ARB -
Architecture Review
Board
Application
Architect - This
role is primarily
responsible for defining
the future state vision,
architectural roadmap
and standards as they
relate to
AmerisourceBergen’s
investment in business
software.
Business Architect -
The business architect
provides leadership and
direction for ensuring
solutions are aligned
with current and future
business unit needs.
Responsibilities
include: process
improvement,
communication strategy,
stakeholder management
in ERP transformation
project, strategic
planning, and project
planning and project
execution.
Business Architecture
Viewpoint - or EBA is a decomposition of business processes
that work with components of the information and technology
architecture to deliver business capabilities.
Chief Architect -
The chief architect is
responsible for leading
the program to develop,
maintain and govern the
architecture across the
enterprise. . In
addition, the role is
responsible for defining
the EA process and
architecture review
process, and for leading
the integration of those
processes with related
business and IT
processes.
CIO - Chief
Information Officer
CRV –
Common
Requirements Vision
Section of the EA
that documents the
company’s business
strategy and vision and
the business,
information and
technology changes
required to implement
them.
Data
Technology - An
area of the technology
architecture that
includes the technical
tools (software) that
enable information
storage, retrieval,
management, and
analysis.
Domain -A
logical framework for
creating architectures
for common technologies
or services.
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EA -
Enterprise Architecture is the process of translating
business vision and strategy into effective information
technology services. The intent of the Enterprise
Architecture is to provide direction and regulation to
change projects to ensure the reliability,
interoperability and sustainability of systems used by
ABC. The value of the Enterprise Architecture is
realized through the creation and compliance with
standards and guidelines.
EAC – Enterprise
Architecture Council
Cross business unit
committee chaired by the
Chief Architect.
Responsible to make EA
decisions that have
cross business unit
impact.
EACT – EA Core
Team The team lead
by the Chief Architect
and made up of trained
Enterprise Architects.
They are responsible for
creating the EA and
integrating it with
related business and IT
processes.
EAET – EA Extended
Team Subject matter
experts that are formed
into temporary teams for
the purpose of defining
domain architectures
EBA
-
Business Architecture
Viewpoint
is a decomposition of business processes
that work with components of the information and technology
architecture to deliver business capabilities.
Emerging
- Technologies and/or
process elements that
are to be evaluated for
future use based on
technology availability
and ABC's needs. These
technologies may not be
new to the marketplace
but are not yet in use
at ABC, though they may
be a fit for emerging
needs at ABC.
Procurement or
implementation of a
technology in this
category requires
architecture exception
request.
ESC – Executive
Steering Committee The
highest EA governance
body; made up of IT and
business executives.
Information Architecture
Viewpoint -Information structure, assets, flow.
Information
Architect - The
Information Architect is
responsible for defining
the future state vision,
architectural roadmap
and standards as they
relate to
AmerisourceBergen’s
investment in
information solutions.
Integration
Technology - An
area of the technology
architecture that
includes the technical
infrastructure that
enables applications to
communicate with each
other effectively while
preserving information
and data integrity.
IT -
Information Technology
Pattern-
A design that can
be reused and leveraged
across ABC.
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Platforms
- Include the underlying
hardware and software
that determine an
information system’s
operations, functions,
and specialization.
PMO – Program
Management Office The
team responsible for
change project
prioritization and
business approval
Principle - A
high level statement
of a fundamental value
that guides Information
Technology (IT)
decision-making and
activities, which can
then be consistently
planned, implemented and
maintained.
SDLC – System
Development Life
Cycle The standard
process for moving
business requests
through requirements,
design, development and
implementation phases.
Security
- Maintains the
confidentiality,
integrity, and
availability of ABC
information and
information systems such
that the level of
protection is
commensurate with risk.
Services are "infrastructure applications" that shift
responsibility for certain services out of the application
domain into the infrastructure domain; Services are a set of
components implemented and reused as a single unit – Common
services include security, data movement, Network connections
etc
SME – Subject
Matter Expert A person
with experience or
training in a specific
area.
Solution
Architect - The
Solution
Architect is
primarily responsible
for designing IT
solutions that leverage
the architectural
roadmap and standards of
AmerisourceBergen’s
Enterprise Architecture,
seamlessly integrating
with the existing IT
portfolio teams and
delivering on the
defined business
requirements.
Tactical
- Technologies that are
recommended for use in
the near or tactical
time frames (next two
years);
includes currently
available products
needed to meet existing
needs.
Technology
Architect - The
Technology
performs the necessary
analysis and design
tasks related to the
development of the
future state vision,
architectural roadmap
and standards as they
relate to
AmerisourceBergen’s
investment in
technology.
Technology Architecture
Viewpoint -
Technical standards for software and hardware,
middleware and infrastructure.