ArchiMate®3.

0 Notation Overview
Passive Structure Behavioral Active Structure
Resource Course of Action Capability
Strategy

Resource Course of Capability

Action

An asset owned An approach or plan for An ability that an active structure

or controlled by configuring some capabilities element, such as an
an individual or and resources undertaken to organization, person, or system,
organization achieve a goal possesses

Business Business Service Business Business Event Business Role Business Actor Business Interface
Object Representation Contract Function
Business Business Business Business Business Business
Business Representation Contract
Service Function Event Role Actor Interface
Object

A concept The perceptible A formal/informal An explicitly defined A collection of A business Responsibility for A business entity that is A point of access where
Business

used within form of the agreement that exposed business business behavior behavior element performing specific capable of performing a business service is
a particular information specifies the behavior based on a chosen that denotes an behavior, where an actor behavior made available to the
business domain carried by a obligations with set of criteria organizational can be assigned, or plays environment
business object a product state change in a particular action

Product Business Process Business Interaction Business Collaboration

Business Business Business
Product Process Interaction Collaboration

A coherent collection of services, accompanied by a Groups behavior based on an A unit of collective business behavior An aggregate of two or more
contract/set of agreements, which is offered as a whole ordering of activities. It defines a set performed by (a collaboration of) two business roles that work together
to (internal or external) customers of products or business services or more business roles. to perform collective behavior

Data Object Application Application Application Application Application Application

Function Interaction Service Component Interface Collaboration
Application Application Application Application Application Application
Data Object
Function Interaction Service Component Interface Collaboration
Application

Data structured Automated A unit of collective An explicitly An encapsulation of Point of access where An aggregate of two
for automated behavior that can application behavior defined exposed application functionality application service is or more application
processing be performed by an performed by two application aligned to implementation available to a user/ components that work
application or more application behavior structure, which is modular application component together to perform
component components and replaceable collective behavior

Application Event Application Process

Application Application
Event Process

An application behavior element A sequence of application

that denotes a state change behaviors that achieves a
specific outcome

Artifact Technology Technology Technology Communication Technology

Service Function Node Device
Process Network Collaboration
Technology Technology Technology Communication Technology
Artifact Node Device
Service Function Process Network Collaboration
Technology

A piece of data that is used or An explicitly defined A collection of A sequence of A computational Structures that A physical IT resource An aggregate of two
produced in a software development exposed technology technology behavior technology behaviors resource that interacts connect computers where system software or more nodes that
process, or by deployment and behavior that can be performed that achieves a with other resources for transmission, and artifacts may be perform collective
operation of a system by a node specific outcome routing, and reception stored for execution technology behavior.

Technology Event Technology Interaction System Software Technology Interface Path

Technology Technology System Technology Path
Event Interaction Software Interface

A technology behavior element A unit of collective technology Software that contributes to A point of access where A link between two or
that denotes a state change behavior performed by (a an environment for storing, technology services offered more nodes, through
collaboration of) two or more executing, and using software by a node can be accessed which these nodes can
nodes or data deployed within it exchange data or material

Material Equipment Facility Distribution Network

Physical

Material Distribution
Equipment Facility
Network

Tangible physical matter or physical Physical machines, tools or A physical structure or A physical network used to
elements instruments that can environment transport materials or energy
create/use, store, move or
transform materials

Deliverable Gap Work Package Implementation Plateau

Implementation

Event
Deliverable Gap
Work Implementation Plateau
Package Event

A precisely- A statement A series of actions

defined of difference identified and A behavior element
outcome of a between two that denotes a state A stable state of the
designed to achieve
work package plateaus change related to architecture that exists
specific results
implementation or during a limited period
within specified
migration of time
time and resource
constraints

Motivation
Stakeholder Driver Requirement Principle Assessment Constraint Goal Outcome Meaning Value
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Stakeholder Driver Requirement Principle Assessment Constraint Goal Outcome Meaning Value

An individual, team
or organization
with an interest in
the outcome of the
architecture
Something that
creates, motivates,
& fuels the change in
an organization
A statement of need A qualitative An analysis result of A factor that prevents A statement of intent, An end result that The relative worth,
that must be met by statement of intent The knowledge in
the state of affairs of or obstructs the direction, or desired has been achieved utility, or importance
the architecture that should be met a core element in a
the enterprise with realization of goals end state for an of a core element or
by the architecture particular context
respect to some driver organization an outcome

Relationships Composite
Structural Dependency Location Grouping

Aggregation Assignment Realization Serving Influences Access A place or position where Composes concepts that
Composition structure elements can be belong together based on
located some common characteristic
Dynamic Other And Or

Flow Trigger Specialization Junctions Association