Archimate sample view points

 

Viewpoint	Purpose
Stakeholder Viewpoint	Identifies and addresses the concerns of stakeholders, linking their needs to the architecture.
Strategy Viewpoint	Shows how business goals, outcomes, and resources align with the organization's strategy.
Capability Viewpoint	Models the capabilities required to achieve strategic objectives.
Value Stream Viewpoint	Highlights the flow of value through the organization to deliver products or services.
Product Viewpoint	Describes the value proposition and structure of products and services offered by the organization.
Organization Viewpoint	Models the structure of the organization, including actors, roles, and their relationships.
Business Process Viewpoint	Focuses on the internal workflows and processes that deliver value.
Application Cooperation Viewpoint	Shows interactions and relationships between applications in supporting business processes.
Application Usage Viewpoint	Demonstrates how applications support business functions or processes.
Data Flow Viewpoint	Focuses on the flow of information between applications or processes.
Technology Layer Viewpoint	Models the hardware, software, and technology infrastructure of the architecture.
Technology Usage Viewpoint	Highlights how technology components support applications and processes.
Infrastructure Viewpoint	Describes the physical and networking infrastructure of the organization.
Implementation and Deployment Viewpoint	Shows how applications, components, and artifacts are implemented and deployed.
Motivation Viewpoint	Highlights drivers, goals, and requirements behind architectural decisions.
Outcome Viewpoint	Focuses on the desired outcomes and benefits of achieving business goals.
Goal Realization Viewpoint	Explains how specific goals are achieved through business, application, and technology layers.
Requirements Realization Viewpoint	Maps how requirements are realized across different layers of the architecture.
Layered Viewpoint	Provides a high-level overview of the architecture by integrating all layers.
Landscape Map Viewpoint	Shows the relationships between elements across multiple domains or layers.
Cross-Layer Dependency Viewpoint	Focuses on dependencies between different architectural layers.
Plateau and Gap Viewpoint	Helps analyze the current, intermediate, and target states, identifying gaps and plateaus.
Implementation Roadmap Viewpoint	Shows the timeline for implementing changes in the architecture.
Project Viewpoint	Links projects to the architecture, showing their scope and impact.