Practical Model-Driven Enterprise Architecture

Chapter 7: Enterprise-Level Technology Architecture Models

As we turn our attention to user story 3, we see that all of its activities involve technology, and our primary audience is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). This might lead us to believe that we need some highly technical models. But that is not true!

While the subject matter is technology, as with other models, the level of detail in the technology layer model should be tailored to the audience. Unlike previous user stories, this one requires that we have an enterprise view of technology. That means we need to examine all of the existing technologies at ABC Trading. We need to understand where they are used and for what purposes.

In this chapter, we will first look at the behavioral ...