Project: EAKAT

Class: Pressure

Parent Class(es): 

  1. Documented_Item
  2. Export_Items
  3. Identified_Item
  4. Strategy

Instances:

  • None

Subclasses:

  • None

Pressures are forces external to the enterprise that lead to the creation of particular business drivers.

Attribute Definitions
Name Documentation Type Values Allowed Number Allowed Assumed Value
Description 

A Documented Item is an item that requires descriptive text above and beyond what the reader may gain from looking at the other attributes individually.

 
String VTYPE   0:1   
Pressure_Type 

This is the type of pressure in terms of SWOT analysis.

 
Symbol VTYPE Strength, Opportunity, Weakness, Threat  0:1   
Pressure_Derives 

These are all of the business drivers derived from this pressure.

 
Instance VTYPE Business_Driver  0:*   
Name 

This is an item that readers can identify for one another by referring to a single word, or phrase.

 
String VTYPE   1:1   
Attributes
Name Documentation Type Value
Item_Source 

This is the source for the information in this item.

 
Instance 
Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
 
Aliases 

These are all of the other names by which this item goes.

 
Instance 
External Influence
Market Force
Internal Influence
 
Modeling Value 

This is value of including this item in the Enterprise Architecture.

 
String 
Carefully identifying pressures can help better pinpoint changes to the enterprise that will best address external pressures.  Pressures are where the enterprise meets with the outside competitive world.  Understanding what these pressures look like enable companies to compare their perception of pressures with what their industry leaders see as pressures.
 
Examples 

These are examples of instances of this class.

 
String 
Our competitor just introduced a new product in record time