Chapter 1 About This Book

Subject

This book describes the PowerDesigner Enterprise Architecture Model, including how to create an EAM and build each of the available diagrams.

Audience

This book assumes that you are an experienced Windows user with some experience in enterprise architecture modeling.

Documentation primer

For information about the complete documentation set provided with PowerDesigner, see the "Getting Started with PowerDesigner" chapter of the Core Features Guide .

Typographic conventions

PowerDesigner documentation uses special typefaces to help you readily identify specific items:

• monospace text (normal and bold)
  
  Used for: Code samples, commands, compiled functions and files, references to variables.
  
  Example: declare user_defined..., the BeforeInsertTrigger template.
• bold text
  
  Used for: New terms.
  
  Example: A shortcut has a target object.
• small caps
  
  Used for: Key names.
  
  Example: Press the enter key.

Bibliography

Enterprise Architecture: Using the Zachman Framework

O'Rourke, Fishman, Selkow, Thompson Course Technology, 2003, 716 pages, ISBN 0-619-06446-3.

Data Model Patterns: A Metadata Map

David C. Hay, Morgan Kaufmann, 2006, 406 pages, ISBN 0-12-088798-3.

Online references

The following online resources provide an introduction to enterprise architecture concepts:

• Wikipedia on enterprise architecture and service-oriented modeling:
  
  
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_architecture
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-Oriented_Modeling
• The Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (ZIFA):
  
  
  • http://www.zifa.com/
• The Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF):
  
  
  • http://www.cio.gov/Documents/bpeaguide.pdf
• The Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DODAF):
  
  
  • http://www.defenselink.mil/cio-nii/docs/DoDAF_Volume_I.pdf

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