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A course of action represents an approach or plan for configuring some

Behaviour Elements Passive Structure Elements Motivation Layer
Strategy Layer

Course of
Action capabilities and resources of the enterprise, undertaken to achieve a goal.

A stakeholder represents the role of an individual, team, or

A value stream represents a sequence of activities that create an overall result for a Stakeholder organization (or classes thereof) that represents their interests in
A capability represents an ability that an active structure element, such as A business actor represents a business entity that is capable of performing
Capability Value Stream customer, stakeholder, or end user. * Resource the effects of the architecture.
an organization, person, or system, possesses. * New Element since version 3.1
behaviour.

Active Structure Elements Behaviour Elements Passive Structure Elements

A driver represents an external or internal condition that motivates
A business actor represents a business entity that is capable of performing Business A business process represents a sequence of business behaviours that achieve a A business object represents a concept used within a particular business Driver an organization to define its goals and implement the changes
Business Actor
behaviour.
Process specific result such as a defined set of products or business services. Business Object
domain. necessary to achieve them.

A business function represents a collection of business behaviour based on a chosen A contract represents a formal or informal specification of an agreement
Business
A business role represents the responsibility for performing Function set of criteria such as required business resources and/or competencies, and is between a provider and a consumer that specifies the rights and
Business Layer

managed or performed as a whole. Contract

Business Role specific behaviour, to which an actor can be assigned, or the obligations associated with a product and establishes functional and
part an actor plays in a particular action or event. non-functional parameters for interaction. An assessment represents the result of an analysis of the state of
Assessment
A business interaction represents a unit of collective business behaviour performed by affairs of the enterprise with respect to some driver.
Business
Interaction (a collaboration of) two or more business actors, business roles, or business
collaborations. A representation represents a perceptible form of the information carried
Representation
Business A business collaboration represents a point of access where business by a business object.
Collaboration services are made available to the environment.
Business
Event A business event represents a business-related state change.
Composite Elements Goal
A goal represents a high-level statement of intent, direction, or
A business collaboration represents an aggregate of two or more business desired end state for an organization and its stakeholders.
Business
Interface internal active structure elements that work together to perform collective A product represents a coherent collection of services and/or passive
Business A business interface represents a point of access where business services are made structure elements, accompanied by a contract, which is offered as a
behaviour. Product
Service available to the environment. whole to (internal or external) customers.

Active Structure Elements Behaviour Elements Application Outcome

An outcome represents an end result, effect, or consequence of a
An application component represents an encapsulation of application Event An application event represents an application state change. certain state of affairs.
Application Application An application function represents automated behaviour that can be performed by an
functionality aligned to implementation structure, which is modular and
Application Layer

Component Function application component.

replaceable.
Application An application service represents an explicitly defined exposed application
An application collaboration represents an aggregate of two or more Service behaviour.
Application Application An application interaction represents a unit of collective application behaviour

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application internal active structure elements that work together to perform A principle represents a statement of intent defining a general
Collaboration Interaction performed by (a collaboration of) two or more application components.
collective application behaviour. Principle property that applies to any system in a certain context in the
Passive Structure Elements architecture.
A business collaboration represents an aggregate of two or more business
Application Application An application process represents a sequence of application behaviours that achieves A data object represents data structured for automated
internal active structure elements that work together to perform collective Data Object
Interface Process a specific result. processing.
behaviour.

A requirement represents a statement of need defining a property

Active Structure Elements Behaviour Elements Requirement
that applies to a specific system as described by the architecture.
A technology interaction represents a unit of collective technology
A node represents a computational or physical resource that hosts, Technology A technology function represents a collection of technology behaviour that can be Technology
behaviour performed by (a collaboration of) two or more technology
Node Interaction
manipulates, or interacts with other computational or physical resources. Function performed by a technology internal active structure element. internal active structure elements.
Technology Layer (incl. Physical Elements)

A constraint represents a limitation on aspects of the architecture,

A device represents a physical IT resource upon which system software Technology A technology process represents a sequence of technology behaviours that achieves Technology Constraint
its implementation process, or its realization.
Device Event A technology event represents a technology state change.
and artifacts may be stored or deployed for execution. Process a specific result.

System software represents software that provides or contributes to an

System
environment for storing, executing, and using software or data deployed Technology A technology service represents an explicitly defined exposed technology
Software
within it.
Service behaviour. Meaning represents the knowledge or expertise present in, or the
A path represents a link between two or more technology internal active structure Meaning
Path
elements, through which these elements can exchange data, energy, or material. interpretation given to, a concept in a particular context.

A technology collaboration represents an aggregate of two or more

Technology
Collaboration technology internal active structure elements that work together to perform Passive Structure Elements
collective technology behaviour. Communication A communication network represents a set of structures that connects devices or
Network system software for transmission, routing, and reception of data. An artifact represents a piece of data that is used or produced in a
Artifact software development process, or by deployment and operation of an IT Value represents the relative worth, utility, or importance of a
Value
A technology interface represents a point of access where technology system. concept.
Technology
Interface services offered by a technology internal active structure can be
Facility A facility represents a physical structure or environment.
accessed.

Material A material represents tangible physical matter or energy.

Equipment represents one or more physical machines, tools, or Distribution A distribution network represents a physical network used to transport materials or
Equipment
instruments that can create, use, store, move, or transform materials. Network energy.
A location represents a conceptual or physical place or position
Location where concepts are located (e.g., structure elements) or performed
(e.g., behaviour elements).
Implementation & Migration

A work package represents a series of actions identified and designed to Plateau A plateau represents a relatively stable state of the architecture that exists
Work Package
achieve specific results within specified time and resource constraints. during a limited period of time.
Deliverable A deliverable represents a precisely defined result of a work package. Grouping
The grouping element aggregates or composes concepts that
Implementation An implementation event represents a state change related to Gap A gap represents a statement of difference between two plateaus. belong together based on some common characteristic.
Event implementation or migration.

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