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

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Packages

  • Hierarchy
    With a more extensive enterprise architecture, it is necessary to create a hierarchy to categorize the different architectures. The hierarchy often consists of a number of diagrams that represent the enterprise architecture based on different classifications and navigation paths.
  • Overview of building blocks
    In many architectures, building blocks are an important part of the introduction of standardization and reuse. Here too, a design in the enterprise architecture in the form of a number of collections of building blocks that an architect can use when developing solutions to ensure that a solution contributes to the path to the target architecture. This package will also have a classification in the form of subpackages and/or the use of diagrams for the building blocks present within the organization. Navigation and overview diagrams will often be used for this. See also the section on applying building blocks within an architecture.
  • Overview of landscapes
    Overview of the architectural landscapes that have been developed. Often based on multiple diagrams and classified on the basis of the layers in the core model of ArchiMate, if desired, further divided into domains in an organization or architecture. In this document, the overview of the landscapes is classified and classified. This can be done on the basis of packages and one or more diagrams within them, but the use of a naming convention for the diagrams is also an adequate method. It is necessary that the architects can easily find the concepts within the established architecture. On the one hand in the package structure and on the other hand by using search and sorting functionalities.
  • Requirements overview
    Overview in the form of a collection of the requirements of the various stakeholders within and outside the organization. Often elaborated on the basis of the motivation extension within ArchiMate. The summary can be done in the form of a list, a matrix or a number of graphical representations of the requirements. See also the elaboration of the solution architecture repository in a previous chapter for a number of examples.