Architecture is currently an area where the first standards seem to appear. Here the strength of Open Modeling can be used by the fact that its meta model is very flexible, facilitating the development of the architecture status in your organization.
The current support comprises:
DEMO is an acronym for 'Design & Engineering Methodology for Organizations'. The name also stands for the demonstration that the underlying PSI-theory (Performance in Social Interaction) is a viable basis for practically dealing with organizational changes of all kinds. An organization is viewed to consist of three aspect organizations: the B-organization (Business), the I-organization (information), and the D-organization (Data). The B-organization represents the essence of the organization, since it is completely independent from the way in which this essence is realized and implemented. A full understanding of the B-organization is the correct starting point in the (re-)engineering of an organization, which ultimately includes the software used to support the business processes.
The current support is comprises:
ArchiMate is an open and independent modelling language for enterprise architecture, supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms. ArchiMate provides instruments to support enterprise architects in describing, analyzing and visualizing the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way.
Just like an architectural drawing in classical building architecture describes the various aspects of the construction and use of a building, ArchiMate offers a common language for describing the construction and operation of business processes, organizational structures, information flows, IT systems, and technical infrastructure. This insight helps stakeholders to design, assess, and communicate the consequences of decisions and changes within and between these business domains.
The current Openmodeling version implements a rather strict metamodel based on core relationshiops. The intention is to add the existing view-definitions and generated the views from the strict model.
The current support comprises:
The current version supports the creation of a few types of relation matrix. The types include Create/use matrix and affinity matrix. This includes clustering of the data presented.