System of SystemsEnterprise Architecture.ppt

Oct 6, 2009 System of SystemsEnterprise Architecture October 6, 2009 Gustavo Limon, OCIO Harry Tabak, OCIO Enterprise as a system Enterprise Architecture models and analyzes an enterprise as a system -- or System of Systems. Doing so, facilitates the community planning necessary of members of the enterprise to work and play together. Without it we get the Winchester House Winchester Mystery House San Jose, CA Winchester Mystery House - San Jose, CA Some of the bizarre phenomena that gave the mansion its name: A window built into the floor Staircases leading to nowhere A chimney that rises four floors Doors that open onto blank walls Upside down posts Sarah Winchester kept the carpenters hammers pounding 24 hours a day for 38 years Blueprints available: None! Mrs. Winchester never had a master set of blueprints, but did sketch out individual rooms on paper and even tablecloths! Winchester Mystery House - San Jose, CA Number of rooms: 160 Cost: $5,500,000 Date of Construction: 1884 - September 5, 1922 (38 continuous years!) Number of stories: Prior to 1906 Earthquake - 7; presently 4 Number of basements: 2 Heating: Steam, forced air, fireplaces Number of windows: Frames 1,257; panes approx. 10,000 Number of doors: Doorways 467, doors approx. 950 not including cabinet doors. Number of fireplaces: 47 (gas, wood, or coal burning) Number of chimneys: Presently 17 with evidence of 2 others Number of bedrooms: Approx. 40 Number of kitchens: 5 or 6 Number of staircases: 40, total of stair steps - 367 Number of skylights: Approx. 52 Number of ballrooms: 2 (one nearly complete, and one under construction) Models assist planning and analysis Models help people to communicate. A model describes the situation in a particular way, for a particular audience, so that other people can understand. Models explain and make predictions. A model relates primitive system components to one another and to complex components, providing explanation and predictions about the behav