Managing Architecture Compliance
Architecture compliance management relies on governance frameworks that define the rules applicable to architecture elements. These rules can be modeled, depending on their nature, as:
• Business policies
A business policy is an internal document issued by an organization (security measure, best practice, etc.).• Architecture principles
An architecture principle is a general directive that guides, supports, and constrains organizations in the way they design and build architectures.Business policies and architecture principles are grouped under Business policy frameworks in Hopex. These frameworks have 2 sub-categories:
• architecture principle category
• business policy section
Accessing policies and architecture principles
To access business policies and architecture principles:
In the Governance and Risks navigation menu, click Policy Frameworks.This hierarchy provides a view of the enterprise policies and architecture principles with which your organization must comply.
Specifying a policy or a principle on an architecture element
To associate a business policy or an architecture principle to an application (for example):
1. In the application properties, display the Governance page.
2. In the Governance page, expand the Policies to comply with section.
This section is not displayed by default. Click the Manage sections button to display it.3. Connect the policies or principles desired.
Viewing the elements subject to a policy or principle
To view constrained elements:
2. In the properties of the business policy or architecture principle, expand the Scope section.
The constrained elements are displayed under Element subject to a regulation.