Zachman Framework Reference

The Zachman Framework is an enterprise ontology and is a fundamental structure for Enterprise Architecture which provides a formal and structured way of viewing and defining an enterprise. The ontology is a two dimensional classification schema that reflects the intersection between two historical classifications. The first are primitive interrogatives: What, How, When, Who, Where, and Why. The second is derived from the philosophical concept of reification, the transformation of an abstract idea into an instantiation. The Zachman Framework reification transformations are: Identification, Definition, Representation, Specification, Configuration and Instantiation. wikipedia

The Zachman Framework Grid Example

	What? (Data)	How? (Function)	Where? (Locations)	Who? (People)	When? (Time)	Why? (Motivation)
Scope Context	Things important to business	Business Processes	Where business operates	Orgs important to business	Events/cycles important to business	Business goals/stratagies	Strategist as Theorists
Business Concepts	Semantic Model	Business Process Model	Business Logistics System	Workflow Model	Master Schedule	Business Plan	Business Leaders as Owners
System Logic	Logical Data Model	Application Architecture	Distributed System Architecture	Human Interface Architecture	Process Structure	Business Rule Model	Architect as Desginer
Technology Model	Physical Data Model	System Design	Technology Architecture	Presentation Architecture	Control Structure	Rule Design	Engineers as Builder
Physical Representation	Data Definition	Program	Network Architecture	Security Architecture	Timing Definition	Rule Definition	Technicians as Implementers
Functional System	Data	Function	Network	Organization	Schedule	Strategy	Workers as Participants
	Inventory Sets	Process Transformation	Network Nodes	Organization Groups	Timing Periods	Motivation reasons	---