Project: EAKAT

Class: Product

Parent Class(es): 

  1. Categorized_Item
  2. Commented_Item
  3. Documented_Item
  4. Export_Items
  5. Identified_Item
  6. Operations
  7. Sourced_Item
  8. Versioned_Item

Instances:

  • None

Subclasses:

  • None

A Product is some software/hardware solution that provides some value designed to enable the ultimate successful delivery of some Activity.

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   
Item_Source 

This is the source for the information in this item.

 
Instance VTYPE Source  0:*   
Responsible_Vendor 

This is the vendor responsible for the product.

 
Instance VTYPE Vendor  0:1   
Version_Deployed 

This is the current version deployed for use within the enterprise.

 
String VTYPE   0:1   
Product_Configurations 

These are all of the configurations for this product.

 
Instance VTYPE Configuration  0:*   
Comment 

Some supporting documentation.

 
String VTYPE   0:*   
Latest_Version 

This is the latest version of the technology available from the vendor.

 
String VTYPE   0:1   
Item_Categories 

These are all of the categories for this item.

 
Instance VTYPE Category  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 
 
Aliases 

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

 
Instance 
Hardware Solution
Software Solution
Technical Solution
 
Modeling Value 

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

 
String 
Understanding all of the products of play in the enterprise, and more importantly were they are supporting the enterprise, is critical to understanding the ramifications of replacing a product or of a product "sunsetting."
 
Examples 

These are examples of instances of this class.

 
String 
Oracle 9i
Cerner Advanced Processing
IVANS