Method and system for constructing, managing and using enterprise architecture in a component busines model

• US 20070021993A1
• Filed: 07/22/2005
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chandra, Ankur, Nigam, Anil, Cohn, David, Vergo, John, Flaxer, David, Rackham, Guy, Sanz, Jorge
• Application Number:
  US11/186,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20070021993A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method and system is described for an enterprise architecture being viewed through a component business model of an organization, where the artifacts of the enterprise architecture are mapped to corresponding elements of the component business model. A metamodel is used to integrate a model of the enterprise architecture with the component business model. Views of the enterprise architecture are coupled to the layers of a component business model stack.

Claims

1. A method for representing an enterprise architecture comprising:

identifying at least one enterprise architecture view in a component business model of an organization;

for each said view, identifying at least one enterprise architecture artifact in the view and mapping each identified artifact to a corresponding element of the component business model.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein said identifying further comprises creating a component view in an existing enterprise architecture.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein said identifying further comprises using a component business model analysis to identify and generate said at least one enterprise architecture view.

4. A method as in claim 1, wherein said enterprise architecture views include a view coupled to a layer of a component business model stack.

5. A method as in claim 4, wherein said coupled view is one of a group consisting of i) a business view coupled to a business layer in the component business model stack, ii) an application view coupled to an application layer in the component business model stack, and iii) a technology view coupled to a technology layer in the component business model stack.

6. A method as in claim 1, further comprising verifying said enterprise architecture using said component business model.

7. A method as in claim 1, wherein an enterprise architecture view presented to a user is filtered by a selected element of the component business model.

8. A method as in claim 7, wherein said selected element is one of a group consisting of a component, a competency, a management accountability level, a business service, and a business process.

9. A method as in claim 1, wherein each said enterprise architecture view is one of a group consisting of an architecture view, an operation view, a system view, a technology view, a business view, an application view, an installation view and a resource view.

10. A method as in claim 7, wherein an enterprise architecture view presented to a user is also filtered by a role of said user.

11. An enterprise architecture representation comprising:

a component business model having enterprise architecture views populated with enterprise architecture artifacts;

an enterprise architecture having a component view, said artifacts being mapped to corresponding elements in said component business model.

12. An enterprise architecture representation as in claim 11, wherein said enterprise architecture views include a view coupled to a layer of a component business model stack.

13. An enterprise architecture representation as in claim 12, wherein said coupled view is a technology view coupled to a technology layer in the component business model stack.

14. An enterprise architecture representation as in claim 11, wherein said enterprise architecture is verified using said component business model.

15. An enterprise architecture representation as in claim 11, wherein an enterprise architecture view presented to a user is filtered by a selected element of the component business model.

16. An enterprise architecture representation as in claim 15, wherein said selected element of the component business model is one of a group consisting of a component, a competency, a management accountability level, a business service, and a business process.

17. An enterprise architecture as in claim 11, wherein each said enterprise architecture view is one of a group consisting of an architecture view, an operation view, a system view, a technology view, a business view, an application view, an installation view and a resource view.

18. An enterprise architecture as in claim 15, wherein an enterprise architecture view presented to a user is also filtered by a role of said user.

19. Implementing a service for representing an enterprise architecture, comprising the method of:

identifying at least one enterprise architecture view in a component business model of an organization;

for each said view, identifying at least one enterprise architecture artifact in the view and mapping each identified artifact to a corresponding element of the component business model.

20. A method implementing a service as in claim 19, wherein said identifying further comprises creating a component view in an existing enterprise architecture.

21. A method implementing a service as in claim 19, wherein said identifying further comprises using a component business model analysis to identify and generate said at least one enterprise architecture view.

22. A computer implemented system for representing an enterprise architecture comprising:

first computer code for identifying at least one enterprise architecture view in a component business model of an organization;

second computer code for identifying at least one enterprise architecture artifact in each said view and mapping each identified artifact to a corresponding element of the component business model.

23. A computer implemented system as in claim 22, wherein said first computer code for identifying further comprises third computer code for creating a component view in an existing enterprise architecture.

24. A computer implemented system as in claim 22, wherein said first computer code for identifying further comprises fourth computer code using a component business model analysis to identify and generate said at least one enterprise architecture view.