Author_Institution :
MCI Systemhouse Corp., Fallbrook, CA, USA
Abstract :
The distributed enterprise systems encountered in domains such as finance, telecommunications, health, and aerospace tend to be large, complex and resource intensive. It is crucial that these systems are designed with robust and resilient software architectures that are efficient to construct and flexible to change. This paper describes the requirements of enterprise software architectures and examines the Unified Modeling Language (UML) constructs and techniques that specify them. These constructs, derived from field-proven methods such as Objectory, Booch, OMT, RSEB and the Unified Software Development Process, can be used to specify various enterprise architecture structures and behavior. It explains how UML can be used to model architectural views, and discusses the role of process in architectural modeling. After summarizing outstanding issues, the discussion concludes with recommendations to refine and extend UML to provide better support for architectural modeling
Keywords :
distributed object management; simulation languages; software architecture; Booch; OMT; Objectory; RSEB; UML; Unified Modeling Language; Unified Software Development Process; aerospace; distributed enterprise systems; enterprise software architecture modelling; finance; health; software architectures; telecommunications; Application software; Computer architecture; Distributed computing; Distributed processing; Finance; Protocols; Robustness; Software architecture; Telecommunication computing; Unified modeling language;
