Why Specify an Enterprise Viewpoint?
The idea of the ODP Enterprise Viewpoint is to capture constraints on the detailed design of an IT system, in terms of the enterprise structure and requirements.
- in particular, the enterprise viewpoint can include statements of policy that will guide the design;
- these may change during the system’s lifetime, as circumstances change;
- examples might be security policies and accountability or delegation policies;
- the form of the enterprise language depends on the form of the software development process.