A way of dividing the enterprise architecture, for instance by time or by subject, to make it easier to develop and govern. Partitions are not the same thing as levels.
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Each book explains Partition in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Enterprise
Any group of organisations with shared goals. Examples range from an entire company or one of its divisions to a government department, or several organisations working as partners or along a supply chain.
- Govern
The part of the Cloud Adoption Framework concerned with keeping cloud use under control by setting guardrails made of policies, procedures and tools. It runs continuously across the estate alongside Secure and Manage.