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1. Motivation Layer
Active Structure Elements
Behaviour Elements
A capabilityrepresentsan ability that an active structureelement,
such as an organization, person, or system, possesses.
A value streamrepresents a sequence of activitiesthat createan
overallresult for a customer, stakeholder,or end user. *
A course of action representsan approach or plan for configuring
some capabilities and resourcesof the enterprise, undertaken to
achieve a goal.
A work packagerepresentsa series of actions identified
and designedto achieve specificresultswithinspecified
time and resourceconstraints.
A deliverable represents a precisely-defined result of a work package.
An implementationeventrepresents a state change related
to implementationor migration.
A plateau representsa relativelystable stateof the architecture
that exists during a limited period of time.
A gap represents a statementof differencebetweentwo plateaus.
Strategy
Layer
Passive Structure Elements
A resourcerepresents an asset owned or controlled
by an individualor organization.
A goal represents a high-levelstatement of intent, direction, or
desired end state for an organizationand its stakeholders.
An outcome represents an end result.
A principle represents a statementof intent defininga generalproperty
that applies to any systemin a certain context in the architecture.
A requirement representsa statement of need defining a property
that applies to a specific systemas describedby the architecture.
A constraint representsa factor that limits the realization of goals.
Meaningrepresents the knowledgeor expertise presentin,
or the interpretation givento, a concept in a particular context.
Value represents the relative worth, utility, or importance
of a concept.
A stakeholderrepresentsthe role of an individual, team,
or organization (or classes thereof) that representstheir
interestsin the effects of the architecture.
A driver represents an externalor internalconditionthat motivates
an organization to define its goals and implementthe changes
necessary to achieve them.
An assessmentrepresentsthe result of an analysis of the state
of affairs of the enterprise with respect to some driver.
Implementation
&
Migration
Composite Elements
Business
Layer
Active Structure Elements Passive Structure Elements
A businessactor representsa businessentity that is capableof
performingbehaviour.
A businessrole represents the responsibilityfor performing
specific behaviour,to which an actor can be assigned, or the
part an actor plays in a particular actionor event.
A businesscollaboration representsan aggregateof two or
more business internalactive structureelementsthat work
togetherto performcollectivebehaviour.
A businessinterfacerepresents a point of access where
a businessserviceis made available to the environment.
A businessprocess represents a sequence of business behaviours that achieves a
specific result such as a defined set of productsor businessservices.
A businessfunction represents a collection of business behaviourbased on a chosen set
of criteria (typically requiredbusinessresources and/or competencies), closely aligned to
an organization,but not necessarily explicitlygoverned by the organization.
A businessinteraction represents a unit of collective business behaviour performed by
(a collaboration of) two or more business actors,businessroles, or businesscollaborations.
A businesseventrepresents an organizationalstatechange.
A businessservicerepresentsexplicitlydefinedbehaviour that a business role,
businessactor, or businesscollaboration exposesto its environment.
A businessobject represents a conceptused withina particularbusinessdomain.
A contract represents a formalor informalspecification of an agreementbetween
a provider and a consumer that specifies the rightsand obligations associated with a
product and establishes functionaland non-functionalparametersfor interaction.
A representationrepresentsa perceptible formof the informationcarriedby a
businessobject.
A product representsa coherentcollectionof servicesand/or passive structure
elements, accompanied by a contract/setof agreements,which is offeredas a whole
to (internalor external) customers.
Passive Structure Elements
Application
Layer
Active Structure Elements
A data object represents datastructured for automatedprocessing.
An applicationservice represents an explicitly definedexposed
application behaviour.
An applicationeventrepresents an application statechange.
An applicationprocessrepresents a sequenceof
application behaviours that achieves a specificresult.
An applicationinteractionrepresents a unit of collective application behaviour
performed by (a collaboration of) two or more application components.
An applicationfunctionrepresents automated behaviourthat can be performed
by an application component.
An applicationinterfacerepresentsa point of access
where application services are made available to a user,
another applicationcomponent, or a node.
An applicationcollaboration represents an aggregate of two
or more application internal active structure elementsthat
work together to performcollectiveapplication behaviour.
An applicationcomponent representsan encapsulation of
application functionalityalignedto implementationstructure,
which is modular and replaceable.
Technology
Layer
Physical
Elements
Behaviour Elements
Passive Structure Elements
Active Structure Elements Passive Structure Elements
Equipment represents one or more physicalmachines, tools, or
instruments that can create, use, store, move, or transformmaterials.
A facility represents a physical structure or environment.
A node representsa computational or physicalresourcethat hosts,
manipulates, or interactswith other computationalor physicalresources.
A device represents a physical IT resourceupon which
systemsoftware and artifactsmay be stored or deployed
for execution.
Systemsoftware represents software that provides or
contributesto an environmentfor storing,executing, and
using software or data deployedwithin it.
A technology collaborationrepresentsan aggregateof two or
more technology internalactive structure elementsthat work
togetherto performcollectivetechnology behaviour.
A technology interface represents a point of access where
technologyservices offeredby a node can be accessed.
A path representsa link betweentwo or more nodes, through whichthese
nodes can exchangedata, energy, or material.
A communication networkrepresentsa set of structures that connects nodes
for transmission, routing,and receptionof data.
A technology servicerepresentsan explicitly defined exposed
technologybehaviour.
A technology event representsa technologystate change.
A technology interaction representsa unit of collectivetechnology
behaviour performedby (a collaborationof) two or more nodes.
An artifact represents a piece of data that is used or producedin a software
development process, or by deployment and operation of an IT system.
A technology function representsa collectionof technologybehaviour
that can be performedby a node.
A technology processrepresentsa sequence of technology behaviours
that achievesa specific result.
Material represents tangiblephysicalmatteror energy.
A distribution network representsa physicalnetwork used
to transport materials or energy.
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* New Element since version 3.1
A location representsa conceptualor physicalplaceor positionwhere concepts
are located (e.g., structureelements) or performed(e.g., behaviour elements).
The groupingelement aggregates or composes concepts that belong
togetherbased on some common characteristic.
Behaviour Elements
Behaviour Elements
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