CHAPTER 6: FRAMEWORKS, METHODS AND TOOLS
Architecture frameworks and methods
An architecture framework summarises or describes how meaning is determined within the architecture. There are several different types of framework, with different roles and functions in architecture development.
Perspective frameworks split the overall scope of the architecture into a simplified set of views, to provide a basic taxonomy formodelling. These views are often arranged in the form of a grid or box matrix: the well-known Zachman framework, for example, uses the interrogatives What, How, Where, Who, When and Why as one axis of a grid, and roles, such as Planner and Owner as the other. Each perspective is represented by a single cell, constraining the respective ...
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