ISW - Enterprise Architecture - 4 Dimensions
Enterprise Architecture
The Four Dimensions of Enterprise
Architecture
Extract from a paper presented by Dennis A Stevenson to the Department of Information Systems,
University of Cape Town, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Commerce
in Information Systems, June 1995. Copyright subsists in this material.
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The Four
Dimensions
The Enterprise Architecture describes the business but is also a part of the business. Therefore the
architecture can be described within the architecture in terms of it’s models, data, processes, etc.
However in explaining the architecture at an overview level, this gives rise to problems of recursion which
detract from clear communication. Therefore a simple framework is presented to give an indication of
the aspects of the architecture that must be covered in it’s creation. This framework is called the 4
dimensions of Enterprise Architecture.
Form
The form in which the architecture presents itself. In other words the set of models, and connections
between models that comprise the architecture. This is in fact the meta-model of the architecture.
Content
The business content of the models when they are populated. This is the essence, the meat of the
architecture. The content is presented in the form.
Method
The methods and techniques whereby the architecture is created and maintained.
Infrastructure
The technology support for the architecture, e.g. CASE tools, repository managers, etc.
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