PRIMROSe - A Tool for Enterprise Architecture Analysis and Diagnosis

David Naranjo, Mario Sánchez, Jorge Villalobos

2014

Abstract

Enterprise Models are the central asset that supports Enterprise Architecture, as they embody enterprise and IT knowledge and decisions. Static analysis over this kind of models is made by inspecting certain properties and patterns, with the goal of gaining understanding and support decision making through evidence. However, this is not a straightforward process, as the model in its raw form is rarely suitable for analysis due to its complexity and size. As a consequence, current approaches focus on partial views and queries over this model, leading to partial assessments of the architecture. In this paper, we propose a different approach to EA analysis, which consists on the incremental assessment of the architecture based on the interaction of the user with visualizations of the whole model. We implemented our approach in a visual analysis tool, PRIMROSe, where analysts can rapidly prototype custom functions that operate on topological properties of the model, combine partial insights for sounder assessments, associate these findings to visual attributes, and interact with the model under several visualization techniques.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Naranjo D., Sánchez M. and Villalobos J. (2014). PRIMROSe - A Tool for Enterprise Architecture Analysis and Diagnosis . In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-029-1, pages 201-213. DOI: 10.5220/0004884702010213

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis14,
author={David Naranjo and Mario Sánchez and Jorge Villalobos},
title={PRIMROSe - A Tool for Enterprise Architecture Analysis and Diagnosis},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2014},
pages={201-213},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004884702010213},
isbn={978-989-758-029-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - PRIMROSe - A Tool for Enterprise Architecture Analysis and Diagnosis
SN - 978-989-758-029-1
AU - Naranjo D.
AU - Sánchez M.
AU - Villalobos J.
PY - 2014
SP - 201
EP - 213
DO - 10.5220/0004884702010213