Where an organisation keeps what its architecture work produces. Its eight areas include the Architecture Landscape, the Governance Repository, the Standards and Reference Libraries and the Solutions Landscape.
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Terms in this definition
- WHERE
Limits a SELECT, UPDATE or DELETE to just the rows meeting a condition. Omit it, and the statement hits every row.
- Architecture Landscape
Captures, for chosen moments, what the enterprise relies on today or intends to adopt, arranged into Strategic, Segment and Capability levels.
- Governance Repository
Where the Architecture Repository keeps its governance records, such as reference data, details of audits and how far processes have got.
- Solutions Landscape
Shows, within the Architecture Repository, which solution building blocks underpin the Architecture Landscape, whether already deployed or still planned.
Related terms
- Architecture Requirements Repository
Kept within the Architecture Repository, this store holds all authorised architecture requirements once the Architecture Board has agreed them.
- Reference Library
Holds guidelines, templates, patterns and libraries of viewpoints within the Architecture Repository, giving new architecture work a quicker start.
- Standards Library
A section of the Architecture Repository that stores the standards with which any new architecture has to comply.