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Design Specification : System Test Specifications
Craig Borysowich
2 days ago
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This document provides all of the information required to conduct the System Test. 1. Introduction This section should briefly describe: • the objectives an...
Design Specification : Detailed Design
Craig Borysowich
4 days ago
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The Detailed Design specifies the complete and final physical database design, the completely decomposed application software structure, and all other information required by progr...
Design Specification : Preliminary Design
Craig Borysowich
8 days ago
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The Preliminary Design confirms and refines the high level decisions concerning the application software made in the Architecture Definition and Analysis phases. Its principal purp...
Design Specification : Design Overview
Craig Borysowich
9 days ago
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The purpose of the Design Overview is to provide an overview of the system architecture, for management and users. It also contains evidence that the design phases have been conduc...
SOA Made Simple Book Review
Eric Roch
10 days ago
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The authors do explain SOA in an updated fashion including topics such as REST in a nonbiased way. I really like the section combining technologies such as BPM, Business Rules, Eve...
Deliverables for Modern Architecture - SOA, APIs, BPM, Mobile, Cloud
Eric Roch
15 days ago
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Modern applications are multi-tiered and include technology such as a multi-channel presentation layer (web, mobile, cloud, B2B), an event driven business process layer, and servic...
Is TOGAF incomplete, complex and sucks? Second installment
Adrian Grigoriu
20 days ago
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In any case, EA does not equal TOGAF and vice-versa.
Quality Assurance - Testing Web APIs for Mobile and Cloud
Eric Roch
21 days ago
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Since there are potentially a very large number of API consumers, e.g. public web APIs, you want to test many variations of consumers.
Design Specification (Revised)
Craig Borysowich
22 days ago
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Note: This revision to the Design Specification Document and component Deliverables reflects a trend towards a more rigorous decomposition in the Preliminary Design phase. I. PURP...
Is TOGAF incomplete, complex and sucks?
Adrian Grigoriu
25 days ago
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"TOGAF is not complex". Its content is not, in fact it is rather bland, the form is though. It's simply too large, consisting of sections that are not specific to architecture but...
Enterprise Architecture should add business value
Eric Roch
Feb 5
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A sound Enterprise Architecture (EA) approach is required to ensure that both the business and technology are well aligned.
System Architecture Test Plan (Expanded)
Craig Borysowich
Feb 3
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The purpose of the System Architecture Test Plan is to describe the plan for testing the entire system as a unit and especially the integration of the major system components. A ...
Enterprise Architecture is not aimed at creating models. Is that so?
Adrian Grigoriu
Jan 25
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Architecture, in general, is about models. Hence, enterprise architects are to devise architecture, that is to model the enterprise. If you don't do that, then you are not doing ar...
Architecture Definition: The System Blueprint (Expanded)
Craig Borysowich
Jan 23
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The purpose of the System Blueprint is to provide a complete description of the system configuration and how its components fit together. The complete configuration includes hardwa...
Alternatives Evaluation Report (Expanded)
Craig Borysowich
Jan 13
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The purpose of this document is to present alternative technical solutions that meet the requirements. Each alternative is defined, the criteria to be used to evaluate the alternat...
Architecture Definition–Requirements Report (Expanded)
Craig Borysowich
Jan 4
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The purpose of this document is to define the relevant operational, performance, user application, and architectural requirements of the system. Project Managers should be aware ...
SOA Trends in 2011 and 2012 - Predictions for 2013 and beyond
Sandeep Paruchuri
Dec 30, 2012
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SOA Trends in 2011 and 2012 - Predictions for 2013 and beyond
Summarizing a Current Environment (Expanded)
Craig Borysowich
Dec 26, 2012
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The purpose of the Summary of Current Environment is to document the existing environment into which the new system is to be integrated. It is not necessary to duplicate the inform...
Amazon Desktop Images from Australia
Paul Reedman
Dec 25, 2012
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The recent decision by Amazon to open a data centre in Sydney makes it more likely that you can create a "workable" desktop image on Amazon.My experience in the past was that the l...
Zachman's is neither a framework nor an ontology, it is a development process
Adrian Grigoriu
Dec 15, 2012
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The vertical dimension describes the system development process beginning with the objectives establishment and conceptual design and ending with the Implementation.
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