ACM Core

Actor

Identifies a person, organization or system with a role that initiates or interacts with activities. Actors can be internal or external to an organization.

Tagged Values � ID, Category, Source, Owner, #FTEs, ActorGoal, ActorTasks

Assumption

Defines a statement of probable fact that has not been fully validated at this stage, due to external constraints.

Tagged Values � ID, Rationale, Statement, Type

Business Constraint

Identifies an external factor that prevents an organization from pursuing particular approaches to meet its goals.

Tagged Value � ID

Business Function

Identifies a factor that delivers business capabilities closely aligned to an organization, but not necessarily explicitly governed by the organization.

Tagged Value � ID

Business Requirement

Defines a quantitative statement of business need that must be met by a particular architecture or work Package.

Tagged Value � ID

Business Service

Identifies a service that supports business capabilities through an explicitly defined interface and is explicitly governed by an organization.

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Capability

Defines a business-focused outcome that is delivered by the completion of one or more work Packages. Using a capability-based planning approach, change activities can be sequenced and grouped in order to provide continuous and incremental business value.

Tagged Values � ID, Category, Source, Owner, Increments, BusinessValue

Data Entity

Defines an encapsulation of data that is recognized by a business domain expert as an entity. Logical data entities can be tied to applications, repositories and services, and can be structured according to implementation considerations.

Tagged Values � ID, Category, Source, Owner, PrivacyClassification, RetentionClassification

Gap

Provides a statement of difference between two states. Used in the context of gap analysis, where the difference between the Baseline and Target Architecture is identified.

Tagged Values � ID, Category, Source, Owner

Organization Unit

Defines a self-contained unit of resources with line management responsibility, goals, objectives, and measures. Organizations can include external parties and business partner organizations.

Tagged Values � ID, PersonIncharge

Principle

Provides a qualitative statement of intent that should be met by the architecture. This has at least a supporting rationale and a measure of importance.

Tagged Values � ID, Type, Statement, Rationale, Implications

Process

Represents the flow of control between or within functions and/or services (depending on the granularity of definition). Processes represent a sequence of activities that together achieve a specified outcome, can be decomposed into sub-processes, and can show operation of a function or service (at the next level of detail). Processes can also be used to link or compose organizations, functions, services, and processes.

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Platform Service

Defines a technical capability required to provide enabling infrastructure that supports the delivery of applications.

Tagged Values � ID, Category, Source, Owner, StandardClass

Role

Defines the usual or expected function of an Actor, or the part somebody or something plays in a particular action or event. An Actor can have a number of roles.

Tagged Values � ID, Category, Source, Owner, Responsibilities

Work Package

Identifies a set of actions to achieve one or more objectives for the business. A work Package can be a part of a project, a complete project or a program.

Tagged Values � ID, Category, Source, Owner, CapabilityDelivered

Application Component

Provides an encapsulation of application functionality aligned to implementation structure.

See also Logical Application Component and Physical Technology Component. (below).

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Logical Application Component

Provides an encapsulation of application functionality that is independent of a particular implementation.

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Technology Component

Provides an encapsulation of technology infrastructure that represents a class of technology product or specific technology product.

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Physical Technology Component

Defines an instance of a specific technology infrastructure product or technology infrastructure product.

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