Scaling for E-Business

15.2. Summary

The primary purpose of this book is to provide a framework for analyzing and quantifying the impact of e-business and e-commerce situations on the underlying infrastructure. To create such a framework, we organized the book into four major parts. The rationale for each part follows.

Part I: Modeling for E-Business

Our starting point is the definition of a reference model, created for understanding and analyzing e-business and e-commerce issues. The model consists of four submodels, organized into two groups. The top level group focuses on the nature of the business and the processes that provide the services offered online. The business level model and the functional model encompass aspects such as the type of business, type of ...