This summarizes a document that proposes a method for defining an enterprise architecture using the Zachman Framework. It begins by introducing the Zachman Framework, which provides a structured way for organizations to understand themselves through classifying and organizing descriptive representations of the enterprise across different dimensions and perspectives.
The document then proposes a method for developing an enterprise architecture based on the Zachman Framework's business and information system perspectives. It defines artifacts for each cell and a process for populating each cell in a top-down, incremental approach. Finally, it presents a tool developed to support the Zachman Framework concepts by acting as a repository for framework information, producing proposed artifacts, and allowing multi-dimensional analysis of cell elements.