Linked.Archi ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoints
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.
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ArchiMate 4.0 Viewpoint Catalog
Classification of ArchiMate 4.0 viewpoints by category. The top-level categories correspond to the ArchiMate 4.0 framework dimensions.
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.
Structure Viewpoints
Viewpoints showing the static structure of the enterprise across domains.
Behavior Viewpoints
Viewpoints showing dynamic behavior — processes, cooperation, and service realization.
Motivation Viewpoints
Viewpoints for modeling motivational aspects — stakeholders, goals, requirements.
Strategy Viewpoints
Viewpoints for strategic direction — capabilities, resources, value streams.
Implementation & Migration Viewpoints
Viewpoints for managing architecture change — projects, migration, plateaus.
Cross-Domain Viewpoints
Viewpoints spanning multiple domains, providing an integrated view of the architecture.
Deciding
Evaluating options, portfolio rationalization, lifecycle planning, impact analysis.
Designing
Creating or refining architecture — structure, integration, deployment topology.
Informing
Communicating architecture to stakeholders — overviews, landscapes, roadmaps.
Governing
Compliance checking, standards enforcement, migration tracking.
Enterprise Architect
Solution Architect
Business Architect
Application Architect
Infrastructure Architect
Security Architect
Data Architect
Business Manager
Product Manager
Process Owner
Software Developer
Operations Manager
Project Manager
CIO
CEO
Organization Viewpoint
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.
Application Structure Viewpoint
Shows the structure of the application landscape in terms of application components, interfaces, and their relationships.
Technology Viewpoint
Shows the infrastructure and platforms underlying the information systems, in terms of nodes, devices, system software, networks, equipment, facilities, and artifacts.
Information Structure Viewpoint
Shows the structure of the information used in the enterprise, including business objects, data objects, and their relationships.
Process Cooperation Viewpoint
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.
Service Realization Viewpoint
Shows how services are realized by processes performed by roles and active structure elements.
Stakeholder Viewpoint
Shows the stakeholders, their drivers and assessments, and the goals and principles that address those concerns.
Goal Realization Viewpoint
Shows how goals are refined into more concrete goals and how they are realized by requirements.
Requirements Realization Viewpoint
Shows how requirements are realized by core elements such as processes, application components, and services.
Motivation Viewpoint
Shows the full motivation structure: stakeholders, drivers, assessments, goals, outcomes, principles, requirements, meanings, and values, and how they relate to each other.
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.
Capability Map Viewpoint
Shows the capabilities of the enterprise and how they are composed and related, typically as a hierarchical map.
Outcome Realization Viewpoint
Shows how outcomes are realized by capabilities and core elements, linking strategic intent to operational architecture.
Resource Map Viewpoint
Shows the resources of the enterprise and how they are assigned to capabilities and realized by core elements.
Implementation and Deployment Viewpoint
Shows how applications are realized by artifacts and how artifacts are deployed on technology infrastructure.
Migration Viewpoint
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.
Cross-Domain Viewpoint
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.