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ArchiMate in Arq

Model strategy, business, application and technology layers, with the relationships ArchiMate allows, and exchange models with Archi and other tools.

/01 Fidelity

L2 Import and export round-trip the conformance fixtures.

Arq declares a level only when its test fixtures prove it, and raises it the same way.

/02 What you can model

motivation
Stakeholder, Driver, Assessment, Goal, Outcome, Principle, Requirement, Constraint, Measure
strategy
Resource, Capability, Value Stream, Value Stream Stage, Course of Action
business
Business Actor, Role, Organization Unit, Activity, Process, Business Event, Business Service, Business Object, Location
application
Application, Application Component, Application Service, Interface/Endpoint, Data Product
technology
Node, Device, System Software, Network, Technology Service, Artifact
security
Asset, Threat, Vulnerability, Risk, Control, Control Objective
implementation
Work Package, Deliverable, Plateau, Gap

Preferred relationships: composes, aggregates, assigned to, realizes, serves, accesses, influences, triggers, flows to, specializes.

/03 Interchange

ArchiMate Exchange Format 3.xImport and export, including views; an Arq model exported and imported again comes back unchanged

Every notation draws the same model: an element on this ArchiMate view can appear on views in other notations too. More in the documentation.