View Definition

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Dragon1 Definition for View:
A view is what a viewer sees looking from one or more viewpoints. It is a representation of a model in which certain entities, patterns, or situations are emphasized or highlighted.

Let us define View

What is the meaning of View?

A view is what a viewer sees, looking from one or more viewpoints.

A view is a representation of a model in which certain entities, patterns, or situations are emphasized or highlighted.

A view is a visualization of a quality aspect or cross-section of a system. Usage situations, usage conditions, management situations, and management conditions are often discussed in one view.

A view gives answers to specific (specialist) questions. A financial view of a system, for instance, gives answers to specific financial questions for that system.

An architect normally makes at least one view for each identified stakeholder in his architectural design assignment.

Examples of Views

Not limitive list of examples of views are:

Customer view
Employee view
Stakeholder view
Management view
Financial view
Business view view
Business Process view
Growth view
Learn view
Logistics view
R&D view
Legal view
IT view
Data view
Application view
System view
Component view
Modules view
Security view
Cybersecurity view
Social view
Economic view

Although views and perspectives are defined as interchangeable words in Dragon1, we promote using the word perspective for a combination of views.

When creating a combination of views, the resulting view often includes changes to the original views.

A combination of a financial view and a customer view can be called a financial customer view, alternatively, a financial customer perspective.

Cybersecurity View of a System

Below is an example cybersecurity view. It shows what a security architect sees of a system from a security viewpoint.

In this case, the system is an online social network.

Cyber security protects data from criminal or unauthorized use and takes measures to achieve this.

Organizational View of the Balanced Score Card

The Balanced Score Card is well known for its four perspectives (views) on an organization (customer, financial, business process and learning & growth perspective.