T. Elzinga, J. van der Vlies, L. Smiers boek - The CORA Model

A practical guide in using a COmmon Reference Architecture to design and deliver integrated IT solutions succesfully

Information technology has had a profound influence on business and

society. Decades of software implementation have created complex IT

landscapes which are less flexible than current business needs require.

New technologies and the increased use of technology in social traffic

both add possibilities and create challenges to the evolvement and

governance of IT.

The field of architecture provides a way to manage complexity and

risk and presents views of the problem and solution that can be

understood by various parties. This book describes an architectural

approach and a reference architecture to address these possibilities

and challenges. The content is based on real experiences of

professionals in the field of (enterprise) information technology.

The main objective of this book is to learn how to deal with the impact

of new flexible business models and technologies on both enterprise

and individual project level. This should result in a comprehensive

distributed IT landscape that can be managed in a controllable way.

The COmmon Reference Architecture (CORA), as proposed in this

book, enables fast identifi cation of the impact of new or changed

business requirements on the IT landscape.

The CORA Model