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====== Motivation Diagram ======
 
====== Motivation Diagram ======
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===== Business Capability Map =====
 
===== Business Capability Map =====
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Scope/Constraints:  Generally limited to identifying capabilities/sub-capabilities, and their association with enterprise strategic outcomes, goals, drivers.
 
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====== Segment/Service Overview Diagram ======
 
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Scope/Constraints:  Uses only business functions, and business functions with categories "SSC Segment", "SSC Client-facing Service", and "SSC Supporting Service".  It does not show detailed information about roles, processes, information, technologies, applications involved in each segment.  One diagram shows all segments, and key high-level associated functions.   
 
Scope/Constraints:  Uses only business functions, and business functions with categories "SSC Segment", "SSC Client-facing Service", and "SSC Supporting Service".  It does not show detailed information about roles, processes, information, technologies, applications involved in each segment.  One diagram shows all segments, and key high-level associated functions.   
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Scope/Constraints:  Uses only business functions, and business functions with categories "SSC Segment", "SSC Client-facing Service", and "SSC Supporting Service".  It may begin to associate key high-level roles, information, applications - but generally, it leaves details of architecture to dedicated lower-level diagrams.  One diagram per defined segment.   
 
Scope/Constraints:  Uses only business functions, and business functions with categories "SSC Segment", "SSC Client-facing Service", and "SSC Supporting Service".  It may begin to associate key high-level roles, information, applications - but generally, it leaves details of architecture to dedicated lower-level diagrams.  One diagram per defined segment.   
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====== Reference Architecture Diagram ======
 
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====== Content Metamodel Diagram ======
 
====== Content Metamodel Diagram ======
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====== Motivation (Benefits Realization) Diagram ======
 
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====== Business Process Cooperation Diagram ======
 
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Scope/Constraints:  May only use application components from the application layer.     
 
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====== Implementation and Deployment Diagram (optional) ======
 
====== Implementation and Deployment Diagram (optional) ======
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====== Technology Usage Diagram ======
 
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====== Technology Diagram ======
 
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Revision as of 18:56, 19 September 2019

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 Models Structure.png

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

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". It does not show detailed information about roles, processes, information, technologies, applications involved in each segment. One diagram shows all segments, and key high-level associated functions.

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. Segment diagrams are produced for each segment that provides a more complete definition of what belongs in each segment.

Segment 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". It may begin to associate key high-level roles, information, applications - but generally, it leaves details of architecture to dedicated lower-level diagrams. One diagram per defined segment.

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.

SSC Service Catalog

Key Stakeholders: SSC executives, service mangement, service inventory, enterprise architects, service leads, service teams, service architects, solution architects.

Purpose/Value: Provides a list of the SSC functions designated as "SSC Services" including with key attributes used for service management and service inventory management.

Reference Library
Reference Architecture Catalog

Key Stakeholders: Enterprise architects, service architects, solution architects, engineers/implementers.

Purpose/Value: Provides a list of the reference architecture documents available, informing architects of the standard patterns and considerations for preparing architecture in particular defined circumstances.

Reference Architecture Diagram

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Layered Viewpoint

Scope/Constraints: None.

Key Stakeholders: Enterprise architects, service architects, solution architects, engineers/implementers.

Purpose/Value: Diagrams of reference architecture patterns/options, to illustrate patterns and considerations for preparing new architectures under particular defined conditions/circumstances. Used to ensure alignment/compliance and consistency of implementations.

IT Standard Catalog

Key Stakeholders: Enterprise architects, service architects, solution architects, engineers/implementers.

Purpose/Value: Provides a list of IT Standards to be applied to architectures, designs and implementations at SSC. Used to ensure alignment/compliance and consistency of implementations.

Content Metamodel Diagram

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Layered Viewpoint

Scope/Constraints: None.

Key Stakeholders: Enterprise architects, service architects, solution architects, engineers/implementers.

Purpose/Value: Illustrates the valid relationships amongst all types of architecture objects, and the rules to be applied for their use in architecture models. The model of the model for architecture.

Lexicon Catalog

Key Stakeholders: All users and practitioners of architecture.

Purpose/Value: Provides definitions of terms/nomenclature used for architecture.

Service/Solution Architecture

SSC Project Catalog

Key Stakeholders: Executives, project managers/leads, project teams, enterprise architects, service architects, solution architects, governance bodies, engineers.

Purpose/Value: Used to associate objects, artifacts, deliverables to particular projects/initiatives.

Project Definition
Requirements Catalog

Key Stakeholders: Project managers, project teams, business analyst, business architects, service architects, solution architects, engineers.

Purpose/Value: List and definitions of the requirements for a project/initiative. .

Motivation (Benefits Realization) Diagram

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Motivation Viewpoint

Scope/Constraints: None.

Key Stakeholders: Project manager/lead, project team, business analyst, benefits realization team, governance bodies, management.

Purpose/Value: Identify the benefits of a projects/initiative, identifying key performance metrics, help ensure alignment with enterprise outcomes, identify and link requirements to tactical and strategic outcomes.

Conceptual Architecture

Solution Context Diagram

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Non-Standard (SSC specific)

Scope/Constraints: Limited to business function, work package, capability, gap, plateau, requirement, outcome, goal.

Key Stakeholders: Governance bodies (particularly AC and ESSARB), project teams/leads/managers, executives, enterprise architects, service architects, solution architects.

Purpose/Value: Identifies what, if any strategic goals/outcomes and business capabilities a project/initiative is intending to realize/support.

Solution Conceptual Diagram

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Non-Standard (SSC specific)

Scope/Constraints: Show no sequence/flow, and generally no associations. Limited to actors, roles, business functions (key high-level), business information, KPI's.

Key Stakeholders: Governance bodies (particularly AC and ESSARB), project teams/leads/managers, executives, enterprise architects, service architects, solution architects.

Purpose/Value: Identifies what, at a high/conceptual level, this project/initiative intends to do (key/main functions), for which clients (roles/actors), and what key information will be required/managed, and what key performance indicators/benefits will be provided by doing the effort.

Logical/Physical Architecture
Business Process Cooperation Diagram

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Business Process Cooperation Viewpoint

Scope/Constraints: May only use application components from the application layer.

Key Stakeholders: Governance bodies (particularly AC and ESSARB), project teams/leads/managers, enterprise architects, service architects, solution architects, business leads, business architects, business analists, business process practicioners.

Purpose/Value: Identifies/defines the business (functions, processes, roles, actors, etc...) of the project/initiative/SSC service, and links to application/data/information layers.

Implementation and Deployment Diagram (optional)

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Implementation and Deployment Viewpoint

Scope/Constraints: None.

Key Stakeholders: Application managers, application architects, service architects, solution architects, CIO office, project team, application developers.

Purpose/Value: Optional. Used if more details on application or inter/intra-application and technology interactions are required than is provided in the Technology Usage Diagram (below).

Application Cooperation Diagram (optional)

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Application Cooperation Viewpoint

Scope/Constraints: None.

Key Stakeholders: Application managers, application architects, service architects, solution architects, CIO office, project team, application developers.

Purpose/Value: Optional. Used if more details on application or inter/intra-application are required. Focus on application development/components specifically.

Technology Usage Diagram

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Technology Usage Viewpoint

Scope/Constraints: None.

Key Stakeholders: Service architects, solution architects, engineers, designers, implementers, operations staff, application support staff and management.

Purpose/Value: Maps applications/application systems to required (generic/high level) technology implementations.

Technology Diagram

ArchiMate Viewpoint: Technology Viewpoint

Scope/Constraints: None.

Key Stakeholders: Service architects, solution architects, engineers, designers, implementers, operations staff.

Purpose/Value: Identifies/defines the required technology components, positioning/placement/location, relationships, network, network zoning required for the initiative.