Business Function Viewpoint
Business Function Viewpoint
The Business Function viewpoint shows the main business functions of an organization and their relationships in terms of the flows of information, value, or goods between them.
Business functions represent the most stable operations of an organization.
This view provides a high level insight into the operations of a company.
The object types for this viewpoint are:
Business Actor, Business Function, and Business Role.
Business Process Co-operation Viewpoint
Business Process Co-operation Viewpoint
The Business Process Co-operation viewpoint is used to show the relationships between one or more business processes with each other and/or with their environment.
The object types for this viewpoint are:
Application service, Business service, Business object, Business process, Business function, Business role, Business actor, Business event, Business interaction, Business collaboration, Representation, and Location.
Business Process Viewpoint
Business Process Viewpoint
The Business Process viewpoint is used to show the high-level structure and composition of one or more business processes.
ArchiMate® provides many of the same underlying objects as the business process modelling notation (BPMN). ArchiMate® can be used very easily in conjunction with BPMN as an alternative viewpoint.
The object types for this viewpoint are:
Application service, Business service, Business object, Business process, Business function, Busines role, Business actor, Business event, Business interaction, Business collaboration, Representation, and Location.
Product Viewpoint
Product Viewpoint
The Product viewpoint depicts the value that these products offer to the customers or other external parties involved, and shows the composition of one or more products in terms of the constituting (business or application) services.
A product viewpoint is typically used in product development to design a product by designing services that a customer expects from it.
The object types for this viewpoint are:
Product, Value, Contract, Business service, Business interface, Business event, Business process, Business function, Business interaction, Business role, Business actor, Application service, Application interface and Application component.
