Managing a business architecture environment
A business architecture environment represents the relationships of a business function architecture with its partners.
A business architecture environment diagram describes the interactions between the main internal components of the environment described and the external components. It thus describes:
• internal and external business architectures,
A business function architecture is a set of interacting business functions that, together, delivery one of more business capabilities.
• the business partners,
A business partner designates a third-party who is in relation with the enterprise within the framework of a given business architecture environment. Examples: private sector client, regulatory organization, supplier.
In this example, the business architecture environment of the pizza-making company is made up of the historical business function architecture and its interactions with external partners: clients and suppliers. You can see in the diagram that delivery is outsourced.
Communications between the objects are represented by interactions that represent requests and service provision.
An interaction represents a contract established in a specific context between autonomous entities that are internal or external to an enterprise. These entities can be enterprise org-units, applications, activities or processes, as well as external org-units. The content of this contract is described by an exchange contract.
Creating a business architecture environment
To create a business architecture environment:
1. In the Business Architecture navigation pane, select Inventories > Business Architecture Environments.
The list of business architecture environments appears in the edit area.
2. Click New.
The new business architecture environment appears in the list. By default it is owned by the current enterprise plan.
The properties of a business architecture environment
The Characteristicsproperty page of the business architecture environment provides access to:
• its Owner, by default during creation of the business architecture environment, this is the current enterprise plan.
• its Name,
• the text of its Description.
• its Owned Realization.
With HOPEX Business Architecture, a business architecture environment is described by the following property pages:
• the Structure page which provides access to the list of components of the business architecture environment.
• the Implementation page provides access to the list of resource architecture environments, application system and logical application system that implement the business architecture environment.
• the Usage page, which identifies the different user enterprise stages of the business architecture environment.
• the Performed Process page, that provides access to the functional processes executed in the business function architecture context.
• the Assignment page, which is used to specify the managers of the business architecture environment.
Creating a business architecture environment diagram
To create a business architecture environment diagram:
Right-click the business function architecture environment and click
New > Business Function Architecture Environment Diagram.
The diagram opens in the edit area.
Creating an internal or external business function architecture use
To define that a business function architecture is used in the context of another business function architecture, you can:
1. Create a Business Function Architecture Use component that is part of the architecture environment described or an Partner Business Function Architecture Use component if it is a business function architecture that belongs to another context.
2. Associate the business function architecture implemented with the Business function architecture use created.
In our example, the pizza making history business architecture is an internal environment element.
To create a Business Function Architecture Use:
1. In the insert toolbar for the business function architecture environment diagram, click Business Function Architecture Use.
2. Click in the business architecture environment frame described.
A creation dialog box prompts you to select the existing Business Function Architecture Used or to create a new one.
3. Select the business function architecture that interests you and/or create a new one.
Create, for example, the "Pizza making" business architecture.
4. Click OK.
The business function application architecture use appears in the diagram.
Proceed in the same way to create an
Partner Business Function Architecture Use:
Creating a business partner component
To describe a business architecture environment that uses participants internal or external to the environment described, you must:
1. Create a Business partner component.
2. Associate the person (or the person group) to the Business partner component created.
In the example of the business architecture environment of the pizza making company, the business partners used are the clients and the service provider who ensures the pizza delivery.
To create a Business partner component:
1. In the insert toolbar for the business architecture environment diagram, click Business Partner Component and click in the frame of the diagram.
A creation window prompts you to choose the existing Business Partner or create a new one.
Create for example the "Clients" business partner.
2. Click OK.
The business partner use appears in the diagram.
