[[Enterprise Architecture]] Frameworks map the software & infrastructure development to how they relate to/fulfill the enterprise's mission. **Enterprise Architecture Frameworks are not modeling languages**, they may _use_ modeling languages, but they are more related to the _views_, what they show, and perhaps process for creating them. > [!warning] These are tools, and probably don't _really_ work when taken at face value The three biggest ones as of 2024 are: - [[UAF]] - Unified Architectural Framework - This ate up DODAF, MODAF, etc - It's an extension of [[SysML]] - [[TOGAF]] - which is **not** the same thing as [[Archimate]], but may use it - Includes the Architecture Development Method (represented in the TOGAF circles graphic) - [[Zachman]], which answers "who/what/when/why/where/how" from the perspectives of the Planner, Owner, Designer, Builder, Subcontractor, and User There is [[Criticism of EA Frameworks]] worth noting. Mostly it boils down to them having a couple of good ideas, but always being overkill on the whole. **** # More ## Source - [This Comparison Paper][https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://iacis.org/iis/2006/Urbaczewki_Mrdalj.pdf&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6B3DZduHIdLFy9YPoL6q0AE&scisig=AFWwaebz3iQ7_i4_5EL3AOLGWXl0&oi=scholarr] ## Related