ArchiMate Trick or Treat?

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1 July ArchiMate Trick or Treat? Bruno Vandenborre EA Forum

2 Contents Introduction Why ArchiMate 3.0? What is new, has changed, or improved? Conclusion Page 2 Introduction

3 What is ArchiMate? A language with concepts to describe enterprise architectures A framework to organise these concepts A graphical notation for these concepts A vision on visualisations for different stakeholders An open standard maintained by The Open Group Page 3 Introduction

4 Where is ArchiMate used? Page 4 Introduction

5 ArchiMate and TOGAF Page 5 Introduction

6 Contents Introduction Why ArchiMate 3.0? What is new, has changed, or improved? Conclusion Page 6 Why ArchiMate 3.0?

7 Why ArchiMate 3.0? There has been an increasing demand for relating EA to business strategy EA is not only about IT, but also a way of realising the business strategy There are a lot of innovations that mix IT and the physical world for example the Internet of Things (IOT) There is an increased usage of EA in new domains for example manufacturing, logistics, energy, transport There were some inconsistencies in ArchiMate 2.1 There has been a need to improve the alignment with other standards such as the TOGAF standard Page 7 Why ArchiMate 3.0?

8 Contents Introduction Why ArchiMate 3.0? What is new, has changed, or improved? Conclusion Page 8 What is new, has changed, or improved?

9 What s new in ArchiMate 3.0? There are now strategy elements There are now physical elements Relationships to relationships are now possible The meaning of grouping has changed There are new and changed notations The language is more consistent Page 9 What is new, has changed, or improved?

10 The Framework ArchiMate 1 Page 10 What is new, has changed, or improved?

11 The Framework ArchiMate 2 Page 11 What is new, has changed, or improved?

12 The Framework ArchiMate 3 Page 12 What is new, has changed, or improved?

13 The Language Note that these are abstract concepts; they are not intended to be used directly in models. To signify this, they are depicted in white with labels in italics. Page 13 What is new, has changed, or improved?

14 What s new in the Motivation aspect?? Page 14 What is new, has changed, or improved?

15 Archimate Motivation Metamodel Page 15 What is new, has changed, or improved?

16 Example An outcome represents an end result that has been achieved. Page 16 What is new, has changed, or improved?

17 Example Value represents the relative worth, utility, or importance of a core element or an outcome. Meaning represents the knowledge or expertise present in, or the interpretation given to, a core element in a particular context. Page 17 What is new, has changed, or improved?

18 The Strategy Layer Page 18 What is new, has changed, or improved?

19 Archimate Strategy Metamodel Page 19 What is new, has changed, or improved?

Example A course of action is an approach or plan for configuring some capabilities and resources of the enterprise, undertaken to achieve a goal (behavior) A capability represents an ability that an

20 Example A course of action is an approach or plan for configuring some capabilities and resources of the enterprise, undertaken to achieve a goal (behavior) A capability represents an ability that an active structure element, such as an organization, person, or system, possesses (behavior) A resource represents an asset owned or controlled by an individual or organization (structure) Page 20 What is new, has changed, or improved?

21 Relationships to Core Elements behavior elements can realize capabilities structure elements can realize resources Page 21 What is new, has changed, or improved?

22 The Physical Layer Page 22 What is new, has changed, or improved?

23 Archimate 3.0 Physical Layer Metamodel Page 23 What is new, has changed, or improved?

Example A distribution network represents a physical network used to transport materials or energy. A facility represents a physical structure or environment.

24 Example A distribution network represents a physical network used to transport materials or energy. A facility represents a physical structure or environment. Material represents tangible physical matter or physical elements. Equipment represents one or more physical machines, tools, or instruments that can create, use, store, move, or transform materials. Page 24 What is new, has changed, or improved?

25 Relationship changes v 2.1 v 3.0 assignment used by / serving influence Page 25 What is new, has changed, or improved?

26 Relationships to Relationships associating objects to flows a relationship can be part of a plateau Page 26 What is new, has changed, or improved?

27 Relationship Derivation Rules Derived Structural and Dependency Relationship Derived Flow Relationships Derived Triggering Relationships Page 27 What is new, has changed, or improved?

28 Junctions the or-junction (new) junction is now possible on more relationships, for example the realization relationship Page 28 What is new, has changed, or improved?

29 Grouping Page 29 What is new, has changed, or improved?

30 Location Page 30 What is new, has changed, or improved?

31 Other Improvements and Changes Some concept definitions were simplified and more aligned across the language and with TOGAF The consistency of the language was improved. Eg renamed infrastructure x to technology x Process, interaction and collaboration elements can now be found in all layers Events can now be found in all layers and also in the Implementation and Migration No more extensions (motivation and implementation & migration are an integral part of the language) Page 31 What is new, has changed, or improved?

32 Notation Changes Business Layer X X Notational cues: a letter M, S, B, A, T, P, or I in the top-left corner of an element Stereotyping Page 32 What is new, has changed, or improved?

33 The Business Layer A product represents a coherent collection of services and/or passive structure elements, accompanied by a contract/set of agreements, which is offered as a whole to (internal or external) customers. Page 33 What is new, has changed, or improved?

The Application Layer An application process represents a sequence of application behaviors that achieves a specific outcome (behavior) - NEW An

34 The Application Layer An application process represents a sequence of application behaviors that achieves a specific outcome (behavior) - NEW An application event is an application behavior element that denotes a state change (behavior) - NEW Page 34 What is new, has changed, or improved?

The Technology Layer A technology event is a technology behavior element that denotes a state change (behavior) - NEW A technology process represents a sequence of technology behaviors that achieves

35 The Technology Layer A technology event is a technology behavior element that denotes a state change (behavior) - NEW A technology process represents a sequence of technology behaviors that achieves a specific outcome (behavior) - NEW A technology interaction represents a unit of collective technology behavior performed by (a collaboration of) two or more nodes (behavior) - NEW Page 35 What is new, has changed, or improved?

36 The Technology Layer A technology collaboration represents an aggregate of two or more nodes that work together to perform collective technology behavior (active structure) - NEW Page 36 What is new, has changed, or improved?

37 Cross-Layer Dependencies Page 37 What is new, has changed, or improved?

38 Implementation & Migration Layer An implementation event is a behavior element that denotes a state change related to implementation or migration - NEW Page 38 What is new, has changed, or improved?

39 Viewpoint changes The list of viewpoints is no longer part of the standard but is included as an informative appendix. The description of viewpoints and the viewpoint mechanism has been improved. Page 39 What is new, has changed, or improved?

Viewpoint Mechanism A framework for the definition and classification of viewpoints. The framework is based on two dimensions: purpose content.

40 Viewpoint Mechanism A framework for the definition and classification of viewpoints. The framework is based on two dimensions: purpose content. Creating an ArchiMate viewpoint consists of two steps: 1. Selecting a subset of relevant concepts (elements and relationships) from the ArchiMate metamodel 2. Defining a representation to depict these concepts Page 40 What is new, has changed, or improved?

41 Contents Introduction Why ArchiMate 3.0? What is new, has changed, or improved? Conclusion Page 41 Conclusion

42 Conclusion ArchiMate addresses a need in the market, a need for a common framework and language that can be used to accelerate the fast and accurate development of architectural views. Year upon year, ArchiMate is becoming more popular as a language to create enterprise architecture description. We also see this in South Africa, especially in the banking sector. The introduction of the physical layer will make it easier for other industries, like manufacturing, to adopt ArchiMate. Whether ArchiMate addressed all needs in the best possible way, remains debatable, but as this need grows and redefines itself, I believe ArchiMate will also grow and redefine itself. Page 42 Conclusion

ArchiMate 2.0. Structural Concepts Behavioral Concepts Informational Concepts. Business. Application. Technology

ArchiMate 2.0. Structural Concepts Behavioral Concepts Informational Concepts. Business. Application. Technology ArchiMate Core Structural Concepts Behavioral Concepts Informational Concepts interaction Technology Application Layer Concept Description Notation Concept Description Notation Actor An organizational