Precept according to which objects and concepts have to be modeled as they are, regardless of the organizational and technical circumstances
Thesaurus
Acountability
Action
What somebody or something does
Activity
Any arrangement of actions
Activity Domain
Area of activity resulting from the decomposition of the pragmatic aspect of a system >>
Actor
Agility
Ability to adapt in a rapid and cost-effective manner
Analyze
Observe and examine without proposing any change
Approach
Manner of tackling a subject or comprehending a topic of study >>
Arbitration
Decision that balances the local point of view of a project with the global point of view of the architecture >>
Architecture
Discipline that tackles a system in its entirety and examines its overall properties as well as its integration in its environment >>
Architecture Principle
Aspect
Part of reality, which has been isolated for the sake of study, in accordance with its inner logic
Association
Auditability
Ability to put in place and carry out checks >>
Automaton
Micro-machine, managing its internal state and supplying services, in certain operating conditions >>
Business Architecture
Transformational discipline that translates the strategy and helps to transform the enterprise >>
Business Fundamentals
Essential knowledge that enables the enterprise to act in its environment
Business Object
Concrete or abstract object, essential to the Enterprise System’s mission >>
Business Repository
Reference documentation of an organization