The following table contains typical IT-specific attributes that are used within IT architecture management. Further information is available on the 'Administration' tab (Conventions > Method), in the Method help, and in the ARIS Method Manual.
Object type |
Attribute/Attribute type group |
Attribute values |
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Programming language Product/Service Information carrier Application system type Operating system type Cluster/Data model DBMS type Function Technical term Hardware component type Hardware component class Protocol |
Lifecycle attributes
Guarantee/Warranty |
|
Application system |
Lifecycle attributes
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|
Application system |
System status |
In procurement In development In testing In operation In shut-down Out of operation In planning |
Application system type Operating system type Cluster/Data model DBMS type Technical term Function Hardware component class Hardware component type Information carrier Product/Service Programming language Protocol |
Standardization status |
Non-standard Standard In evaluation Rejected To be phased in Phased out Requested for standard To be phased out Standard - limited use |
Application system type |
Manufacturer |
|
Application system type |
Data center costs |
|
Application system type |
Criticality |
Very low Low Normal High Very high |
Application system type |
Number of external users Number of internal users |
0 More than 10000 Up to 10000 Up to 5000 Up to 2500 Up to 1000 Up to 500 Up to 100 |
Application system type |
Availability |
99.9 percent 99.6 percent 97.5 percent 92.5 percent 83 percent |
Application system type |
Individual development |
Yes No |
Application system type |
Maximum downtime |
3 days to 1 week 24 hours to 3 days 4 hours to 24 hours 1 hour to 4 hours Less than 1 hour |
Application system type |
System type |
System Component Service |
Hardware component |
Operating state |
Semi-productive Test Productive |
Location |
Location details |
Data center |
Protocol Architecture element Cluster/Data model Technical term Function Hardware component class Information carrier Product/Service Application system class |
Architecture element (*) |
|
Application system Application system type |
Port |
|
Network node |
Host name IP address |
|
Organizational unit Person |
LDAP user ID Distinguished name |
(*) Language-independent identification characteristic for classification of object types. For example, using the databases identification characteristic for an application system class indicates that the assigned application system types are databases.