ArchiMate® 3.1 - A Pocket Guide

by The Open Group

ArchiMate, an Open Group Standard, is an open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms. The ArchiMate language enables Enterprise Architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among architecture domains in an unambiguous way.This Pocket Guide is based on the ArchiMate 3.1 Specification. It gives a concise introduction to the ArchiMate language. What’s more, it’s authoritative with material derived from the official ArchiMate documentation.Topics covered A high-level introduction to the ArchiMate Specification and its relationship to Enterprise ArchitectureThe high-level structure of the ArchiMate language, including an introduction to layering, and the ArchiMate FrameworkThe Generic Metamodel for the languageThe relationships that the ArchiMate language includes to model the links between elementsThe Motivation Elements, which includes concepts such as goal, principle, and requirementThe Strategy Elements, which includes concepts such as resource, capability, and course of actionThe Business Layer, which includes the modeling concepts relevant in the business domainThe Application Layer, which includes modeling concepts relevant for software applicationsThe Technology Layer, which includes modeling concepts relevant for system software applications and infrastructureThe Physical Elements, which include concepts relevant for the modeling of physical concepts like machines and physical installationsThe relationships between different layers of the languageThe Implementation and Migration Elements, which include concepts to support modeling Enterprise Architecture-enabled transformationA summary of the changes from ArchiMate 2.1 to ArchiMate 3.1A Glossary of terms

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Published November 4, 2019