Business, application and technology behind one connection outcome The ArchiMate layered viewpoint stacks the business, application and technology layers of one architecture: each layer's structure realises its own services, which then serve the layer above, so a business outcome traces down to the platform that carries it.
Business, application and technology behind one connection outcome
The ArchiMate 3.2 layered viewpoint for a distribution network operator, drawn as three layer bands read bottom to top by a left axis rail labelled realises then serves. A connections customer is served by two business services, realised by processes for assessing capacity, designing the solution and publishing network data. Application services serve those processes, realised by the connections portal, the GIS and the LTDS publication system, tinted in the accent as the worked example. Technology services serve the components, realised by a Kubernetes platform and a PostgreSQL cluster. The rule: structure realises its layer services, then those serve the layer above.
Business layer
Application layer
Technology layer
Realises then serves, bottom to top serves
serves serves Actor Connections customer Service New connection service Service Capacity information service Assess capacity Business process Design solution Business process Publish network data Business process Service Capacity lookup service Service Publication service Connections portal Application component GIS Application component LTDS publication system Application component Service Container hosting Service Data persistence Kubernetes platform Node PostgreSQL cluster System software Worked example traced from customer to platform: the LTDS publication system Derived from the ArchiMate 3.2 Specification, The Open Group
