Development of a Method for Consistent Enterprise Modelling in ArchiMate

Abstract

ArchiMate is an enterprise modelling language that is designed to support consistency checking. However, it does not provide guidelines on how to create consistent models. By taking inspiration from goal-oriented requirements engineering (GORE) methods such as KAOS and ExtREME, and by thoroughly analysing the semantics of the ArchiMate metamodel, we have formulated the semantic relationships between three ArchiMate viewpoints as consistency rules and guidelines. They clarify the undefined justification of sub-models by goals in KAOS. Based on these consistency rules and guidelines, a method to create consistent multi-view models in ArchiMate has been proposed. This method has been evaluated by modelling an insurance case. The resulting set of views complies with our consistency requirements. The method can be used by ArchiMate practitioners and inspire researchers to further develop formal languages for the automatic validation of ArchiMate models. As an aside, our research shows that the goal refinement relationship is missing in ArchiMate.

Date of Award	18 Jul 2022
Original language	English
Supervisor	Ella Roubtsova (Examiner) & Ben Roelens (Co-assessor)