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Software Engineering

Session 5 – Main Theme

High-Level Analysis and Design

Dr. Jean-Claude Franchitti

New York University

Computer Science Department

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

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3 Architecture Blueprinting

4 Sample Architecture Blueprints

Agenda

1 Introduction

5 Architectural Mapping Process Illustrated

7 Summary and Conclusion

2 High-Level Analysis and Design

6 Reference Architecture Cataloguing Framework

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What is the class about?

Course description and syllabus:

» http://www.nyu.edu/classes/jcf/g22.2440-001/

» http://www.cs.nyu.edu/courses/spring15/G22.2440-001/

Textbooks: » Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach

Roger S. Pressman

McGraw-Hill Higher International

ISBN-10: 0078022126, ISBN-13: 978-0078022128, 8th Edition (01/23/14)

» Recommended:

» Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, 2nd Edition

» The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, 2nd Edition

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High-Level Analysis and Design in Brief

High-Level Analysis and Design Processes

Architecture Blueprinting

Sample Architecture Blueprints

Architectural Mapping Processes

Reference Architecture Cataloguing Framework

Summary and Conclusion

Readings

Individual Assignment #1 (due)

Individual Assignment #2 (assigned)

Team Assignment #1 (ongoing)

Course Project (ongoing)

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Icons / Metaphors

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Common Realization

Information

Knowledge/Competency Pattern

Governance

Alignment

Solution Approach

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Agenda

1 Introduction





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High-Level Analysis and Design

The goal of high-level analysis and design is to quickly produce a

high-level model that reflects the current understanding of the

future state architecture

This high-level model is helpful in putting together high-level

program/project estimate and providing a view of the future state

that can be used as a starting point

Various architecture models may be used to represent this view and

they are typically based on blueprinting notations/process and

blueprints that have been standardized within the Enterprise

working on the high-level analysis and design

There are currently no industry standard blueprinting

notation/process and/or blueprints; the blueprinting process typically

goes top down to document the various facets of the future state

architecture starting from the Enterprise level and going through the

business, and technology architectures

Technology architecture blueprinting can be conducted in parallel at

the application, data, and technical levels

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Architecture Models

An Architecture provides the organizing logic for

mapping business onto IT capabilities

Creating models to describe an Architecture is a complex

exercise as various levels of abstractions may need to

be considered to effectively cover all requirements in

increasing levels of detail

Architecture Models are typically based on an integration

of existing reference architecture styles

» e.g., OMA and SOA, SOA and BPM, etc.

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A Reference Architecture consists of foundational principles, an

organizing framework, a comprehensive and consistent method,

and a set of governing processes and structures.

• Principles provide the foundation upon

which the Reference Architecture is

based. It includes a set of architectural

terms as well as numerous principles,

policies, and guidelines for governing

the architecture.

• Framework is the organizing basis for

the Reference Architecture and defines

the architectural domains and

disciplines that enable separation of

concerns and IT to business alignment.

• Method is the comprehensive set of

defined repeatable processes that are

followed for a consistent and controlled

realization of the Reference

Architecture.

• Governance is the set processes and

organizational structures that ensure

conformity to the Reference

Architecture.

Framework

Principles

Method

Business

Application

Technical

People

Pro

cess

Info

rmatio

n

Governance

Plan

Deliver

Operate

Reference Architecture

Reference Architecture

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Sample Application Server Reference Architecture

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Reference Architecture Models

A “reference” architecture model is an accepted

representation of the architecture that drives the

mapping of business capabilities onto IT capabilities

A reference architecture model may not represent any

specific organization needs

A reference architecture model is rarely developed using

a top-down or bottom-up approach, it is typically put

together by integrating requirements from various

architectural domains according to accepted heuristics

(e.g., reuse via unification or best practices /

standardization) and using accepted frameworks

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Enterprise Architecture Modeling Heuristics

Coordination

Shared customers / products / product data / suppliers

Operationally autonomous and unique business units

Transactions impact other business units

Unification

Customers and suppliers may be local or global

Business units with similar or overlapping operations

Globally integrated business processes supported by Enterprise systems

Diversification

Few, if any, shared customers or suppliers

Operationally autonomous and unique business units

Independent transactions

Replication

Few, if any, shared customers

Operationally similar business units

Independent transactions aggregated at a higher level

Autonomous business units with limited discretion over processes

Busin

ess p

rocess inte

gra

tion

High Low Business process standardization

High

Optional Required

Key customers

Linked and standard

(core) processes

Shared data

Linking and automating technologies

Shared customers

Shared data Integrating technology

Linked processes

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Typical Architecture Asset Catalog and Architecture Mapping Process

Technical

Architecture

Application

Architecture

Data

Architecture

Business

Architecture

System

(Project)

Portfolio /

Domain

Enterprise

Architecture Domain

Architecture

Scope

Technical

Architecture

Application

Architecture

Data

Architecture

Business

Architecture

System

(Project)

Portfolio /

Domain

Enterprise

Architecture Domain

Architecture

Scope

Physical

Logical

Conceptual

Presentation

Level of

Abstraction

Physical

Logical

Conceptual

Presentation

Level of

Abstraction

Architects working at the Enterprise, Portfolio, and

System levels use different models to represent their

own views of a given architecture

An Architecture Asset Catalog enables the

representation of stakeholder views in matrix form to

help catalog such models

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What is the Level of Abstraction?

The level of abstraction refers to how far a blueprint is removed from

“practical” considerations such as application servers, programming

languages, DBMS technology, etc

Although the levels of abstraction vary by architecture domain, four

different types levels are recognized:

> Presentation - a stylized model intended to greatly simply an architecture so that

key messages can be effectively communicated, typically to business leadership

> Presentation level diagrams are generally created by summarizing lower level

architecture diagrams.

> Conceptual - a highly generalized yet more formal depiction of an architecture

that suppresses much of the actual detail -- either because the details are not

important to the model and/or they had not been decided at the time the diagram

was created

> Logical - a detailed representation of an architecture that is generally

independent of the underlying technology that is used (or will be) used to

implement an architecture.

> Physical -A representation that is typically dependent on the underlying

technology that will be (or is) used to implement an architecture.

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Sample Architecture and Solution Engineering Asset Catalog

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Information Application Technology

Enterprise Perspectives

In this context, relevant views are those that match the phases of an

solution development life cycle

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Conceptual business architecture framework

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Business

Channels

BPM

Processes

Business

Services

Business

Entities

Product

Development Underwriting Finance and Accounting Servicing

Claim

Processing

Sales and

Marketing

Business

Capabilities

Business

Users

Business

Events

Process

metrics

BRM

Rules

Value Chain

Bond

Business

Users

Agents/

B2B Partners

Bond

Business

Users

Agents/

B2B Partners

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CustomersBond

Business

Users

Agents/

B2B Partners

$$

Customers Public

Bond

Business

Users

Bond

Business

Users

Agents/

B2B Partners

Bond

Business

Users

Agents/

B2B Partners

$$

Customers Public

Claims Enterprise Business Unit Surety Management Liability

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Underwriting

<>

Business

Channels

BPM

Processe

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Business

Services

Business

Entities

Business

Capabiliti

es

Business

Users

Business

Events

Process

metrics

BRM

Rules

Value Chain

Product

Selection Submission Rate Quote* Bind Bill and Issue

Agent Portal

Underwriting via agent self service and Straight Through Processing

Agents/

B2B Partners

Agents/

B2B Partners

Agents/

B2B Partners

Agents/

B2B Partners

New Business Fulfillment

Product browser UI Submission UI Bind UI eDoc delivery UI

# of Products selected by agents

Submission counts by agents/products

Count of ratings delivered Count of exceptions

Count of successful bids

Number of policies issued

Product category, Related product rules

Submission validation Form selection

Rating

Binding

Billing, Delivery routing

Product selector, Product info publisher

Submission data capture Questionnaire builder Form selector

Rating service Quote publisher

Binding service Electronic signature capture

ePOA Billing configuration Delivery manager

Agent profile, Product catalogue

Form templates, Form metadata, Submission data

Ratable data, Rating decision, Rates, Quotes

Binding data, Policy data

Policy/Bond data, Power of Attorney data, Billing data

Conceptual Business Architecture Framework Illustration

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Agenda

1 Introduction





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What is Blueprinting?

Blueprinting is fundamentally concerned with the

high-level representation of intangible assets

(e.g., applications, databases, interfaces,

networks, servers, etc.) so that:

» The interrelationship between the various assets can

be understood

» The assets may be changed more reliably

» Architectural level design decisions become

observable

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What is a Blueprint?

A blueprint is an architectural drawing

» Created using a consistent representation to

represent a high-level model of the as-it, to-be, or in-

transition IT environment

Unlike UML models, which are software

engineering level diagrams, blueprints are at an

architectural-level of detail and provide the

context needed to visualize the “big picture”

» As such, blueprints are analogous to the “city-

planning” level in the building construction industry

» They enable architects to communicate the overall

design of the city as opposed to the design of the

individual buildings that make up the city

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What Does a Blueprint Look Like and How is it Used?

The appearance of a blueprint varies considerably

depending upon a number of factors including: » The architectural domain being modeled (e.g., application

architecture versus technical architecture)

» The scope of the blueprint (e.g., Enterprise, Portfolio, Project)

» The level of abstraction (e.g., Presentation, Conceptual, Logical,

Physical)

» The communication objectives of the model

Blueprints are also used to document and define three different

states of technology evolution

» A current state called the As-Is or POD

» A future state called the To-Be or POA (typically 12 - 24 months

out)

» One or more transition states, each one called a Transition or

planned landing point between the as-is and to-be state • Once implemented, a Transition represents a new As-Is state

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Why is there a Need for a Common Way to Document Architectures?

In the absence of standardized blueprinting techniques, architectural

models would be highly individualized and would range from

artifacts that may be fairly structured to models that would be very

general and stylistic

As a result, the readers interpreting the models would be required to

ask (and assume an answer to) a number of critical questions

including:

» What concepts is the model attempting to explain?

» Are the concepts highly abstract or is the model depicting a precise design?

» What do the symbols on the diagram represent?

» What architecture domain is being modeled?

» Does the design apply to the Enterprise as a whole, a LOB, a portfolio, or a

project?

» Does the model represent the As-Is , To-Be, or Transition architecture?

» If the model represents a Transition architecture, what changes to the IT

environment are being planned?

» etc.

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Blueprinting and UML at a Glance

Blueprinting and UML are intended to be used together on the same project

Blueprint artifacts are used to document the end-to-end high-level designs

for projects

» Blueprints are analogous to the “city-planning” level in the building construction industry

» They enable architects to communicate the overall design of a city (project) as opposed to

the design of the individual buildings (applications) that make up the city

UML artifacts are used for software engineering tasks (e.g., architecting the

buildings) UML Blueprinting

Focus Software development Application integration

Use Analyze and design software systems

and modules, typically using an OO

approach

Describe or prescribe an end-to-

end design without delving into

details

Level of detail High to low-level High-level

Central Element of

Granularity

A system and its subsystems System of systems

Learning Curve Significant Minimal

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Lack of Blueprinting Standards

According to Research Analysts and

reports… » Modeling at the Enterprise and Portfolio levels tends

to be fairly generalized

• The goal at these levels is to communicate the “big picture“

(as opposed to “application-level” designs)

» UML is an OO modeling system with schematics and

notations for application development (e.g., "building-

level" designs)

• It is not well suited for modeling portfolio and Enterprise level

architectures (e.g., the "city-level" or “big picture” designs)

» There may never be industry standards at the

Enterprise and Portfolio levels

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Legend Box

The Legend Box is a text box that must appear on all blueprints. It

is used to denote important information that is needed by the reader

to correctly interpret a blueprint. The following information is

included in the Legend Box:

Architecture Domain - Used to specify what aspect of the environment is the

subject of architecture artifact - One of the following domains must be specified:

• Business Architecture —specify this when the model depicts the company’s business

capabilities, business processes, organizational structure, major locations, or relationships

with partners and customers

• Application Architecture — specify this when the model depicts the application assets that

support business capabilities and processes

• Data Architecture —specify this when the model depicts the company’s business rules,

business data and/or information types, along with their interrelationships

• Technical Architecture —specify this when the model depicts hardware and facilities, system

software, data storage resources, networks, and other underlying technologies

• Technical architecture provide the platform that supports the activities and interfaces of the other

domains

Architecture Domain: Application Scope: Project

Blueprint Type: Info Flow Diagram Abstraction: Logical

State: As-Is

Revision Date: 06/14/09 Status: Working Draft

Revised By: John Doe Architect

Approved By: Jane Doe Architect

Sample Legend Box

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Legend Box (continued)

Scope - Defines the breath (or scope of authority) for a blueprint. Several different

scopes are recognized:

• Enterprise - A model that generally depicts a company’s environment as a whole

• Portfolio - A model that depicts the architecture of a portfolio (e.g., Field Management)

• Program/Project – A model that depicts the architecture of a program or project

• Asset - A diagram that depicts the architecture of an asset

Abstraction - Refers to how far the model is removed from “practical” considerations

such as application servers, programming languages, etc

» Four different levels are recognized: Presentation, Conceptual, Logical and Physical

State – Used to answer the question: Does this model represent the current state or

some proposed future state? Three different states are typically recognized:

» As-is - the current state.

» To-be - the desired future state that is to be achieved in a specified time period (typically 12 –

24 months). In reality, the to-be state is a moving target that generally represents an

aspiration, as opposed to a fixed target that will be achieved

» Transition - a planned landing point between the current state and the to-be state

• A Transition diagram shows progress towards the future state

• Once implemented, a transition architecture represents the new As-Is and the previous current As-Is

becomes the As-Was

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Importance of the Scope of a Blueprint

Specifying the scope of a diagram is critical because there is a direct correlation

between the scope and the amount of detail that can be depicted on a blueprint. The

reason is that the amount of generalization (e.g., simplification, feature selection,

grouping, etc.) must increase with the scope of the blueprint. The following

examples illustrate this key point:

Scope =

Enterprise

Scope =

System/Project

Scope =

Portfolio

Pgm 1

App

D

App

A

App

B

XYZ

Com

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As-is Application Architecture for “App D”

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Subsystem/

program

As-is Application Architecture for “Pgm 1”

Lots

App Portfolio A

App Portfolio B

App Portfolio C

Application Architecture

As-Is Application Architecture for App Port “C”

Map Analogy

Scope =

United

States

Scope =

State of

Minnesota

Scope = City

of

Minneapolis

Scope =

Downtown

Minneapolis

Little

Blueprints

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Agenda

1 Introduction





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Sample Enterprise Architecture Blueprint for Unification Operating Model

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Sample Enterprise Architecture Blueprint for Diversification Oper. Model

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Sample Enterprise Architecture Blueprint for Coordination Oper. Model

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Sample Enterprise Architecture Blueprint for Replication Operating Model

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Infrastructure

Support

Components

Services

Processes

Participants

Financial Professional Contract Holder Firm Employee Prospect Clearinghouse

Interaction Medium

View

Text Message Phone PDA Forms Email Browser

Financial Professional

Contract Holder

Service Sales Other

Electronic

Business

Gateway

New Business Form Based

Death Spousal Continuance

Remittance Programmed Reallocation

Valuation

Functional

Components

Data

Atomic Services

Composite Services

Technical Services

Party Product Contract Activities Commissions Other

Knowledge Document Reporting General

Ledger

Middleware

Hardware

Client Server Network

Human

Resources

Management Services

Build

Security Services

Process

Services Interaction

Services

Information

Services Transaction

Services

Process

Services

Prod

Test

Get Book

Get FP Detail

Get Last Touch

Contract Setup

Check Appoint

Move Money

Integration

Services

Rules

Navigation

Process

Product

Virtualization Services

Authorization

Transactional

Party Product Contract

Activities Commission Documents

L&A

Other

Operational

Data Warehouse

Data Marts

Sourcing

IT

Reporting

and

Analysis

Software

Vendors

Application

Software

Providers

Business

Process

Outsource

Other

Sample Reference Enterprise Architecture Blueprint

http://g.msn.com/0AD0000V/632099.1??PID=2343626&UIT=G&TargetID=1066521&AN=2782&PG=CMSIE3

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Product

Sales

Client and Channel Mgmt

Business Management and Support

Market Research

Service

Market Segmentation

Channel Management

Contractholder Relationship Mgmt

Firm Relationship Mgmt

FP Relationship Mgmt

Client Profile

Asset Retention

Risk and Financial Mgmt

Risk Management

Regulatory and Compliance

Legal

Financial Risk Management

Financial Management

Financial Reporting and Metrics

Mergers and Acquisitions

Business Continuity

Product Portfolio Planning

Product Performance and Pricing

Product Conceptualization

Regulatory Filing

Product Definition and Design

Investment Management

Product Deployment

Contract Setup

Money-In Contract

Financial Servicing Contact Non-

Financial Servicing Reallocations

Annuitization Payments Valuation Correspondence

Management Value Added

Services

Communications and Public Relations

Procurement and Vendor Mgmt

Human Resources

Training and Knowledge Mgmt

Accounting

Auditing

Information Technology

Analytics and Reporting

Security and Privacy

Facilities Management

Document and Content Mgmt

Promotion and Brand Mgmt

Sales Compensation

Sales Generation and Enablement

Commissions

Licensing and Appointments

Suitability

Campaign Management

Sample Detailed Level Business Architecture Blueprint

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Product

Sales

Client

Focus

(Client

and C

hannel M

gm

t)

Business Management and Support (Information Technology, etc.)

Service

Risk

and

Fin

ancia

l Mgm

t

Sample High-Level Business Architecture Blueprint

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Conceptual Technology Architecture Blueprint

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Business Services

Financial Professional

Contract Holder

Firm

Employee

Electronic Business

Gateway

Prospect

Participants Interaction Components

Clearinghouse

Vendor / Partner

Systems

Integration (Application Bus)

Technical Services

Text Message

Phone PDA

Forms

Email

Browser

Services

Process

Services

Atomic

Services

Composite

Services

Get Contract

Get FP Detail

Get Last Touch

Contract Setup

Check Appoint.

Security

Services

Session

Management

Event

Management

Connection

Management

Party

Product

Contract

Activities

Commissions

Other

Components

Package

Exis

tin

g A

ssets

Custo

m

Exte

rnal

Financial

Professional

Contract

Holder

Service

Sales

Other

Views

Processes

Party

Product

Contract

Activities

Commissions

Data

Rules

Process

Product

Navigation

New Business – Form based

Death

Spousal Continuance

Remittance

Programmed Reallocation

Valuation

Other Services

Other

Stores

Security

Media Views

Sample Application Architecture Blueprint

http://g.msn.com/0AD0000V/632099.1??PID=2343626&UIT=G&TargetID=1066521&AN=2782&PG=CMSIE3

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Analytic

Reports

Business Unit Data Stores

Activities

Plan

Suspense

Knowledge

Documents

Sales Comp

Licensing & Appt

Tax

Payment

Correspond

Security

Commissions Contract

Party

Fund Trades

HR

Hedging

Illustrations Investments

Marketing

Product Product

Performance Reserve

Sales Planning

Slippage

Valuations Value Add Services

Accounting

Enterprise

Tax Contract Holder

General Ledger

Transactional Data Stores

Operational Data Store

Data Warehouse

Data Marts

Reporting and Analysis

Integration (Data Bus)

Security

Services

Cleansing

Services

Enrichment

Services

MetaData

Services

Extract

Services

Scheduler

Services

Transform

Services

Load

Services

Transport

Services

Technical Services

Operational

Reports Commissions

Valuations

Fund Trades

Product

Contract

General Ledger

Party

Service

Activities

eCommerce & Interfaces

Sales Penetration

Call Statistics

Sales by Territory

Actuarial

Mgmt

Reports BU

Warehouse

eCommerce & Interface Files

Sample Information Systems Architecture Blueprint

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Browser

Client

Pervasive

Client

InternetInternet

Web

Server

Gateway

Interaction

Intranet

Web

Server

Security

Public or

Private

Network

Partner

Services

Information

Mgmt

Content

Mgmt

Process

Registry

Business

Rules IVR

Reporting

Event

Mgmt

Document

Mgmt

Integration

Application

&

Data Bus

Party

Product

Contract

Commissions

Other

Components

Activities

Thick

Client

Browser

Client

Sample Infrastructure Architecture Blueprint

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Agenda

1 Introduction





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Mapping Dimensions to Consider

Levels of abstraction

Breadth (i.e., architectural domain)

Depth (i.e., services/facilities needed)

Specialization (i.e., styles and related pattern)

Integration of various patterns results in

integration variants/hybrids

Mapping relies on the selection of standards and

products that implement that standard

» e.g., JEE – IBM WebSphere Application Server

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Interaction

Integration Bus. Process

Integration

Application

Integration

Service

Integration

Data

Integration

Infrastructure

Integration

Separation of

concerns through

layering enables

high cohesion and

low coupling

across the

application

components

Qua

litie

s

Interaction Integration

Interaction Services

Business Process Integration

Application Integration

Service Integration

Data Integration

Qualities

Qualities

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Business Processes

Application Services

Services

Services

Data Services

Channels Channels

Build-T

ime S

ervices

HardwareNetwork

Network Services

Operating System Services

Infrastructure Integration

Sample Reference Logical Application Architecture Blueprint (OMA / SOA Hybrid)

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Sample Reference Application Architecture Implementation Blueprint (OMA/SOA Hybrid)

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Pro

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Business Users

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Agents/PartnersPublic Users Clients

PhoneMail Fax B2BVOIP Instant MessagingEmail

USPS/Phone Networks

Citrix Client

Portal Server

User Interface

Integration Services

Firewall (Secure Gateway & Web I/F)

Image ServicePortal Activity Services

Collaboration

Search

Intranet

Citrix Server

Components

Access Control

PresentationAuthentication

Server

(LDAP or SSO)

Protocol Handlers

Email Server

IP PBX

IM Server

Web Server

Business

Event

Business

Event

Digitization Services

Scanner

IVR Server

Fax Server

Thin Client Thick Client

Agent HQ Website

Por

tal U

I

Fra

mew

ork

Intranet

Translation

Services

B2B Bridge

Redirect Link

Portal DB

Remote Servers

Portlets

Content Store

Content Repository

Validation Rules

UW Rules

Configuration

Applications

UWWorkbench

Rating

Configuration

Applications

RatingWorkbench

ProductWorkbench

Product

Configuration

Applications

ClaimsWorkbench

Claims

Configuration

Applications

Billing Workbench

Billing

Configuration

Applications

Configurable Framework Interaction Workbenches

Investment Mgmt.

Business Partner

Mgmt.

Reporting

System

Scanning

System

Security

Shared Services

BPMS Runtime Environment

BPM Orchestration & Choreography Workflow/STP Engine BPM Administration I/F

BPM Core Processes

Sales & Marketing

(shared across Bond)Product Development Underwriting

Finance & Accounting

shared across Bond/Travelers)

Servicing

(some shared across Bond)Claim Processing

Manage Work

(some shared across Bond)

BPM Supporting Processes

Audit


Search / Look-ups


Reporting


Agent/Employee Maintenance

(shared across Bond)

Actuarial


Bond Finance

(shared across Bond)Product Maintenance

Legal Compliance

(shared across Travelers)

Workflow Rules FrameworkBPM Workspace

Process Manager Collaboration Manager Process Metric Dashboards Mgr

Rule EngineRule Engine CachePolicy

Objects Rule Engine Update Service

Business/Workflow/Routing Rules

Exception

Handling

Logging ServiceXML

Transform.

Batch Service

Messaging

Service

DMS

Supporting Systems Other Core Systems

Information Bus

(Object-Relational Mapping from BOM to EDM)

RDBMS DM/DW/BI/KM

Req. Status

Tracking Svc.

Prod/Ext

Reporting

Acturial

Workbench

Bond

Desktop

Dowstream

Applications

CAMS

CSAMS

Express

Polaris

External/

Corporate

Applications

Lotus Notes

Systems

SVoC

COMPASS

DNATra

nsla

tion

Ser

vice

s

Interface

Dependent

Protocols

Users &

Channels

Interaction Mgm

tB

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Man

agem

ent S

ervi

ces

COTS

Services

3rd Party

Services

Note: See Information Management

Architecture Diagram for more Details

Data

Dictionary

Data

Archival

IM Capabilities

EDMECM

Repository

External FeedsChoicePoint DNB

Advisen AONReporting Data Integration

Tra

nsla

tion

Ser

vice

s

Moodys SurePathCheckFree etc.

Rules-Based Services Framework



Business Service Rules

Custom Business Services to Support

BPM Core and Supporting Processes

Sample Services for Underwriting

(New Business – Product Selection):

Product Selector

Product Information

Publisher

Service Bus

Transformation,

Routing,

Notification,

Augmentation,

Service Invocation/

Integration Rules,

“Side Effect” Operations

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Internet

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Business Users

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Agents/PartnersPublic Users Clients

PhoneMail Fax B2BVOIP Instant MessagingEmail

USPS/Phone Networks

Citrix Client

Portal Server

User Interface

Integration Services

Firewall (Secure Gateway & Web I/F)

Image ServicePortal Activity Services

Collaboration

Search

Intranet

Citrix Server

Components

Access Control

PresentationAuthentication

Server

(LDAP or SSO)

Protocol Handlers

Email Server

IP PBX

IM Server

Web Server

Business

Event

Business

Event

Digitization Services

Scanner

IVR Server

Fax Server

Thin Client Thick Client

Agent HQ Website

Por

tal U

I

Fra

mew

ork

Intranet

Translation

Services

B2B Bridge

Redirect Link

Portal DB

Remote Servers

Portlets

Content Store

Content Repository

Validation Rules

UW Rules

Configuration

Applications

UWWorkbench

Rating

Configuration

Applications

RatingWorkbench

ProductWorkbench

Product

Configuration

Applications

ClaimsWorkbench

Claims

Configuration

Applications

Billing Workbench

Billing

Configuration

Applications

Configurable Framework Interaction Workbenches

Investment Mgmt.

Business Partner

Mgmt.

Reporting

System

Scanning

System

Security

Shared Services

BPMS Runtime Environment

BPM Orchestration & Choreography Workflow/STP Engine BPM Administration I/F

BPM Core Processes

Sales & Marketing

(shared across Bond)Product Development Underwriting

Finance & Accounting

shared across Bond/Travelers)

Servicing

(some shared across Bond)Claim Processing

Manage Work


BPM Supporting Processes

Audit


Search / Look-ups


Reporting


Agent/Employee Maintenance


Actuarial


Bond Finance

(shared across Bond)Product Maintenance

Legal Compliance

(shared across Travelers)

Workflow Rules FrameworkBPM Workspace

Process Manager Collaboration Manager Process Metric Dashboards Mgr



Business/Workflow/Routing Rules

Exception

Handling

Logging ServiceXML

Transform.

Batch Service

Messaging

Service

DMS

Supporting Systems Other Core Systems

Information Bus

(Object-Relational Mapping from BOM to EDM)

RDBMS DM/DW/BI/KM

Req. Status

Tracking Svc.

Prod/Ext

Reporting

Acturial

Workbench

Bond

Desktop

Dowstream

Applications

CAMS

CSAMS

Express

Polaris

External/

Corporate

Applications

Lotus Notes

Systems

SVoC

COMPASS

DNATra

nsla

tion

Ser

vice

s

Interface

Dependent

Protocols

Users &

Channels

Interaction Mgm

tB

usiness Applications and S

ervices Mgm

tInform

ation Mgm

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rocess Mgm

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Rol

e-B

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Sec

urity

, Mon

itorin

g, A

uditi

ng a

nd o

ther

Man

agem

ent S

ervi

ces

COTS

Services

3rd Party

Services

Note: See Information Management

Architecture Diagram for more Details

Data

Dictionary

Data

Archival

IM Capabilities

EDMECM

Repository

External FeedsChoicePoint DNB

Advisen AONReporting Data Integration

Tra

nsla

tion

Ser

vice

s

Moodys SurePathCheckFree etc.

Rules-Based Services Framework



Business Service Rules

Custom Business Services to Support

BPM Core and Supporting Processes

Sample Services for Underwriting

(New Business – Product Selection):

Product Selector

Product Information

Publisher

Service Bus

Transformation,

Routing,

Notification,

Augmentation,

Service Invocation/

Integration Rules,

“Side Effect” Operations

Technology Products Mapped to the Reference App. Arch. Impl. Blueprint (OMA/SOA Hybrid)

Sample Product

Mapping:

» JEE Standard

» IBM

WebSphere

Product Family

» Various Third

Party Products

(as indicated)

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Agenda

1 Introduction





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Challenges of an Architecture Continuum Catalog

Any Enterprise is likely to have many Solutions and Architectures

Different Segments of the Enterprise, Product lines or Divisions

Different Levels of Detail suitable for different purpose and audience

Time horizon of an Architecture

Scope and Detail of

Architectures

Generic Architectures common to all industries

Industry Specific Architectures

Reference Architecture of a particular Organization

…

Specialization Hierarchy

of Architectures

Business Domain, Information Domain, Application Domain,

Infrastructure Domain

A Master Architecture can cover all these domains at a high level

Each Domain can have a single comprehensive view of an

Architecture

Each Domain can have multiple views to cover an Architecture

Specialized views for specific purposes within each domain

Domains and Views of

an Architecture

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Specialization Hierarchy for Architectures (TOGAF-Centric)

http://www.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf8-doc/arch/Figures/entcon.gif

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Reference Architecture Cataloguing Framework

Objectives: A catalog with a scope comprehensive enough to hold all

reference architectures blueprints in a meaningful and well-

understood structure (i.e. be able to accommodate different types

of reference architectures blueprints)

A set of processes to access and maintain the catalog as well as

the reference architectures in the catalog, so the reference

architecture blueprints could be easily preserved and reused,

providing the following functions:

Retrieve a specific reference architecture at any time, given the

dimension specifications

Searchable given any dimension specifications

Allow adding variants to any existing reference architecture

Extendable in terms of new options (attributes) in each

dimensions

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Reference Architecture Cataloguing Framework Dimensions A

rchite

ctu

ral S

tyle

s

(Inte

gra

tio

n P

att

ern

s, e

tc.)

Architectural Scope (Generic->Industry->Organization->…)

Although we show only 3 basic dimensions here, one could extend this to n dimensions

- An architecture in this catalog will have coordinates (x1, x2, x3,…, xn)

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Reference Architecture Cataloguing Framework Dimensions

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Reference Architecture Catalogue Processes Dimensions Selection

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Reference Architecture Cataloguing Framework at Work Sample from Joint NYU-CTS ITP Project (Fall 2009)

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Agenda

1 Introduction




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Summary – Key High-Level Analysis and Design Objectives

Enable Rapid Development of Business and Technical Solutions

Quickly produce a high-level model that reflects the current

understanding of the future state architecture

Put together a high-level program/project estimate and provide a

view of the future state that can be used as a starting point

Leverage blueprinting notations/process and blueprints that have

been standardized within the Enterprise working on the high-level

analysis and design

Follow a top-down process to document the various facets of the

future state architecture starting from the Enterprise level and

going through the business and technology architectures

Conduct technology architecture blueprinting in parallel at the

application, data, and technical levels

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Course Assignments

Individual Assignments

Reports based on case studies / class presentations

Project-Related Assignments

All assignments (other than the individual assessments) will

correspond to milestones in the team project.

As the course progresses, students will be applying various

methodologies to a project of their choice. The project and related

software system should relate to a real-world scenario chosen by each

team. The project will consist of inter-related deliverables which are

due on a (bi-) weekly basis.

There will be only one submission per team per deliverable and all

teams must demonstrate their projects to the course instructor.

A sample project description and additional details will be available

under handouts on the course Web site

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Team Project

Project Logistics

Teams will pick their own projects, within certain constraints: for instance,

all projects should involve multiple distributed subsystems (e.g., web-

based electronic services projects including client, application server, and

database tiers). Students will need to come up to speed on whatever

programming languages and/or software technologies they choose for their

projects - which will not necessarily be covered in class.

Students will be required to form themselves into "pairs" of exactly two (2)

members each; if there is an odd number of students in the class, then one

(1) team of three (3) members will be permitted. There may not be any

"pairs" of only one member! The instructor and TA(s) will then assist the

pairs in forming "teams", ideally each consisting of two (2) "pairs", possibly

three (3) pairs if necessary due to enrollment, but students are encouraged

to form their own 2-pair teams in advance. If some students drop the

course, any remaining pair or team members may be arbitrarily reassigned

to other pairs/teams at the discretion of the instructor (but are strongly

encouraged to reform pairs/teams on their own). Students will develop and

test their project code together with the other member of their programming

pair.

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Document Transformation methodology driven approach

Strategy Alignment Elicitation

Equivalent to strategic planning

i.e., planning at the level of a project set

Strategy Alignment Execution

Equivalent to project planning + SDLC

i.e., planning a the level of individual projects + project

implementation

Build a methodology Wiki & partially implement the

enablers

Apply transformation methodology approach to a

sample problem domain for which a business solution

must be found

Final product is a wiki/report that focuses on

Methodology / methodology implementation / sample

business-driven problem solution

Team Project Approach - Overall

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Document sample problem domain and

business-driven problem of interest

Problem description

High-level specification details

High-level implementation details

Proposed high-level timeline

Team Project Approach – Initial Step

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Assignments & Readings

Readings

Slides and Handouts posted on the course web site

Textbook: Part Two-Chapter 5

Individual Assignment (due)

See Session 3 Handout: “Assignment #1”

Individual Assignment (assigned)

Sess Session 5 Handout: “Assignment #2”

Team Project #1 (ongoing)

Team Project proposal (format TBD in class)

See Session 2 Handout: “Team Project Specification” (Part 1)

Team Exercise #1 (ongoing)

Presentation topic proposal (format TBD in class)

Project Frameworks Setup (ongoing)

As per reference provided on the course Web site

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