ArchiMate(R) for Integrated Modelling Throughout the Architecture Development and Implementation Cycle

The ArchiMate standard offers an integrated language for enterprise architecture modelling. It allows for the description and visualization of different architecture domains, as well as their underlying relationships and dependencies. Since its adoption as a standard of The Open Group, the international interest in ArchiMate has been growing rapidly. ArchiMate complements TOGAF, the standard of The Open Group for developing enterprise architectures. To provide modelling support throughout TOGAF´s architecture development and implementation cycle as defined by TOGAF, two extensions to the original ArchiMate language have been proposed: a Motivation extension and an Implementation and Migration extension.