Linked.Archi ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoints
type: Ontology
imports: core#
license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
preferred namespace prefix: am4vp
creator: Kalin Maldzhanski
description: ArchiMate 4.0 viewpoints as arch:Viewpoint individuals. Each viewpoint specifies allowed element types (arch:includesConcept), target stakeholders (arch:targetsStakeholder), and framed concerns (arch:viewpointFramesConcern). ArchiMate 4.0 uses domain-based organization; viewpoints reference the merged cross-domain elements (Process, Function, Event, Service) from the Common Domain. Organizations may define additional custom viewpoints.
created: 2026-04-19
modified: 2026-04-29
publisher: Linked.Archi
publisher: linked.archi
status: draft
source: archimate4-doc
version IRI: 4.0#
version info: 4.0

ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
type: ConceptScheme
definition: Classification of ArchiMate 4.0 viewpoints by category. The top-level categories correspond to the ArchiMate 4.0 framework dimensions.
scope note: This grouping is ArchiMate-specific. Other frameworks use different organizations — e.g., TOGAF groups viewpoints by ADM phase (A through H). ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 does not prescribe a specific grouping.
source: archimate4-doc
has top concept: Structure Viewpoints
has top concept: Behavior Viewpoints
has top concept: Motivation Viewpoints
has top concept: Strategy Viewpoints
has top concept: Implementation & Migration Viewpoints
has top concept: Cross-Domain Viewpoints

Structure Viewpoints
type: Concept
definition: Viewpoints showing the static structure of the enterprise across domains.
top concept of: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
narrower: Organization Viewpoint
narrower: Application Structure Viewpoint
narrower: Technology Viewpoint
narrower: Information Structure Viewpoint

Behavior Viewpoints
type: Concept
definition: Viewpoints showing dynamic behavior — processes, cooperation, and service realization.
top concept of: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
narrower: Process Cooperation Viewpoint
narrower: Service Realization Viewpoint

Motivation Viewpoints
type: Concept
definition: Viewpoints for modeling motivational aspects — stakeholders, goals, requirements.
top concept of: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
narrower: Stakeholder Viewpoint
narrower: Goal Realization Viewpoint
narrower: Requirements Realization Viewpoint
narrower: Motivation Viewpoint

Strategy Viewpoints
type: Concept
definition: Viewpoints for strategic direction — capabilities, resources, value streams.
top concept of: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
narrower: Strategy Viewpoint
narrower: Capability Map Viewpoint
narrower: Outcome Realization Viewpoint
narrower: Resource Map Viewpoint

Implementation & Migration Viewpoints
type: Concept
definition: Viewpoints for managing architecture change — projects, migration, plateaus.
top concept of: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
narrower: Implementation and Deployment Viewpoint
narrower: Migration Viewpoint

Cross-Domain Viewpoints
type: Concept
definition: Viewpoints spanning multiple domains, providing an integrated view of the architecture.
top concept of: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
narrower: Cross-Domain Viewpoint

Deciding
type: Purpose
definition: Evaluating options, portfolio rationalization, lifecycle planning, impact analysis.

Designing
type: Purpose
definition: Creating or refining architecture — structure, integration, deployment topology.

Informing
type: Purpose
definition: Communicating architecture to stakeholders — overviews, landscapes, roadmaps.

Governing
type: Purpose
definition: Compliance checking, standards enforcement, migration tracking.

Enterprise Architect
type: Stakeholder

Solution Architect
type: Stakeholder

Business Architect
type: Stakeholder

Application Architect
type: Stakeholder

Infrastructure Architect
type: Stakeholder

Security Architect
type: Stakeholder

Data Architect
type: Stakeholder

Business Manager
type: Stakeholder

Product Manager
type: Stakeholder

Process Owner
type: Stakeholder

Software Developer
type: Stakeholder

Operations Manager
type: Stakeholder

Project Manager
type: Stakeholder

CIO
type: Stakeholder

CEO
type: Stakeholder

Organization Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows the structure of the enterprise in terms of its business actors, roles, collaborations, and their relationships. In ArchiMate 4.0, Role and Collaboration are Common Domain elements usable across all domains.
includes concept: BusinessActor
includes concept: Role
includes concept: Collaboration
includes concept: BusinessInterface
includes concept: Location
targets stakeholder: Business Manager
targets stakeholder: Business Architect
targets stakeholder: Enterprise Architect
viewpoint has purpose: Informing
viewpoint has purpose: Designing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Structure Viewpoints
view type: Diagram
view type: Catalog

Application Structure Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows the structure of the application landscape in terms of application components, interfaces, and their relationships.
includes concept: ApplicationComponent
includes concept: ApplicationInterface
includes concept: DataObject
includes concept: Collaboration
targets stakeholder: Application Architect
targets stakeholder: Solution Architect
targets stakeholder: Software Developer
viewpoint has purpose: Informing
viewpoint has purpose: Designing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Structure Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Technology Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows the infrastructure and platforms underlying the information systems, in terms of nodes, devices, system software, networks, equipment, facilities, and artifacts.
includes concept: Node
includes concept: Device
includes concept: SystemSoftware
includes concept: Path
includes concept: CommunicationNetwork
includes concept: DistributionNetwork
includes concept: Equipment
includes concept: Facility
includes concept: Artifact
includes concept: TechnologyInterface
includes concept: Service
targets stakeholder: Infrastructure Architect
targets stakeholder: Operations Manager
targets stakeholder: Security Architect
viewpoint has purpose: Informing
viewpoint has purpose: Designing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Structure Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Information Structure Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows the structure of the information used in the enterprise, including business objects, data objects, and their relationships.
includes concept: BusinessObject
includes concept: DataObject
includes concept: Meaning
targets stakeholder: Data Architect
targets stakeholder: Application Architect
targets stakeholder: Business Architect
viewpoint has purpose: Informing
viewpoint has purpose: Designing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Structure Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Process Cooperation Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows the relationships between processes, including how they trigger each other, exchange information, and are supported by services. In ArchiMate 4.0, Process, Function, Event, and Service are cross-domain Common Domain elements.
includes concept: Process
includes concept: Function
includes concept: Event
includes concept: Service
includes concept: Role
includes concept: Collaboration
includes concept: BusinessObject
includes concept: DataObject
includes concept: BusinessActor
includes concept: ApplicationComponent
targets stakeholder: Process Owner
targets stakeholder: Business Architect
targets stakeholder: Business Manager
viewpoint has purpose: Designing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Behavior Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Service Realization Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows how services are realized by processes performed by roles and active structure elements.
includes concept: Service
includes concept: Process
includes concept: Function
includes concept: Role
includes concept: Collaboration
includes concept: BusinessActor
includes concept: ApplicationComponent
includes concept: BusinessObject
includes concept: DataObject
targets stakeholder: Business Architect
targets stakeholder: Process Owner
targets stakeholder: Application Architect
viewpoint has purpose: Designing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Behavior Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Stakeholder Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows the stakeholders, their drivers and assessments, and the goals and principles that address those concerns.
includes concept: Stakeholder
includes concept: Driver
includes concept: Assessment
includes concept: Goal
includes concept: Outcome
includes concept: Principle
includes concept: Requirement
targets stakeholder: Enterprise Architect
targets stakeholder: Business Manager
targets stakeholder: CIO
targets stakeholder: CEO
viewpoint has purpose: Deciding
viewpoint has purpose: Informing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Motivation Viewpoints
view type: Diagram
view type: Matrix

Goal Realization Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows how goals are refined into more concrete goals and how they are realized by requirements.
includes concept: Goal
includes concept: Outcome
includes concept: Principle
includes concept: Requirement
targets stakeholder: Enterprise Architect
targets stakeholder: Business Manager
viewpoint has purpose: Deciding
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Motivation Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Requirements Realization Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows how requirements are realized by core elements such as processes, application components, and services.
includes concept: Requirement
includes concept: Goal
includes concept: Process
includes concept: Function
includes concept: Service
includes concept: ApplicationComponent
includes concept: DataObject
targets stakeholder: Solution Architect
targets stakeholder: Application Architect
targets stakeholder: Business Architect
viewpoint has purpose: Deciding
viewpoint has purpose: Designing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Motivation Viewpoints
view type: Diagram
view type: Matrix

Motivation Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows the full motivation structure: stakeholders, drivers, assessments, goals, outcomes, principles, requirements, meanings, and values, and how they relate to each other.
includes concept: Stakeholder
includes concept: Driver
includes concept: Assessment
includes concept: Goal
includes concept: Outcome
includes concept: Principle
includes concept: Requirement
includes concept: Meaning
includes concept: Value
targets stakeholder: Enterprise Architect
targets stakeholder: CIO
targets stakeholder: CEO
targets stakeholder: Business Manager
viewpoint has purpose: Informing
viewpoint has purpose: Deciding
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Motivation Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Strategy Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: 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.
includes concept: Resource
includes concept: Capability
includes concept: ValueStream
includes concept: CourseOfAction
includes concept: Goal
includes concept: Outcome
includes concept: Principle
includes concept: Requirement
targets stakeholder: CEO
targets stakeholder: CIO
targets stakeholder: Enterprise Architect
targets stakeholder: Business Manager
viewpoint has purpose: Deciding
viewpoint has purpose: Informing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Strategy Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Capability Map Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows the capabilities of the enterprise and how they are composed and related, typically as a hierarchical map.
includes concept: Capability
includes concept: Resource
includes concept: ValueStream
includes concept: CourseOfAction
includes concept: Outcome
targets stakeholder: Enterprise Architect
targets stakeholder: CIO
targets stakeholder: Business Manager
viewpoint has purpose: Deciding
viewpoint has purpose: Informing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Strategy Viewpoints
view type: Diagram
view type: Catalog

Outcome Realization Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows how outcomes are realized by capabilities and core elements, linking strategic intent to operational architecture.
includes concept: Outcome
includes concept: Capability
includes concept: ValueStream
includes concept: Process
includes concept: Function
includes concept: ApplicationComponent
includes concept: Value
targets stakeholder: Enterprise Architect
targets stakeholder: Business Manager
targets stakeholder: CIO
viewpoint has purpose: Deciding
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Strategy Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Resource Map Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows the resources of the enterprise and how they are assigned to capabilities and realized by core elements.
includes concept: Resource
includes concept: Capability
includes concept: BusinessActor
includes concept: Role
includes concept: ApplicationComponent
includes concept: Node
targets stakeholder: Enterprise Architect
targets stakeholder: Business Manager
targets stakeholder: Operations Manager
viewpoint has purpose: Deciding
viewpoint has purpose: Informing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Strategy Viewpoints
view type: Diagram
view type: Catalog

Implementation and Deployment Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows how applications are realized by artifacts and how artifacts are deployed on technology infrastructure.
includes concept: ApplicationComponent
includes concept: Artifact
includes concept: Node
includes concept: Device
includes concept: SystemSoftware
includes concept: Path
includes concept: CommunicationNetwork
targets stakeholder: Infrastructure Architect
targets stakeholder: Software Developer
targets stakeholder: Operations Manager
viewpoint has purpose: Designing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Implementation & Migration Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Migration Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Shows the transition from baseline to target architecture through plateaus and the work packages that implement the transition. In ArchiMate 4.0, Gap and ImplementationEvent have been removed.
includes concept: Plateau
includes concept: WorkPackage
includes concept: Deliverable
targets stakeholder: Enterprise Architect
targets stakeholder: Project Manager
targets stakeholder: CIO
viewpoint has purpose: Governing
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Implementation & Migration Viewpoints
view type: Diagram

Cross-Domain Viewpoint
type: Viewpoint
definition: Provides an overview across multiple domains of the architecture, showing how elements from different domains relate through serving and realization. In ArchiMate 4.0, this replaces the Layered Viewpoint from 3.x, reflecting the shift from layers to domains.
includes concept: Process
includes concept: Function
includes concept: Service
includes concept: ApplicationComponent
includes concept: Node
includes concept: Device
includes concept: SystemSoftware
includes concept: BusinessActor
includes concept: Role
targets stakeholder: Enterprise Architect
targets stakeholder: CIO
viewpoint has purpose: Informing
viewpoint has purpose: Deciding
in scheme: ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
broader: Cross-Domain Viewpoints
view type: Diagram