ArchiMate 2.1 Specification 3rd Edition

ArchiMate, an Open Group Standard, is an open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms. ArchiMate provides instruments to enable enterprise architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way. This book provides the official specification of ArchiMate 2.1 from The Open Group. ArchiMate 2.1 is a maintenance update to ArchiMate 2.0, addressing comments raised since the introduction of ArchiMate 2.0 in 2012.The ArchiMate 2.1 Standard supports modelling throughout the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM). The intended audience is threefold: Enterprise Architecture practitioners, such as architects Those who intend to implement ArchiMate in a software tool The academic community