Thesaurus

A B C D E F G H I J L M O P R S T U V Z

Enterprise Architecture

Discipline that analyzes the strategy and determines the main decisions for transforming the Enterprise System >>

Enterprise Description Repository

Repository containing all elements gathered in the course of the work carried out to describe the Enterprise System

Enterprise Methodology

Methodology covering all aspects of the enterprise >>

Enterprise Model

A set of rigorously articulated models that describe the enterprise in all its aspects >>

Enterprise System

The enterprise that perceives itself as a system >>

Enterprise System Topology

Representation framework Praxeme proposes to comprehend the reality of the enterprise >>

Epistemic Humility

Attitude of humility concerning our pretentions to know things >>

EST

Enterprise System Topology

Event

Something that happens >>

Facet

Subset of an aspect, characterized by the nature of its elements

Factorization

Principle according to which, in order to ensure the quality of a system, a single significant element must only be included once in the model >>

Formalism

Set of coherent rules that govern one type of expression and ensure certain sought-after qualities in the resulting expressions

Framework

Shared framework, presenting a certain degree of constraint, for a given community >>

Functional

Linked to a function or resulting from functional decomposition >>

Functional Domain

Activity domain that reflects an enterprise function

GAD

Reference document gathering the main structuring and transformation decisions of the enterprise, in all its aspects >>

Geographic Aspect

Aspect of a system through which its spatial distribution is specified >>

Hardware Aspect

Aspect covering all physical machines that make up the system, with their properties (capacity…) >>

Holistic Approach

Approach covering all aspects of a reality >>

Ideology

Set of pre-wired answers that the actors use in their day-to-day actions and decision process >>