Glossary

The Strategic Architecture is a summary formal description of the enterprise, providing an organizing framework for operational and change activity, and an executive-level, long-term view for direction setting.

A Subject Matter Expert (or SME) is a designated person who serves as an expert in a particular subject area.

A Sub-Process is a process that is included within another Process.

A Swimlane is a graphical container for partitioning a set of activities from other activities.

The Target Architecture is the description of a future state of the architecture being developed for an organization.

The Target Architecture is the description of a future state of the architecture being developed for an organization.

A Task is an atomic activity that is included within a Process.

The Taxonomy of Architecture Views is the organized collection of all views pertinent to an architecture.

The Technical Reference Model (TRM) provides a foundation to categorize the standards, specifications, and technologies to support the construction, delivery, and exchange of business and application components (Service Components) that may be used and leveraged in a Component-Based or Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

A Technology Architecture is a description of the structure and interaction of the platform services, and logical and physical technology components.