CATEGORY - Macro
| Description | The Macro level refers to the broadest level of analysis, which looks at large-scale enterprise assets. This level of analysis is concerned with understanding how large enterprise systems operate and how they interact with each other. Examples of macro-level systems are Application Systems, legal entities, the internet, System of Systems or the Enterprise itself. sysFEAT - Systemic Levels TOGAF - OpenGroup - Enterprise Agility - Strategic Architecture |
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Systemic Levels |
Classified Concepts
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Application System |
An Application System is a Business Software System which is an assembly of multiple Applications or other Application Systems that, together, fulfill a set of Macro Functionality(ies) delivered to Business Operations. Application Systems are used in the context of IT Strategic planning to define and evolve other time the hight level structure of the enterprise IT Architecture. Application System is a Macro enterprise asset that sit at the top of Business Software System decomposition hierarchy. Example: "HR System" is an Application System whereas "Payroll" is an Application that is part of the "HR system". |
Business Capability Map |
A Business Capability Map is a top level assembly of Business Capability(ies) and their dependencies that, together, provide a Business Capability scope for an Enterprise Initiative. |
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Concept Domain Map |
A Concept Domain Map is a top level assembly of Concept Domains that defines the scope of information that Management System is responsible of. |
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IT Infrastructure |
An IT Infrastructure is a configuration of Computing Systems and of Computer Networks that enable the operation the Business Systems of an enterprise.
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Legal Entity |
A Legal Entity is a Macro Organization that is a lawful or legally standing association, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, trust, or individual that has the legal capacity to: enter into agreements or contracts; assume obligations; incur and pay debts; sue and be sued in its own right; and to be accountable for illegal activities. |
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Legal Entity Type |
A Legal Entity Type is a Macro Org-Unit that is a type of lawful or legally standing association, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, trust, or individual that has the legal capacity to: enter into agreements or contracts; assume obligations; incur and pay debts; sue and be sued in its own right; and to be accountable for illegal activities. |
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Operating Domain |
An Operating Domain is a Macro functional division of labor within an enterprise, acting as a Conceptual Agent. It embodies a collection of interrelated Business Functions which collaboratively provide one or more Business Capability(ies). Operating Domains serve as the highest hierarchical grouping of Business Functions within the enterprise's Conceptual Environment. |
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Physical Capability Map |
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Relational Data Map |
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Software Technology Stack |
A Software Technology Stack is a set of Software Technology(ies) that form a consistent platform backbone. |
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System of Systems |
A System of Systems is a Macro Capability Configuration that combine several System of Resources to deliver a common high level Business Capability. Examples: - Air traffic control system - Smart city system - Health Care System - Search and Resue system (SAR) - Naval squadron consisting of an aircraft carrier, its escort ships and its C5ISR capabilities.
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