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Linked.Archi ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoints

Viewpoint Definitions

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v4.0 draft am4vp: Kalin Maldzhanski Linked.Archi Modified: 2026-10-11 License

The ArchiMate 4.0 example viewpoints of Appendix C as arch:Viewpoint individuals. Each states the elements it admits (arch:includesConcept — Grouping and the two junctions in every one, as the specification allows), its stakeholders (arch:targetsStakeholder), the concerns it frames (arch:viewpointFramesConcern) and its purposes (arch:viewpointHasPurpose). The catalogue groups them twice, as SKOS: by the specification's categories and by the scope its tables state (how many domains and aspects a viewpoint spans). The specification calls them examples, not a normative or exhaustive list; organizations may define their own.

Contents

Relationships and dependencies between applications

Application Cooperation Viewpoint

How application components cooperate: the information flowing between them, the services they offer and use, and the orchestration of services that together support a process.
Purpose: Designing
Concerns: Relationships and dependencies between applications, Orchestration and choreography of services, Consistency, Completeness, Reduction of complexity
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Location ApplicationComponent Collaboration ApplicationInterface Process Function Event Service DataObject Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Application structure

Application Structure Viewpoint

The structure of an application: its components, interfaces and data, and the collaborations it takes part in.
Purpose: Designing
Concerns: Application structure, Consistency, Completeness, Reduction of complexity
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
ApplicationComponent ApplicationInterface Collaboration DataObject Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Consistency

Application Usage Viewpoint

How applications are used in the enterprise's processes and functions, and by its actors and roles.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Consistency, Completeness, Reduction of complexity
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
BusinessActor Role Collaboration Process Function Event BusinessObject ApplicationComponent ApplicationInterface Service DataObject Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Layered Viewpoint

An overview of the architecture across its core domains: every core element, and every relationship, may appear.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Consistency, Reduction of complexity, Impact of change, Flexibility
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Role Collaboration Path Process Function Event Service Location BusinessActor BusinessInterface BusinessObject Product ApplicationComponent ApplicationInterface DataObject Node Device SystemSoftware TechnologyInterface CommunicationNetwork DistributionNetwork Equipment Facility Material Artifact Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Architecture strategy

Capability Map Viewpoint

The enterprise's capabilities, the resources they need and the outcomes they produce.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Architecture strategy, Architecture tactics, Motivation
View type: Diagram, Catalog
Included concepts:
Outcome Capability Resource Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Motivation Viewpoint

The motivation of the architecture as a whole: stakeholders, drivers, assessments, goals, principles, requirements, outcomes, values and meanings.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Architecture strategy, Architecture tactics, Motivation
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Stakeholder Driver Assessment Goal Principle Requirement Outcome Value Meaning Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Requirements Realization Viewpoint

How requirements are realized by core elements and by strategy elements.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Architecture strategy, Architecture tactics, Motivation
View type: Diagram, Matrix
Included concepts:
Goal Principle Requirement Outcome Value Meaning CourseOfAction Resource Capability ValueStream Role Collaboration Path Process Function Event Service Location BusinessActor BusinessInterface BusinessObject Product ApplicationComponent ApplicationInterface DataObject Node Device SystemSoftware TechnologyInterface CommunicationNetwork DistributionNetwork Equipment Facility Material Artifact Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Resource Map Viewpoint

The resources the enterprise has, the capabilities they enable and the work packages that change them.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Architecture strategy, Architecture tactics, Motivation
View type: Diagram, Catalog
Included concepts:
Resource Capability WorkPackage Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Value Stream Viewpoint

The value streams through which the enterprise creates value, the capabilities that support them and the stakeholders who receive it.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Architecture strategy, Architecture tactics, Motivation
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
ValueStream Capability Value Outcome Stakeholder Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Architecture mission

Goal Realization Viewpoint

How high-level goals are refined into more concrete goals, outcomes and requirements, and the principles that guide them.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Architecture mission, Architecture strategy, Architecture tactics, Motivation
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Goal Principle Requirement Outcome Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Stakeholder Viewpoint

The stakeholders, their drivers, the assessments of those drivers and the goals that address them.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Architecture mission, Architecture strategy, Motivation
View type: Diagram, Matrix
Included concepts:
Stakeholder Driver Assessment Goal Outcome Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Structure of application platforms and the technology supporting them

Implementation and Deployment Viewpoint

How applications are mapped onto the technology that supports them: platforms, system software and artifacts.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Structure of application platforms and the technology supporting them
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
ApplicationComponent Collaboration ApplicationInterface Process Function Event Service DataObject SystemSoftware TechnologyInterface Path Artifact Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Architecture vision

Implementation and Migration Viewpoint

How programmes and projects relate to the parts of the architecture they implement.
Purpose: Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Architecture vision, Architecture policies, Motivation
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Goal Requirement WorkPackage Event Deliverable Plateau BusinessActor Role Location Collaboration Path Process Function Service BusinessInterface BusinessObject Product ApplicationComponent ApplicationInterface DataObject Node Device SystemSoftware TechnologyInterface CommunicationNetwork DistributionNetwork Equipment Facility Material Artifact Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Project Viewpoint

The management of architecture change: work packages, the deliverables and events they produce, who performs them and the goals they serve.
Purpose: Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Architecture vision, Architecture policies, Motivation
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Goal Outcome WorkPackage Event Deliverable BusinessActor Role Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Structure and dependencies of data and information

Information Structure Viewpoint

The structure of the information the enterprise uses: business and data objects, the artifacts that hold them and what they mean.
Purpose: Designing
Concerns: Structure and dependencies of data and information, Consistency, Completeness
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
BusinessObject DataObject Artifact Meaning Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

History of models

Migration Viewpoint

The transition from an existing architecture to a target architecture, through plateaus.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding, Informing
Concerns: History of models
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Plateau Deliverable WorkPackage Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Competencies, authority and responsibilities

Organization Viewpoint

The structure of an organization: its actors, roles and collaborations, where they are, and the interfaces through which they are reached.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding, Informing
Concerns: Competencies, authority and responsibilities
View type: Diagram, Catalog
Included concepts:
BusinessActor Role Collaboration Location BusinessInterface Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Business-oriented results

Outcome Realization Viewpoint

How business-oriented outcomes are realized by capabilities, value streams and core elements.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Business-oriented results
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Capability ValueStream Resource Outcome Value Meaning Role Collaboration Path Process Function Event Service Location BusinessActor BusinessInterface BusinessObject Product ApplicationComponent ApplicationInterface DataObject Node Device SystemSoftware TechnologyInterface CommunicationNetwork DistributionNetwork Equipment Facility Material Artifact Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

The physical environment and how it relates to IT infrastructure

Physical Viewpoint

The physical environment — equipment, facilities, distribution networks and materials — and how it relates to the IT infrastructure.
Purpose: Designing
Concerns: The physical environment and how it relates to IT infrastructure
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Location Node Device Equipment Facility Path CommunicationNetwork DistributionNetwork Material Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Dependencies between processes

Process Cooperation Viewpoint

How processes relate to each other and to their environment: what triggers what, what flows between them, the data they share and the services they realize.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Dependencies between processes, Consistency, Completeness, Responsibilities
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
BusinessActor Role Collaboration Location BusinessInterface Process Function Event Service BusinessObject ApplicationComponent ApplicationInterface DataObject Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Product development

Product Viewpoint

What a product contains: the services, behaviour, objects and value it offers, and who delivers it.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Product development, Value offered by products
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
BusinessActor Role Collaboration BusinessInterface Process Function Event Service BusinessObject Product ApplicationComponent ApplicationInterface DataObject Artifact Material Value Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Added value of processes

Service Realization Viewpoint

How services are realized by the processes, functions and applications behind them.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Added value of processes, Consistency, Completeness, Responsibilities
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
BusinessActor Role Collaboration BusinessInterface Process Function Event Service BusinessObject ApplicationComponent ApplicationInterface DataObject Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Strategy development

Strategy Viewpoint

A high-level strategic overview: courses of action, capabilities, value streams, resources and the outcomes they pursue.
Purpose: Designing, Deciding
Concerns: Strategy development
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
CourseOfAction Capability ValueStream Resource Outcome Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Dependencies

Technology Usage Viewpoint

How applications use technology: the nodes, system software and networks that serve them.
Purpose: Designing
Concerns: Dependencies, Performance, Scalability
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
ApplicationComponent Service Process Function Event DataObject Node Device Collaboration SystemSoftware TechnologyInterface CommunicationNetwork Path Artifact Grouping AndJunction OrJunction

Stability, security, dependencies and costs of infrastructure

Technology Viewpoint

The infrastructure and platforms beneath the information systems — nodes, devices, system software and networks — and the technology behaviour they offer.
Purpose: Designing
Concerns: Stability, security, dependencies and costs of infrastructure
View type: Diagram
Included concepts:
Location Node Collaboration Device SystemSoftware TechnologyInterface CommunicationNetwork Path Process Function Service Event Artifact Grouping AndJunction OrJunction
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