Understanding Enterprise Architecture Continuum and Repository: Professional Paper

By: Rania Al-Maghraby

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Among many concepts of Enterprise Architecture, which in many cases are explained and perceived as abstract ideas, we deal in this paper with the concepts of Continuum and Repository as related to Enterprise Architecture practices. These two terms are interrelated and applied together when implementing tools for performing enterprise architecture activities, and they are core for successful adoption of enterprise architecture practices, either at the first creation of these elements, or for repetitive use in the long run. We are explaining these concepts, relating them together, and looking at how they are used in enterprise architecture, including how to create the repository, and continual maintenance and population. This is intended to be a practical look at the subject which is otherwise sometimes seen theoretical. This paper presumes that the reader is aware of what constitutes an architecture.