User:Quehill/sandbox

A

 * Application
 * An application is a capability provided through a user interface which includes logic and access to data in order to support or perform a particular business or technical function in a repeatable way. It typically:
 * Receives and sends data
 * Performs some level of data transformation in either content, format, or structure
 * Organizes that data in a specific structure
 * Requires some sort of support/maintenance
 * Is deployed on an underlying IT infrastructure


 * Architecture Review
 * An Architecture Review assesses the solution design and ensures alignment with WBG EA principles and recommendations.

B

 * Business Capability
 * The ability that an organization entity or entities possesses to achieve certain business outcomes or actions in alignment with the overall business vision or goals. The capability should be independent of organization’s structure, processes and people.


 * Business Domain
 * A business area within the overall enterprise domain that performs a set of related functions.


 * Business Process
 * A set of coordinated set of activities executed in a specific sequence in order to realize specific business capabilities. These activities include automated and manual processes.

C

 * Core Application
 * WBG applications that support daily functions and business processes of the staff, and/or used frequently and by significant user populations. The list of Core systems is maintained by ITSEA and includes applications designated by Business Continuity as Mission Critical.

E

 * Enterprise Architecture Repository
 * An Enterprise Architecture Repository stores information pertaining to the enterprise architecture in order to address business/IT alignment, enable business and IT teams to gain insight for various IT initiatives, perform application portfolio management, Business/IT Road-mapping and Investment Planning. An Enterprise Architecture Repository establishes lineage and traceability across the architecture to analyze business capabilities portfolio, business processes, information flows, applications, and key application technology components.

I

 * Impact Analysis
 * An Impact Analysis assesses the impact of an IT investment in the context of a proposed project across the EA disciplines.


 * IT Capability
 * A conceptual technical ability needed to perform core functions and is logically grouped into technology domains. It can be broken into sub-capabilities and is agnostic to specific product to technology.


 * IT Domain
 * A logical grouping of related or interlinked technology capabilities.

P

 * Platform
 * A Platform is a special type of application that provides foundational or common business or technical functionalities that can be consumed by multiple applications to augment their functionalities.

T

 * Technology (Software)
 * Technology is a broad set of development methods, programming languages, frameworks and tools that are used in the development of applications or systems


 * Technology (Infrastructure)
 * An enterprise's entire collection of hardware, software, networks, data centers, facilities and related equipment used to develop, test, operate, monitor, manage and/or support information technology services.
 * Database Management Systems & Storage (e.g., IBM DB2, Oracle SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL and EMC Systems)
 * Internet Platform (e.., Apache, Microsoft IIS)
 * Runtime environments (e.g., JBoss, .NET, WebSphere)
 * Operation Systems (e.g., Linux, Unix, MS Windows)