Motivation

Mv

Captures motivational elements e.g., challenges, opportunities, and concerns, that pertain to enterprise transformation efforts, and different types of requirements, e.g., operational, services, personnel, resources, or security controls.

Taxonomy

Tx

Presents all the elements as a standalone structure. Presents all the elements as a specialization hierarchy, provides a text definition for each one and references the source of the element

Structure

Sr

Describes the breakdown of structural elements e.g., logical performers, systems, projects, etc. into their smaller parts

Connectivity

Cn

Describes the connections, relationships, and interactions between the different elements

Processes

Pr

Captures activity based behavior and flows. It describes activities, their Inputs/Outputs, activity actions and flows between them.

States

St

Captures state-based behavior of an element. It is a graphical representation of states of a structural element and how it responds to various events and actions.

Sequences

Sq

Expresses a time-ordered examination of the exchanges as a result of a particular scenario. Provides a time-ordered examination of the exchanges between participating elements as a result of a particular scenario.

Information

If

Address the information perspective on operational, service, and Capacity Configurations. Allows analysis of an architecture's information and data definition aspect, without consideration of implementation specific issues.

Parameters

Pm

 

Constraints

Ct

Details the measurements that set performance requirements constraining capabilities. Also defines the rules governing behavior and structure.

Roadmap

Rm

Addresses how elements in the architecture change over time.

Traceability

Tr

Describes the mapping between elements in the architecture. This can be between different viewpoints within domains as well as between domains. It can also be between structure and behaviors.