Enterprise Architecture

This is the established architecture of organization. It often includes the elaboration of the baseline architecture and sometimes also of the target architecture. It is important that the classification should be based on a consultation function. Architects use this as a register of the architecture for requirements inventories, but also for consulting the architectural landscapes and the frameworks within the architecture.

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Creatie datum 21-10-2021

Packages

  • Descriptive architecture
    The descriptive architecture as the name suggests describes the architecture. This is based on the target architecture and the baseline architecture. Within this package you often see an elaboration of the various dimensions of the organization based on subpackages to structure the descriptive architecture according to domain, layers and other organization-specific divisions. In this book a division based on a layer division for the organization
  • Objects enterprise architecture
    It is considered a good practice to separate the elements from the diagrams in a large enterprise architecture. It is possible to separate the objects into the different subpackages of the enterprise architecture. It has been decided to do this in the root package of the enterprise architecture. In this example, a division has been made for subpackages per ArchiMate layer and/or element type. Various other layouts are possible. Determine here the classification that works well in the context of your own organization. Sorting the elements by element type in a comprehensive collection also works well for some organizations.
  • Prescriptive architecture
    The framework-setting architecture is of great importance for steering the change in an organization to transform from the baseline architecture to the target architecture. Setting frameworks is often developed on the basis of architectural principles or nowadays also called binding architecture agreements. You can also find the description of the viewpoints because they can also be considered as setting the framework.