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The Zachman Framework is an enterprise ontology and architecture framework that provides different perspectives (views) on an organization from stakeholders like planners, owners, designers, implementers, sub-constructors, and users. It is structured as a matrix with six rows representing viewpoints and six columns representing interrogatives like what, how, where, who, when, and why. Each cell in the matrix contains models, perspectives or representations of the enterprise from that particular viewpoint and interrogative.

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System Integration and Architecture

The Zachman Framework is an enterprise ontology and architecture framework that provides different perspectives (views) on an organization from stakeholders like planners, owners, designers, implementers, sub-constructors, and users. It is structured as a matrix with six rows representing viewpoints and six columns representing interrogatives like what, how, where, who, when, and why. Each cell in the matrix contains models, perspectives or representations of the enterprise from that particular viewpoint and interrogative.

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System Integration And Architecture

What is Zachman Framework?

The Zachman Framework is an enterprise


ontology and is a fundamental structure for
Enterprise Architecture which provides a way of
viewing an enterprise and its information
systems from different perspectives, and
showing how the components of the enterprise
are related.
Why Zachman Framework?

In today's complex business environments,


many large organizations have great difficulty
responding to changes. Part of this difficulty is
due to a lack of internal understanding of the
complex structure and components in different
areas of the organization, where legacy
information about the business is locked away
in the minds of specific employees or business
units, without being made explicit.
Why Zachman Framework? Cont...

The Zachman framework provides a means of


classifying an organization's architecture. It is a
proactive business tool, which can be used to
model an organization's existing functions,
elements and processes - and help manage
business change. The framework draws on
Zachman's experience of how change is
managed in complex products such as
airplanes and buildings.
Structure of Zachman Framework

Zachman Framework is a two dimensional


classification scheme for descriptive
representations of an Enterprise that is
structured as a matrix containing 36 cells, each
of them focusing on one dimension or
perspective of the enterprise. Rows are often
presented as different viewpoints involved in
the systems development process, while
columns represent different perspectives of the
stakeholders involved in the organization.
Structure of Zachman Framework

The rows of Zachman Framework focuses on


describing the enterprise from six viewpoint
perspectives of the stakeholders. These six
perspectives are based on English language
interrogatives 'what', 'where', 'who', 'when',
'why', and 'how' (known as W5H).
Structure of Zachman Framework
Columns of Zachman Framework

The columns represent the interrogatives or questions that are asked of the
enterprise. These are:
●
What (data) - what is the business data, information or objects?
●
How (function) - how does the business work, i.e., what are the business'
processes?
●
Where (network) - where are the businesses operations?
●
Who (people) - who are the people that run the business, what are the
business units and their hierarchy?
●
When (time) - when are the business processes performed, i.e., what are
the business schedules and workflows?
●
Why (motivation) - why is the solution the one chosen? How was that
derived from? What motivates the performance of certain activities?
Rows of Zachman Framework

Each row represents a distinct view of the organization, from the perspective of different stakeholders. These
are ordered in a desired priority sequence. A row is allocated to each of the following stakeholders:
●
Planner's View (Scope Contexts) - This view describes the business purpose and strategy, which defines the
playing field for the other views. It serves as the context within which the other views will be derived and
managed.
●
Owner's View (Business Concepts) - This is a description of the organization within which the information
system must function. Analyzing this view reveals which parts of the enterprise can be automated.
●
Designer's View (System Logic) - This view outlines how the system will satisfy the organization's information
needs. The representation is free from solution specific aspects or production specific constraints.
●
Implementer's View (Technology Physics) - This is a representation of how the system will be implemented. It
makes specific solutions and technologies apparent and addresses production constraints.
●
Sub-Constructor's View (Component Assembles) - These representations illustrate the implementation-
specific details of certain system elements: parts that need further clarification before production can begin.
This view is less architecturally significant than the others because it is more concerned with a part of the
system than with the whole.
●
User's View (Operations Classes) - This is a view of the functioning system in its operational environment.
Rules of Zachman Framework

The framework offers a set of descriptive representations


or models relevant for describing an enterprise.
●
Each cell in the Zachman Framework must be aligned with
the cells immediately above and below it.
●
All the cells in each row also must be aligned with each
other.
●
Each cell is unique.
●
Combining the cells in one row forms a complete
description of the enterprise from that view.

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