Getting Started with Enterprise Architecture: A Practical and Pragmatic Approach to Learning the Basics of Enterprise Architecture

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E. JagerGetting Started with Enterprise Architecturehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9858-9_3

3. Architecture Definition

Eric Jager¹  

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Almere, Flevoland, The Netherlands

 

In Chapter 3, the definition of architecture is given. We learn that there are several definitions and that each interpretation of the field has a different point of view. The various definitions are all correct in themselves, even though they differ slightly from each other. Giving an unambiguous definition of architecture turns out to be not so easy.

3.1 Defining Enterprise Architecture

Ask someone to describe an apple. Nine times out of ten, the person will come up with something ...