Introduction to Zachman Framework

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Where does CRUD stands for




create, read, update, delete

What could crud connect?




  • -  System use-case (or activity) diagram and relational model (logical data model)
  • -  Business use-case (or activity) diagram and entity-relationship model (conceptual data
    model)

Where is the crud matrix used for?



The CRUD matrix is used for analyzing the current state of an organization. You will create a CRUD for the current processes and entities. Then, based on missing C, R, U, or D for an Entity column, you will suggest new processes.
CRUD can also suggest improving a process by looking at the Process row and check if C, R, U, D is missing. Therefore, you use CRUD matrix as one tool out of many other tools to come up with the future (to-be) state of the organization.
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What are the six columns of Zachman?




What (data), How (process), Where (network), Who (people), When (time) and Why (goal).

What are the stakeholders of Zachman? (topdown)




Executives, business managers, architects, engineers, technicians, users

How can you make a summary of the how columns?




There is flexibility in the level of detail for each cell. For example, you can have only one use-case diagram to provide a summary of this cell. Or you can provide several activity diagrams; one for each process. Or you can provide both types of diagrams.




Give an example of flexibility in the what column.




Bird vies: ER with attributes and all entities
Details: ER without all attributes and with only important entities

What constructs are used in DFD’s grammar?

External entity, process, and data flow.

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