Linked.Archi Core Viewpoints
Framework-agnostic architecture viewpoints derived from ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 and common architecture practice. These are universal viewpoints that any modeling language can use — ArchiMate, TOGAF, C4, Backstage, or custom metamodels can specialize or reference them.
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Deciding
Evaluating options, making trade-offs, selecting alternatives.
Designing
Creating or refining architecture — defining structure and behavior.
Informing
Communicating architecture to stakeholders for understanding and alignment.
Governing
Ensuring compliance, enforcing standards, managing change.
Structure
What components exist and how they are organized.
Behavior
How components interact, what processes execute, what flows occur.
Deployment
Where components run and how they are distributed.
Dependencies
What depends on what — impact analysis and change propagation.
Governance
Who owns what, what standards apply, what decisions were made.
Evolution
How the architecture changes over time — roadmaps and transitions.
Quality
Non-functional characteristics — performance, security, reliability.
Cost
Financial aspects — total cost of ownership, licensing, operational cost.
Integration
How systems connect — interfaces, protocols, data exchange.
Stakeholder Interests
Who cares about what — mapping stakeholders to their concerns.
Landscape Overview
High-level overview of the architecture showing major components and their relationships across all domains. The entry point for understanding the architecture.
Component Catalog
Inventory of all architecture components with key attributes (owner, status, domain, technology). The foundation for portfolio management.
Process Flow
Shows the sequence of activities in a process, including decision points, parallel paths, and handoffs between actors.
Interface Map
Shows how components connect to each other — interfaces, protocols, data flows, and integration patterns.
Deployment Map
Shows where components are deployed — infrastructure nodes, environments, locations, and their hosting relationships.
Dependency Matrix
Shows dependencies between components as a matrix — which components depend on which, enabling impact analysis.
Impact Analysis
Shows the propagation of change from a source component through its dependencies — what breaks if this changes.
Decision Log
Catalog of architecture decisions with their context, options considered, rationale, and status. Supports traceability and institutional memory.
Stakeholder Map
Maps stakeholders to their concerns, influence, and the viewpoints that address them. The starting point for architecture communication planning.
Standards Compliance
Shows which components comply with which standards, and where deviations exist. Supports governance reviews.
Roadmap
Shows the planned evolution of the architecture over time — current state, target state, and the transition steps between them.
Gap Analysis
Shows the differences between baseline and target architecture — what needs to be added, changed, or removed.