01
Model the landscape
Maintain systems, types, hierarchies and relationships as a basis for architecture decisions.
Metamodel
From system landscape to operational view
02
Turn questions into views
Create model views and target drawings for specific tasks, then reconcile changes deliberately.
03
Put deployments in context
Maintain instances, stages, locations and deployment assignments separately, then review them alongside the architecture.
The following types are examples. Enabled types, names, hierarchies and permitted relations are defined by tenant and template configuration.
System Types
Organization
Organizational units and areas of responsibility.
Business Process
End-to-end business processes.
Business Capability
Business capabilities as structural anchors.
Logical System
Logical system boundaries, such as ERP or MES.
Role
Business roles and user perspectives.
Application
Application models, separate from concrete instances and deployments.
Component
Technical components within an application.
Module
A finer breakdown into functional modules.
Interface
Interface objects and integration points.
Deployment Node
Modeled target environment for a deployment assignment.
Data Object
Business or technical data artifacts.
Relation Types
Technical Interface
Technical communication between systems.
Data Flow
Data exchanged between components or systems.
Business Relation
Business relationships independent of technology.
Implementation Relation
Implementation relationships between model elements.
Deployed on
Explicit deployment assignments to nodes.