, and exactly the same elements can appear multiple times at different positions in the sequence...
. A sequence shows all of the IT and Business assets and resources involved in the data flow.
The DAV enables cost/value statistics to be generated to understand the contribution IT assets make to the business. Analysis of the DAV can highlight vulnerabilities, mis-alignment and areas for consolidation.
Fields of use
The OBASHI Methodology can be used in the following fields:- AvailabilityAvailabilityIn telecommunications and reliability theory, the term availability has the following meanings:* The degree to which a system, subsystem, or equipment is in a specified operable and committable state at the start of a mission, when the mission is called for at an unknown, i.e., a random, time...
- Business ArchitectureBusiness architectureA business architecture is a part of an enterprise architecture related to corporate business, and the documents and diagrams that describe that architectural structure of business...
- Business ContinuityBusiness continuity planningBusiness continuity planning “identifies [an] organization's exposure to internal and external threats and synthesizes hard and soft assets to provide effective prevention and recovery for the organization, whilst maintaining competitive advantage and value system integrity”. It is also called...
- Business Process Management (BPM)Business process managementBusiness process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to...
- Business Service ManagementBusiness Service ManagementBusiness service management is an approach used to manage business-aligned IT services. A BSM philosophy promotes a customer-centric and business-focused approach to Service Management, aligning business objectives and priorities with IT or ICT from strategy through to operations and continual...
- Business Technology Optimisation (BTO)
- Change ManagementChange Management (ITSM)Change management is an IT service management discipline. The objective of change management in this context is to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of all changes to control IT infrastructure, in order to minimize the number and impact of...
- CHAZOP (Computer Hazardous Operation Analysis)
- COBITCOBITCOBIT is a framework created by ISACA for information technology management and IT Governance. It is a supporting toolset that allows managers to bridge the gap between control requirements, technical issues and business risks.-Overview:...
- Data Center ManagementData centerA data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...
- Enterprise Architecture (EA)Enterprise architectureAn enterprise architecture is a rigorous description of the structure of an enterprise, which comprises enterprise components , the externally visible properties of those components, and the relationships between them...
- Governance & AuditingInformation technology auditAn information technology audit, or information systems audit, is an examination of the management controls within an Information technology infrastructure. The evaluation of obtained evidence determines if the information systems are safeguarding assets, maintaining data integrity, and operating...
- Grid ComputingGrid computingGrid computing is a term referring to the combination of computer resources from multiple administrative domains to reach a common goal. The grid can be thought of as a distributed system with non-interactive workloads that involve a large number of files...
- Information Architecture (IA)Information ArchitectureInformation architecture is the art of expressing a model or concept of information used in activities that require explicit details of complex systems. Among these activities are library systems, Content Management Systems, web development, user interactions, database development, programming,...
- Enterprise Information Security Architecture (EISA)Enterprise Information Security ArchitectureEnterprise information security architecture is a part of enterprise architecture focusing on information security throughout the enterprise.- Overview :...
- Infrastructure Management
- IT Service ManagementIT Service ManagementIT service management is a discipline for managing information technology systems, philosophically centered on the customer's perspective of IT's contribution to the business. ITSM stands in deliberate contrast to technology-centered approaches to IT management and business interaction...
- IT SecurityInformation securityInformation security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction....
- ITILInformation Technology Infrastructure LibraryThe Information Technology Infrastructure Library , is a set of good practices for IT service management that focuses on aligning IT services with the needs of business. In its current form , ITIL is published in a series of five core publications, each of which covers an ITSM lifecycle stage...
- On Demand/Utility ComputingUtility computingUtility computing is the packaging of computing resources, such as computation, storage and services, as a metered service similar to a traditional public utility...
- Performability
- Risk ManagementRisk managementRisk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities...
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)Service-oriented architectureIn software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
- SOXSarbanes-Oxley ActThe Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 , also known as the 'Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act' and 'Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act' and commonly called Sarbanes–Oxley, Sarbox or SOX, is a United States federal law enacted on July 30, 2002, which...
- Technical ArchitectureTechnical architectureTechnical architecture is one of several architecture domains that form the pillars of an enterprise architecture or solution architecture. It describes the structure and behaviour of the technology infrastructure of an enterprise, solution or system...
See also
Business Strategy- Business continuityBusiness continuity planningBusiness continuity planning “identifies [an] organization's exposure to internal and external threats and synthesizes hard and soft assets to provide effective prevention and recovery for the organization, whilst maintaining competitive advantage and value system integrity”. It is also called...
- Business analysisBusiness AnalysisBusiness analysis is the discipline of identifying business needs and determining solutions to business problems. Solutions often include a systems development component, but may also consist of process improvement, organizational change or strategic planning and policy development...
- Disaster recoveryDisaster recoveryDisaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery is a subset of business continuity...
- Process modelingProcess modelingThe term process model is used in various contexts. For example, in business process modeling the enterprise process model is often referred to as the business process model. Process models are core concepts in the discipline of process engineering....
Architecture
- Business architectureBusiness architectureA business architecture is a part of an enterprise architecture related to corporate business, and the documents and diagrams that describe that architectural structure of business...
- Information architectureInformation ArchitectureInformation architecture is the art of expressing a model or concept of information used in activities that require explicit details of complex systems. Among these activities are library systems, Content Management Systems, web development, user interactions, database development, programming,...
- Process architectureProcess architectureDualistic Petri nets are a process-class variant of Petri nets.Like Petri nets in general and many related formalisms and notations, they are used to describe and analyze process architecture.-Process Modeling with dPNs :...
- Systems analystSystems analystA systems analyst researches problems, plans solutions, recommends software and systems, and coordinates development to meet business or other requirements. They will be familiar with multiple variety of programming languages, operating systems, and computer hardware platforms...
- Systems architectureSystems architectureA system architecture or systems architecture is the conceptual model that defines the structure, behavior, and more views of a system.An architecture description is a formal description and representation of a system, organized in a way that supports reasoning about the structure of the system...
- Systems designSystems designSystems design is the process of defining the architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a system to satisfy specified requirements. One could see it as the application of systems theory to product development...
Other Frameworks
- AGATEAGATE (architecture framework)AGATE is a framework for modeling computer or communication systems architecture....
- Department of Defense Architecture FrameworkDepartment of Defense Architecture FrameworkThe Department of Defense Architecture Framework is an architecture framework for the United States Department of Defense, that provides structure for a specific stakeholder concern through viewpoints organized by various views....
- Federal Enterprise ArchitectureFederal Enterprise ArchitectureA federal enterprise architecture is the enterprise architecture of a federal government. It provides a common methodology for information technology acquisition, use, and disposal in the Federal government....
- MODAFMODAFThe British Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework is an Architecture Framework which defines a standardised way of conducting Enterprise Architecture, originally developed by the UK Ministry of Defence....
- TOGAFTOGAFThe Open Group Architecture Framework is a framework for enterprise architecture which provides a comprehensive approach for designing, planning, implementation, and governance of an enterprise information architecture...
- Zachman FrameworkZachman frameworkThe Zachman Framework is an Enterprise Architecture framework for enterprise architecture, which provides a formal and highly structured way of viewing and defining an enterprise...