enterprise applications and business processes

Question 1

what is an enterprise

Answer 1

an organisation, company or business; for- / not-for- profit; includes people, business processes and products/services

Question 2

role of enterprise applications in a business process

Answer 2

activity needs support from enterprise application;
such as : UI, logic, data

Question 3

need for enterprise applications to exchange data
- why?
- benefits?

Answer 3

an enterprise has many applications that support different business activities and handle different data relevant to different parts of the enterprise;

automating exchange of data -> automate business processes and improve productivity

Question 4

what is an enterprise solution

Answer 4

1 or more enterprise applications that produce, process and exchange data in order to fulfil business requirements

Question 5

characteristics of enterprise applications/solutions (7)

Answer 5

• support business activities and processes
• store persistent data
• access and process data concurrently - could happen online/offline
• provide UI
• can be large/small, simple/complex
• process data according to business logics/requirements
• large enterprises may be built over the years using different technologies

Question 6

challenges for enterprise applications/solutions

Answer 6

• make applications easily adaptable to changing requirements
• enable data exchange among various kinds of applications

Question 7

categories of enterprise applications

Answer 7

1. commercial-off-the-shelf
2. custom
3. legacy