Preserving business model relations

[Chelaru Viorel]

hello all,
I'm currently working on the scea 2 assignment and I'm not quite sure how to proceed.
I've read on this forum many times about preserving business model relations between entities, and many opinions there are.
I have entities connected with unidirectional relations. Now, what does exactly mean preserving the relations ?
1) I' not allowed to change those relations like making them bidirectional even if I make an assumption.
2) I can make those relations bidirectional and make an assumption why those entities have to know one about the other.

please help me,
I don't want to start with the wrong foot.
thanks a lot,
Viorel

[Praison Selvaraj]

Hi Chelaru, I would say that if a relation exists between two entities, then such a relationship should be retained in the solution too. The directions uni or bi may not matter so much (a personal opinion though). But, as long as you have an explanation for your choices, all should be fine.

Cheers,
Praison

[Chelaru Viorel]

thanks for your response,
I'll make assumptions and make the relations bidirectional...and finger crossed.

Viorel

[Teja Saab]

Chelaru Viorel wrote:hello all,
I'm currently working on the scea 2 assignment and I'm not quite sure how to proceed.
I've read on this forum many times about preserving business model relations between entities, and many opinions there are.
I have entities connected with unidirectional relations. Now, what does exactly mean preserving the relations ?
1) I' not allowed to change those relations like making them bidirectional even if I make an assumption.
2) I can make those relations bidirectional and make an assumption why those entities have to know one about the other.

please help me,
I don't want to start with the wrong foot.
thanks a lot,
Viorel

The key is to ensure that you are not changing any business requirement by changing the business model. While you can make an assumption about anything you want, those assumptions must be deemed reasonable and should generally not be made in order to ease a technical challenge. The domain models that are supplied are done so intentionally to test the candidate's ability to architect a system within the constraints of the domain model provided.

Just my thoughts though...