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Rational, objective analysis of an infrastructure portfolio requires that the portfolio be represented in a consistent and understandable way. For an organization whose portfolio includes legacy systems, systems under development, systems on fundamentally different and incongruous platforms, and systems with little or no documentation, the task is daunting. This paper describes work currently being undertaken to represent the IT portfolio of Ford Motor Company from an infrastructure perspective using UML deployment diagrams. The objective of the work is to support the analysis of the portfolio and its subsequent alignment with key IT strategies. To accomplish this, the UML deployment diagram was extended and a template created. This paper discusses the extensions, the template, and its ongoing deployment to the organization. Tool considerations and future work are discussed as well
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Ingalsbe, J.A. (2005). Supporting the Building and Analysis of an Infrastructure Portfolio Using UML Deployment Diagrams. In: Jardim Nunes, N., Selic, B., Rodrigues da Silva, A., Toval Alvarez, A. (eds) UML Modeling Languages and Applications. UML 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3297. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31797-5_12
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