What do System Nodes represent in a LINQ Diagram?

Modified on Mon, 5 Dec, 2016 at 5:01 PM

A System Node Describes:

• The slice of a hardware / software configuration that is providing information, automating an action or being used by a person.

• The combination of hardware, software, client and server that is providing information, automating an action or being used by a person.

• Both IT and non-IT ‘systems’. For example, a Filing Cabinet storing paper records.

Ask Yourself:

• “How would the User describe the System?”

• “Am I going into too much detail?”

• Is the System relevant to the Information Supply Chain?

Don’t be Distracted By:

• Trying to describe the system detail – Enterprise Architect is a more appropriate tool if you need to do this.

• The transactional level of detail – think Information Flow