Visual Atlas — Maps 05–08
Map 5 — Architecture Quadrant
CENTRALIZED
Sources → persistent central copy
DISTRIBUTED
Portal/Broker → live Sources
No persistent central store
HYBRID
Selected Metadata → central persistence
Other detail → live source retrieval
BI-DIRECTIONAL
Source ↔ Enterprise repository/broker
controlled updates both directions
Decision rule: persistence first; return-update direction second.
Source: pp. 408–412.
Map 6 — Five-Activity Spine
STRATEGY → REQUIREMENTS → ARCHITECTURE → CREATE/MAINTAIN → QUERY/REPORT/ANALYZE
Under Architecture: Metamodel · Standards · Manage Stores
Under Create/Maintain: Integrate · Distribute/Deliver
Answer check: Tool selection is not the first box.
Source: pp. 411–417.
Map 7 — Strategy to Implementation
CHARTER/SCOPE → STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS → CURRENT-SOURCE ASSESSMENT → FUTURE ARCHITECTURE → PHASED PLAN
Across all five: communications + Governance alignment.
Interpretation: strategy converts business direction and current-state evidence into a future operating model and practical roadmap.
Source: pp. 411–413.
Map 8 — Metamodel Stack
BUSINESS / CONSUMER REQUIREMENTS
↓
CONCEPTUAL METAMODEL
↓
DETAILED METAMODEL
↓
METADATA REPOSITORY / ENVIRONMENT
Example metamodel entities: System · Data Set · Data Element · Mapping · Process · Rule · Steward · Term.
Answer check: Customer/Order/Product is a data model; System/DataElement/Mapping/Steward is a metamodel.
Source: pp. 413–414.