Phase C: Information Systems Architectures -- Applications Architecture

Objectives Steps Inputs Outputs

Define the kinds of application systems necessary to process the data and support the business

Develop Baseline Applications Architecture Description

Review and Validate Principles, select Reference Models, Viewpoints, and Tools

Create Architecture Models for each Viewpoint

Identify Candidate Applications

Conduct a Checkpoint Review

Review the Qualitative Criteria

Complete the Applications Architecture

Perform Gap Analysis and Create Report

Application principles

Request for Architecture Work

Statement of Architecture Work

Architecture Vision

Relevant technical requirements

Gap analysis results (from Phase B: Business Architecture)

Baseline Business Architecture, Version 1.0

Target Business Architecture, Version 1.0

Baseline Applications Architecture, Version 0.1

Target Applications Architecture Version 0.1

Re-usable building blocks (from organization's Enterprise Continuum)

Statement of Architecture Work

Baseline Applications Architecture, Version 1.0

Target Applications Architecture, Version 1.0

Validated application principles, or new application principles

Applications Architecture views corresponding to the selected viewpoints

Applications Architecture Report

Gap analysis results

Impact Analysis

Updated business requirements


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