GEM Basic Questions
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The viewpoint used to develop this enterprise engineering concept is that of a living object, such as an enterprise, within a dynamic environment.
Thus the fundamental concept starts from a unitary, rather than a fragmented, perspective. The enterprise is seen as a single entity/system within its environment.
Because of the unitary foundation of this approach to enterprise engineering, the concept of enterprise integration in subsumed.
Integration is less required when this unitary approach is taken. Refinement (decomposition) and maintenance of Function and process, from a high level and stable framework, becomes the principle focus of development, rather than integration of fragmented and inconsistent Functions and processes.
An overall framework is defined form the top, with more detail filled in from the middle, and then the bottom.