Capture principle data

A principle is an overarching guideline that directs the enterprise architecture definition and decision-making across the company. An organization is responsible for the principle. A principle may have an unlimited number of subordinate principles but only one ascendant principle.

In the navigation panel, click Investment Architecture > Principles.​ Per default, the data workbench displays only a set of basic attributes. You can add more columns to capture other attributes directly in the data workbench or you can navigate to a principle's content area and define it in more detail there. Click to learn about how to use data workbenches.

Go to Investment Architecture > Principles and specify the basic data.

Create a new principle from scratch. Click New > Principle. Specify the principle's attributes as well as the relationships that the principle has to other assets in the repository. All mandatory fields must be defined to create the principle and save it.

Edit the attributes and relationships for a principle. Click the Navigate   button next to a principle to open its content area . Specify the principle's attributes as well as the relationships that the principle has to other assets in the repository.

• Name: (Mandatory) Enter a unique name for the principle so that users can recognize its purpose.
• Type: Select the category that describes the principle type.
• Responsible Organization: Specify the organization that owns the principle.
• Justification: Describe the reason that the principle exists.
• Implication: Describe the consequences that the principle has on the organization.
• Authorized Access tab: The user who creates the principle is the authorized user per default. This can be changed. Select one or more authorized user groups that shall have write permissions to the object. All users in the authorized user group can edit the principle.

  authorized user

  An authorized user has primary responsibility to maintain the data for an object. Typically this is the user that has created the object. The authorized user as well as members of authorized user groups have write permissions to objects they are responsible for.

  authorized user group

  An authorized user group is a set of users that have been granted write permissions to an object. More than one authorized user group may be specified for an object.

A role represents a functional responsibility that a user or organization has for the principle. Assigning users and organizations to roles is critical to understanding responsibility for assets in the IT and is required to answer the business question Who is responsible for our assets?.

Responsibilities are based on preconfigured role types. Your company may also configure custom role types via the Portfolio Admin user profile. Depending on the role type, a specified user and/or a specified organization may fulfill the responsibility for the principle. A user assigned responsibility via a role has read-only permissions to the principle. To change data about the principle, they must also be specified as an authorized user or member of a n authorized user group.

Roles can be assigned to a principle in the ICT Objects data workbench or the principle content area via Overview > Responsibilities. The following roles as well as custom roles added by your company can be defined for a principle:

• Business Owner: A person or organization that owns the principle.
• Stakeholder: Multiple persons and organizations who have an interest in the principle and therefore require read-only access permissions.

To specify responsibilities for the principle:

1. Click in the relevant role field to open the selector.
2. Expand the ORGANIZATION or USER sections in the selector and select the person or organization fulfilling the role.
3. Click OK to save the role definition and close the selector.