Behavior Concepts Behavior elements in the Technology Layer are similar to the behavior elements in the other layers. A distinction is made between the external behavior of nodes in terms of technology services, and the internal behavior of these nodes;…
Active Structure Element The main active structure element for the Technology Layer is the node. This element is used to model structural entities in this layer which as the following characteristics: It is used to model application servers, database servers,…
Technology Layer The Technology Layer depicts technology services such as processing, storage, and communication services needed to run the applications, and the computer and communication hardware and system software that realize those services. Physical elements are added for modeling physical…
Aspects and Layers in ArchiMate Core Framework The active structure aspect represents the structural concepts (the business actors, application components, and devices that display actual behavior; i.e., the “subjects” of activity). The behavior aspect represents the behavior (processes, functions, events,…
A key challenge in the development of Enterprise Architecture is to strike a balance between the specificity of languages for: Individual architecture domains A very general set of architecture concepts (Business, Application and Technology) A set of inter-related entities that…
This article explain how using ArchiMate with TOGAF ADM which both them are maintained by the Open Group. How well do they complement each other in making the life of an enterprise architect easier. TOGAF ADM splits enterprise architecture into …
ArchiMate is an open and independent enterprise architecture modeling language to support the description, analysis and visualization of architecture within and across business domains in an unambiguous way. ArchiMate offers a common language for describing the construction and operation of business processes, organizational structures, information flows, IT…
