FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Systemic Levels of Business Software System
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Business Software SystemA Business Software System is a Business System used by Business Operations, that represents all granularities of software - ranging from MicroServices to enterprise wide Application Systems - used by Business Operations. All Business Software Systems share the following characteristics: 1) They provide Functionalitys. 2) They expose APIs (Application Interfaces) through which they deliver Information Outcome Events. 3) They handle datastores defined by Physical Data Domains. 4) They perform and participate to System Processes. |
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DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Business Software System'
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Application System |
An Application System is a Business Software System which is an assembly of multiple Applications or other Application Systems that, together, fulfill a set of Macro Functionality(ies) delivered to Business Operations. Application Systems are used in the context of IT Strategic planning to define and evolve other time the hight level structure of the enterprise IT Architecture. Application System is a Macro enterprise asset that sit at the top of Business Software System decomposition hierarchy. Example: "HR System" is an Application System whereas "Payroll" is an Application that is part of the "HR system". |
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Software Module |
A Software Module is a Business Software System that is part of an application system. All share the ability to be composed of sub-Application Components and have dependencies to enabling Software Technology(ies). |