Process-Centric Architecture for Enterprise Software Systems

Chapter 11

Case Study—Architectural Design Applying PCA

11.1 Objectives

■  To understand how to apply PCA

■  To learn how to design the architecture of an IT system using PCA

■  To learn how to design the components of IT system

■  To learn how to implement the IT system, the PCA way

11.2 Case Study I

As the first case study let us consider the case of a fictitious product company named “Sysinfo electronics” that manufactures and sells electronic goods. This case study is a purely hypothetical one, though it is closer to what typically happens in a real-life process.

Let us take the sales order processing in Sysinfo electronics as our example here. The objective of this case study is to demonstrate the application of process-centric ...