A Pocket Guide to the ArchiMate ® 3.1 Specification

This is the Pocket Guide to the ArchiMate 3.1 Specification, a standard of The Open Group. It gives a concise introduction to the ArchiMate language. What’s more, it’s authoritative with material derived from the official ArchiMate documentation.

Topics covered include:

• A high-level introduction to the ArchiMate Specification and its relationship to Enterprise Architecture
• The high-level structure of the ArchiMate language, including an introduction to layering, and the ArchiMate Framework
• The Generic Metamodel for the language
• The relationships that the ArchiMate language includes to model the links between elements
• The Motivation elements, which includes concepts such as goal, principle, and requirement
• The Strategy elements, which includes concepts such as resource, capability, and course of action
• The Business Layer, which includes the modeling concepts relevant in the business domain
• The Application Layer, which includes modeling concepts relevant for software applications
• The Technology Layer, which includes modeling concepts relevant for system software applications and infrastructure
• The Physical elements, which include concepts relevant for the modeling of physical concepts like machines and physical installations
• The relationships between different layers of the language
• The Implementation and Migration elements, which include concepts to support modeling Enterprise Architecture-enabled transformation
• A summary of the changes from Version 3.0.1 to Version 3.1
• A Glossary of terms