► ArchiMate ® : recent developments Bas van Gils
► Agenda Architecture modeling: the challenge The ArchiMate language, history, core concepts Drivers for language development New extensions Outlook Discussion
► Architecture modeling: the challenge Proces architecture Application architecture Technical architecture Information ArchitectureProduct architecture ?? ? ? ?
► ArchiMate A language for describing architectures Covers business, application and technology layers, With relations between these layers Graphical language with formal semantics, enabling analysis and tool support Techniques for visualization and analysis, aimed at various stakeholders Open standard maintained by The Open Group See or
► ArchiMate Core Summary Business Application Technology InformationBehaviour Structure
► Drivers for language development Since ArchiMate was released: A number of inconsistencies have been resolved Some concepts have been clarified (e.g., Business Function) Some concepts have been added (e.g. Location) ArchiMate was designed to be extensible, making it possible to adapt the language to different settings, architecture approaches etc. Proposed extensions: Motivation Implementation & Migration
► Ingredients of an EA Approach View- points Repository, Reference Models Process Language ArchiMate TOGAF
► (ADM and) Extended ArchiMate Framework
► ArchiMate Motivation Extension
► Aggregation (Decomposition)
► Conflict and Contribution
► ArchiMate Implementation & Migration Extension
► Gap Analysis Unintentional omission
► Transition Architectures
► Outlook ArchiMate development continues to be focused on the interplay between practical relevance and academic rigor The core is stable even though some discussions are still “open” (e.g., infrastructure function concept) OpenGroup standardization brings (the core of) ArchiMate close to TOGAF Extensions, also for other frameworks and methodologies, continue to be developed (e.g., Policies, Rules and Regulations) ArchiMate toolsupport is growing, open source options are available
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