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The properties of an application with HOPEX IT Architecture
The Characteristics property page of an application provides access to different sections.
• The Identification section provides access to the following information:
• the Name
• its Owner, by default during creation of the application, the current library.
• the text of its Description.
• the internal Code.
• the Version number.
• the Application Type.
• the Cloud Computing.
• Description.
• the Service Level Agreement provides the Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD) as welle as the SLA Level of the application, from the following informations:
• Recovery Point Objective (RPO),
• Recovery Time Objective (RTO),
• Work Recovery Time (WRT).
• the Functional scope section of the application, see Defining Application Functional Scope.
• Specifications section, see Creating an application Use Case Diagram.
• the Responsibility: it relates to the person(s) responsible for the application.
• Local Application Owner,
• IT Owner,
• Business Owner.
*For more details on these roles, see Business Roles of HOPEX IT Architecture..
• the Technologies section provides access to the list of Software Technology and the list of Software Technology Stacks used by the application.
*A software technology is a basic component necessary for operation of business applications. Software technologies include all basic software such as: application server, electronic mail server, software components for presentation, data entry, storage, business information sharing, operating systems, middleware, navigators, etc.
*A software technology stack is a set of software technologies.
*For more details on software technologies, see Describing Software Technologies.
• the Exchange section describes the application flows emmitted and received by the application. See Using a Scenario of Application Flows Diagram.
• for more details on Data section, see Managing Data.
• the Risks section presents the risks associated with the application, see Specifying the Risks Associated with an Application.
• associated Attachments.
*For more details on other property pages proposed by HOPEX IT Architecture, see HOPEX IT Architecture properties pages content.
With HOPEX IT Architecture an application is described by other property pages, see HOPEX IT Architecture properties pages content.