EA Management Guide: Glossary

1. Access the Glossary

The EA Management Guide Glossary is now stored in: EA Knowledge Digest Note: The Type "Glossary Term" in the Digest collects a wide range of EA related terms from many sources. Only those terms categorized by EA Management Guide Glossary belongs to the EAMG Glossary. An alternative way to find all EAMG glossary terms is to select: Domain List aEA-public Category / Taxonomy / Classification EA Management Guide Glossary If you have comments or suggestions for any term, you may post your comments through clicking the Discussion button for that term. Appreciation: The EAMG Project Team thanks Agilense, Inc. for providing an EA repository environment to host the EA Knowledge Digest.

2. Principles

The EA Management Guide applies the following nomenclature and definition principles to make the EA terminology unique, consistent, and clearly defined throughout the Guide. Principles to Name an Object: When using a term to name an object (i.e., a concept or a thing), we will follow three quality criteria to form a good term: Singularity. The term represents one and only one object in a subject area. Correctness. The term is not a faulty representation of the object. Recognizability. The term is commonly recognizable in the subject area as identifying the object it is supposed to represent. Principles to Define a Term: When developing a definition for an object, we will follow five quality criteria to form a good definition: Accurateness. The definition identifies the exact characters of the object being defined. Completeness. The definition provides the complete description of the object being defined. Distinction. The definition specifies the distinctions that differentiate the object being defined from other objects especially similar objects. Concision. The definition is in its most economic form. Acceptability. The definition is commonly acceptable in the applicable subject area.