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Linked.Archi ArchiMate 3.2 Example Viewpoints

Viewpoint Definitions

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v3.2.0 draft amvp: Kalin Maldzhanski Linked.Archi Modified: 2026-04-14 License

ArchiMate 3.2 example viewpoints as arch:Viewpoint individuals. Each viewpoint specifies allowed element types (arch:includesConcept), target stakeholders (arch:targetsStakeholder), and framed concerns (arch:viewpointFramesConcern). Organizations may define additional custom viewpoints.

Contents

Application integration and data sharing

Application Cooperation Viewpoint

Shows the relationships between application components in terms of information flows, service dependencies, and shared data.
Purpose: Designing
Concerns: Application integration and data sharing
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
ApplicationComponent ApplicationCollaboration ApplicationInterface ApplicationFunction ApplicationInteraction ApplicationService DataObject

Application support for business processes

Application Usage Viewpoint

Shows how applications support business processes and access business objects.
Purpose: Deciding, Designing
Concerns: Application support for business processes
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
BusinessProcess BusinessFunction BusinessObject ApplicationComponent ApplicationService DataObject

Business process cooperation and information exchange

Business Process Cooperation Viewpoint

Shows the relationships between business processes, including how they trigger each other, exchange information, and are supported by application services.
Purpose: Designing
Concerns: Business process cooperation and information exchange
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
BusinessProcess BusinessFunction BusinessInteraction BusinessEvent BusinessService BusinessRole BusinessCollaboration BusinessObject ApplicationService Representation

Capability landscape and composition

Capability Map Viewpoint

Shows the capabilities of the enterprise and how they are composed and related, typically as a hierarchical map.
Purpose: Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Capability landscape and composition
View type: Diagram, Catalog
Included concepts:
Capability Resource ValueStream CourseOfAction Outcome

Goal decomposition and requirements traceability

Goal Realization Viewpoint

Shows how goals are refined into more concrete goals and how they are realized by requirements and constraints.
Purpose: Deciding
Concerns: Goal decomposition and requirements traceability
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Goal Outcome Principle Requirement Constraint

Deployment structure and artifact mapping

Implementation and Deployment Viewpoint

Shows how applications are realized by artifacts and how artifacts are deployed on technology infrastructure.
Purpose: Designing
Concerns: Deployment structure and artifact mapping
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
ApplicationComponent Artifact Node Device SystemSoftware Path CommunicationNetwork

Change management across architecture layers

Implementation and Migration Viewpoint

Shows the full implementation and migration landscape including plateaus, gaps, work packages, deliverables, and their relationships to architecture elements across all layers.
Purpose: Governing, Deciding
Concerns: Change management across architecture layers, Architecture migration and transition planning
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Plateau Gap WorkPackage Deliverable ImplementationEvent BusinessProcess ApplicationComponent Node Goal Requirement

Information structure and data consistency

Information Structure Viewpoint

Shows the structure of the information used in the enterprise, including business objects, data objects, and their relationships.
Purpose: Informing, Designing
Concerns: Information structure and data consistency
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
BusinessObject DataObject Representation Contract Meaning

Architecture overview and cross-layer consistency

Layered Viewpoint

Provides an overview across multiple layers of the architecture, showing how elements from different layers relate through serving and realization.
Purpose: Informing, Deciding
Concerns: Architecture overview and cross-layer consistency, Impact of change and flexibility
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
BusinessProcess BusinessFunction BusinessService ApplicationComponent ApplicationService Node Device SystemSoftware TechnologyService

Architecture migration and transition planning

Migration Viewpoint

Shows the transition from baseline to target architecture through plateaus and gaps, and the work packages that implement the transition.
Purpose: Governing
Concerns: Architecture migration and transition planning
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Plateau Gap WorkPackage Deliverable ImplementationEvent

Full motivation landscape and rationale

Motivation Viewpoint

Shows the full motivation structure: stakeholders, drivers, assessments, goals, outcomes, principles, requirements, and constraints, and how they relate to each other.
Purpose: Informing, Deciding
Concerns: Full motivation landscape and rationale
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Stakeholder Driver Assessment Goal Outcome Principle Requirement Constraint Meaning Value

Organizational structure and responsibilities

Organization Viewpoint

Shows the structure of the enterprise in terms of its business actors, roles, collaborations, and their relationships.
Purpose: Informing, Designing
Concerns: Organizational structure and responsibilities
View type: Diagram, Catalog
Included concepts:
BusinessActor BusinessRole BusinessCollaboration BusinessInterface Location

Outcome delivery through capabilities

Outcome Realization Viewpoint

Shows how outcomes are realized by capabilities and core elements, linking strategic intent to operational architecture.
Purpose: Deciding
Concerns: Outcome delivery through capabilities
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Outcome Capability ValueStream BusinessProcess BusinessFunction ApplicationComponent Value

Physical environment and IT infrastructure relationships

Physical Viewpoint

Shows the physical environment and how it relates to IT infrastructure — equipment, facilities, distribution networks, and materials.
Purpose: Informing, Designing
Concerns: Physical environment and IT infrastructure relationships
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Equipment Facility DistributionNetwork Material Node Device Path

Product offering and value proposition

Product Viewpoint

Shows the products offered by the enterprise and the services, contracts, and business objects associated with them.
Purpose: Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Product offering and value proposition
View type: Diagram, Catalog
Included concepts:
Product BusinessService ApplicationService TechnologyService Contract BusinessObject BusinessProcess BusinessInterface Value

Project delivery and architecture change

Project Viewpoint

Shows the work packages, deliverables, and their relationships to the architecture elements they change or create.
Purpose: Governing, Deciding
Concerns: Project delivery and architecture change
View type: Diagram, Catalog
Included concepts:
WorkPackage Deliverable ImplementationEvent BusinessProcess ApplicationComponent Node Goal

Requirements traceability to architecture elements

Requirements Realization Viewpoint

Shows how requirements are realized by core elements such as business processes, application components, and services.
Purpose: Deciding, Designing
Concerns: Requirements traceability to architecture elements
View type: Diagram, Matrix
Included concepts:
Requirement Constraint Goal BusinessProcess BusinessFunction BusinessService ApplicationComponent ApplicationService DataObject

Resource allocation to capabilities

Resource Map Viewpoint

Shows the resources of the enterprise and how they are assigned to capabilities and realized by core elements.
Purpose: Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Resource allocation to capabilities
View type: Diagram, Catalog
Included concepts:
Resource Capability BusinessActor BusinessRole ApplicationComponent Node

Service realization by processes and roles

Service Realization Viewpoint

Shows how business services are realized by business processes performed by business roles.
Purpose: Designing
Concerns: Service realization by processes and roles
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
BusinessService BusinessProcess BusinessFunction BusinessInteraction BusinessRole BusinessCollaboration BusinessObject DataObject ApplicationService ApplicationComponent

Stakeholder alignment and goal setting

Stakeholder Viewpoint

Shows the stakeholders, their concerns, and the goals that address those concerns.
Purpose: Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Stakeholder alignment and goal setting
View type: Diagram, Matrix
Included concepts:
Stakeholder Driver Assessment Goal Outcome Principle Requirement Constraint

Strategic direction and capability planning

Strategy Viewpoint

Shows the strategic direction of the enterprise in terms of resources, capabilities, value streams, and courses of action, and how they relate to motivation elements.
Purpose: Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Strategic direction and capability planning
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Resource Capability ValueStream CourseOfAction Goal Outcome Principle Requirement

Technology support for applications

Technology Usage Viewpoint

Shows how technology infrastructure supports application components through nodes, devices, and system software.
Purpose: Deciding, Designing
Concerns: Technology support for applications
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
ApplicationComponent Node Device SystemSoftware TechnologyService Artifact CommunicationNetwork

Infrastructure stability and security

Technology Viewpoint

Shows the infrastructure and platforms underlying the information systems, in terms of nodes, devices, system software, networks, and artifacts.
Purpose: Informing, Designing
Concerns: Infrastructure stability and security
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Node Device SystemSoftware Path CommunicationNetwork Artifact TechnologyFunction TechnologyProcess TechnologyService TechnologyInterface
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