
In this glossary, you will find a set of terms we have defined and reused extensively in our white papers. We have tried to use as few terms as possible. When several terms relate to the same concept, we define only one term and add the others as synonyms.
Groups all Transformation Actors with all Transformation Processes they can execute and all Transformation Informations.
Actors who execute Transformation Processes. Ex: Project managers, Business analysts, Developers, Architects, Teachers, …
Functions used in Transformation Processes like: define requirements, design, program, test, integrate, optimize, accept, deploy, maintain, execute non regression tests, ...
Information used by the Transformation Processes.
Ex: requirements, Reusable Components, planning
Model (documentation and software) for Transformation which includes:
· Transformation Global Model (Process Map, Function Map, Service Map, Entity Map)
· Transformation Detailed Model (Actor Model, Action Model and Data Model).
Process which Transforms the Enterprise. They are often summarized under the word ‘Methodologies”.
Ex: define an Enterprise road Map, execute a Solution project, execute an Architecture project, deploy a new Solution,, maintain Solutions. Transformation Processes are built with Transformation Functions
Map tools, design tools, upper case, lower case, programming language, quality check tools, teamwork tools, test tools, software configuration management, documentation tools, integration tools...
Defines all possible Values for an Attribute.
The Type defines the internal representation of an Attribute, and its GUI representation(s).
For each Type can be defined associated rules (validity, computation, conversion, …).
Many Attributes may share the same Type.
Example:
the Attributes “birth date” and “subscription date” have the same Type “date”.
the Attributes "color of the car" and "color of the dress" reuse the same Type "color", an Enumerated Type which takes values "white", "black", "red", "blue", "yellow", "green", "brown", ...
the Attribute "summary of a meeting" has a Type "text"
the "Person picture" has a Type "image"
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