SSC Artifacts and Diagrams

In addition to a content metamodel, SSC has established a set of specific artifacts (catalogs, matrices, diagrams) that are required. In general, these artifacts follow the recommended viewpoints established in the ArchiMate 3.0.1 Specification. However, in some instances we have chosen diagrams that better suit our particular needs, particularly in respect to project and service governance.

SSC Key EA Artifacts Diagram

EA Artifacts definitions

The following are the required and recommended artifacts for architecture at SSC.

Strategic Architecture

Strategic Motivation Analysis

Motivation Diagram

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Motivation Viewpoint (standard)

Scope/Constraints: None.

Key Stakeholders: Enterprise architects, business analysts, strategic planning, benefits realization team.

Purpose/Value: Used to identify and related the key strategic drivers, goals, outcomes of the organization, and the key strategic stakeholders. Provides links to identify what existing and planned architecture are supporting the enterprise's desired target direction.

Business Capability Map

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Capability Map

Scope/Constraints: Generally limited to identifying capabilities/sub-capabilities, and their association with enterprise strategic outcomes, goals, drivers.

Key Stakeholders: Senior executives, branches, business managers, enterprise and business architects. Investment prioritization.

Purpose/Value: A primary communication mechanism with SSC executives on the state of the architecture, activities, and progress towards desired target direction. Helps ensure alignment between current/target activities and the strategic direction/capabilities of the organization. Investment prioritization.

Strategic Business Architecture

Segment/Service Overview Diagram

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Business Process Cooperation Viewpoint

Scope/Constraints: Uses only business functions, and business functions with categories "SSC Segment", "SSC Client-facing Service", and "SSC Supporting Service".

Key Stakeholders: Enterprise architects/Enterprise Architecture management/executives.

Purpose/Value: Enables EA to organize, prioritize and assign architecture work/activities. In particular, it identifies the segments that will be used to organize EA work, and distributes the key services/functions among them. It does not show detailed information about roles, processes, information, technologies, applications involved in each segment. Segment diagrams are produced for each segment that provides a more complete definition of what belongs in each segment.

Segment Diagram

SSC Service Catalog

Reference Library

Reference Architecture Catalog

Reference Architecture Diagram

IT Standard Catalog

Content Metamodel Diagram

Lexicon Catalog

Service/Solution Architecture

SSC Project Catalog

Project Definition

Requirements Catalog

Motivation (Benefits Realization) Diagram

Conceptual Architecture

Solution Context Diagram

Solution Conceptual Diagram

Logical/Physical Architecture

Business Process Cooperation Diagram

Implementation and Deployment Diagram

Application Cooperation Diagram

Technology Usage Diagram

Technology Diagram