The Architecture of the ArchiMate Language

Contains fulltext : 75789.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)In current business practice, an integrated approach to business and IT is indispensable. In many enterprises, however, such an integrated vi ew of the entire enterprise is still far from reality. To deal with these challenges, an integrated view of the enterprise is needed, enabling impact and change analysis covering all relevant aspects. This need sparked the development of the ArchiMate language. This paper is concerned with documenting some of the key design decisions and design principles underlying the ArchiMate language.10th International Workshop, BPMDS 2009 and 14th International Conference, EMMSAD 2009, held at CAiSE 2009, 8 juni 200