ArchiMate of Architectures Rene van Buuren and AnalysisIntegration,Visualisation
The ArchiMate project 2½ years, July December 2004 approx. 35 man-years, 4 million euro Consortium of companies and knowledge institutes Telematica Instituut leads the project Ideas also originated from Ordina ABN AMRO, Belastingdienst, ABP KU Nijmegen, CWI, Universiteit Leiden
Analysis ArchiMate focus Integration Visualisation
Integration An architecture might encompass for example: products organisation business processes applications systems This requires concepts for domains and relations, linked with existing techniques
Enterprise architecture: describing coherence Process architecture Application architecture Technical architecture Information architecture Product architecture ? ? ? ? ?
ArchiMate as an “umbrella” Company- specific languages Standards ArchiMate language
Domains and layers Process domain Information domain Data domain Business Application Technology Environment Passive structure BehaviourActive structure Product domain Organisation domain Technical infrastructure domain Application domain
Generic metamodel Internal External Passive structure BehaviourActive structure
Business concepts B A T IBS
Application concepts B A T IBS
Technology concepts Artifact Infrastructure interface Infrastructure service Node Device System software Network Communication path B A T IBS
Relations between layers
Examples
Layered architecture Business layer Applicatie layer Technology layer