🧠 Stakeholders, Concerns, Views & Viewpoints

What standard does TOGAF use to define core EA concepts?

ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011 and ISO 15288:2015

What is a stakeholder in TOGAF?

An individual, team, or organization with an interest in the enterprise or its architecture.

What is a concern?

An aspect of the system a stakeholder cares about — e.g., security, scalability, performance.

What does a concern lead to?

One or more requirements

What is an architecture viewpoint?

A reusable template that defines how to create views to address concerns.

What is an architecture view?

A specific representation of the architecture created using a viewpoint to address related concerns.

What’s the relationship between a view and a viewpoint?

A view is constructed using a viewpoint, which governs its structure & content.

What forms can architecture views take?

Diagrams, catalogues, matrices — often parts of artifacts.

Why are views important for stakeholders?

They make architecture understandable and communicable.