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Architectural Methodology
Architectural Methodology
Apr 25, 2026 · Industry Insights

Integrating TOGAF and ArchiMate: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture Views

This article explains how TOGAF’s process framework and ArchiMate’s visual modeling language can be combined to create clear, standards‑based architecture views that bridge strategy, business, application, and technology layers, offering concrete steps, common pitfalls, and tool recommendations for effective enterprise architecture governance.

ArchiMateArchitecture GovernanceArchitecture Modeling
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Integrating TOGAF and ArchiMate: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture Views
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
May 14, 2024 · Fundamentals

From Generic to Organization-Specific Architecture: Classifying Architecture Descriptions Using the TOGAF Enterprise Continuum

The article explains how to classify architecture descriptions along the TOGAF Enterprise Continuum—from foundational architectures to common, industry, and organization‑specific models—providing practical guidance for architects to select and adapt reference models for their enterprises.

ArchiMateArchitecture ClassificationEnterprise Continuum
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From Generic to Organization-Specific Architecture: Classifying Architecture Descriptions Using the TOGAF Enterprise Continuum
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Apr 8, 2023 · Fundamentals

Overview of ArchiMate Basic Views and Their Viewpoints

This article explains ArchiMate's basic views—including composition, support, collaboration, and implementation perspectives—by describing each viewpoint's purpose, focus, and example tables for composition, support, collaboration, and implementation views, as well as physical and layered views.

ArchiMateModelingViewpoints
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Overview of ArchiMate Basic Views and Their Viewpoints
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Apr 7, 2023 · Fundamentals

ArchiMate Basic Views: Composition, Support, Collaboration, and Implementation Viewpoints

This article explains ArchiMate's basic views—including composition, support, collaboration, and implementation perspectives—detailing their purpose, stakeholder concerns, and examples of information structure and service realization viewpoints within enterprise architecture modeling.

ArchiMateInformation StructureService Realization
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ArchiMate Basic Views: Composition, Support, Collaboration, and Implementation Viewpoints
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Apr 6, 2023 · Fundamentals

ArchiMate Basic Views and Viewpoints Overview

This article explains ArchiMate's basic views and the four categories of viewpoints—Composition, Support, Collaboration, and Implementation—detailing their focus areas, examples, and the specific technical and technology‑usage perspectives for enterprise architecture modeling.

ArchiMateModelingTechnical Viewpoint
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ArchiMate Basic Views and Viewpoints Overview
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Apr 2, 2023 · Fundamentals

Complete ArchiMate Viewpoints Guide (Part 1): Overview of Views and Basic Viewpoints

This guide introduces ArchiMate views, explains their role in modeling enterprise architecture, outlines the 23 official example viewpoints grouped into basic, motivation, strategy, and implementation & migration categories, and provides detailed descriptions of basic viewpoints such as composition, support, collaboration, and implementation.

ArchiMateEnterprise ArchitectureModeling
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Complete ArchiMate Viewpoints Guide (Part 1): Overview of Views and Basic Viewpoints
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Mar 27, 2023 · Information Security

Designing Data Security Diagrams: Using UML/BPMN and ArchiMate to Map Access Rights

The article explains how to create data‑security diagrams that map which participants can access specific enterprise data, recommends breaking large diagrams into role‑based views, and illustrates the approach with UML/BPMN and ArchiMate models while addressing compliance and trust considerations.

ArchiMateBPMNEnterprise Architecture
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Designing Data Security Diagrams: Using UML/BPMN and ArchiMate to Map Access Rights
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Jan 27, 2023 · Fundamentals

Understanding Business Architecture: Domains, Techniques, and Modeling with BIZBOK and ArchiMate

This article introduces the growing importance of business architecture, outlines its core domains and nine practical modeling techniques, and explains how BIZBOK and ArchiMate can be leveraged—often via tools like BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio—to bridge strategic business models with detailed enterprise design.

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Understanding Business Architecture: Domains, Techniques, and Modeling with BIZBOK and ArchiMate
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Jan 26, 2023 · Fundamentals

Understanding Reference Models and Their Representation in ArchiMate

This article explains what reference models are, outlines business, technical, and information reference model types, and provides practical guidance on representing them consistently using ArchiMate concepts within enterprise architecture to facilitate reuse, communication, and impact analysis.

ArchiMateEnterprise ArchitectureModeling
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Understanding Reference Models and Their Representation in ArchiMate
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Nov 5, 2021 · Fundamentals

Overview of ArchiMate Basic Views and Their Perspectives

This article explains ArchiMate's basic views—including composition, support, collaboration, and implementation—detailing their names, viewpoints, and concerns across business, application, and technology layers, and provides examples of information structure and service implementation views with stakeholder and purpose information.

ArchiMateModelingViewpoints
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Overview of ArchiMate Basic Views and Their Perspectives
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Sep 22, 2021 · Fundamentals

Requirement Analysis: Concepts, Activities, and Techniques

This article explains requirement analysis in software engineering, covering its purpose, key activities, business versus software requirements, and various techniques such as BPMN, ArchiMate, data flow diagrams, use cases, and user stories for capturing and modeling stakeholder needs.

ArchiMateBPMNRequirement Analysis
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Requirement Analysis: Concepts, Activities, and Techniques
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Oct 2, 2020 · Fundamentals

Understanding Business Footprint Diagrams in Enterprise Architecture

The article explains business footprint diagrams, illustrating how business goals, organizational units, functions, and services map to technical components, providing traceability for C‑level stakeholders and highlighting their use in enterprise architecture modeling with UML/BPMN and ArchiMate references.

ArchiMateTOGAFbusiness architecture
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Understanding Business Footprint Diagrams in Enterprise Architecture
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Sep 30, 2020 · Fundamentals

Understanding the Concept of “Function” in TOGAF and ArchiMate

The article explains how TOGAF and ArchiMate define and differentiate “function” and “capability” within enterprise architecture, detailing abstract and concrete structures, behavior, and their mapping to organizational units, and compares various sources’ interpretations of these concepts.

ArchiMateBusiness FunctionCapability
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Understanding the Concept of “Function” in TOGAF and ArchiMate
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Jul 19, 2020 · Fundamentals

Introduction to the Business Architecture Toolbox

This article introduces the growing field of business architecture, its core domains, key modeling techniques, and how standards like BIZBOK® and ArchiMate 3.0 support strategic enterprise design and decision‑making.

ArchiMateBIZBOKbusiness architecture
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Introduction to the Business Architecture Toolbox
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Jul 18, 2020 · Fundamentals

Understanding Reference Models and Their Representation with ArchiMate

This article explains what reference models are, outlines business, technical, and information reference models, and provides guidance on how to represent them consistently using the ArchiMate modeling language, including examples and best‑practice recommendations for aligning stakeholders and ensuring reuse across organizations.

ArchiMateEnterprise Architecturebusiness model
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Understanding Reference Models and Their Representation with ArchiMate
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Jul 15, 2020 · Fundamentals

From Generic to Organization‑Specific Architecture: Classification and Practical Guidance

This article explains how enterprise architecture descriptions range from foundational, generic models to highly specific, organization‑level designs, outlines the TOGAF terminology for artifacts, and offers practical advice on classifying and applying these architectures in real‑world projects.

ArchiMateArchitecture ClassificationTOGAF
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From Generic to Organization‑Specific Architecture: Classification and Practical Guidance