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When can an enterprise architecture framework be used to document a solution architecture?


While documenting solution architectures I use frameworks such as the following to provide structure for the Architecture Description document (see below):

However, I've also seen people use Enterprise Architecture concepts to structure their Architecture Descriptions, using document headings such as TOGAF's:

Question: Are Enterprise Architecture frameworks suitable for documenting Solution Architectures?


Definition:

Architecture Description (AD): A collection of products to document an architecture (source: Wikipedia).


Solution

  • The OpenGroup have created ArchiMate as a tool for architecture modeling. It's designed to be in line with TOGAF, so a description of a solution architecture using ArchiMate would be full of those TOGAF terms.