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Governance, Risk, Audit & Privacy · Advanced

Zachman Framework

Enterprise architecture ontology using a 6x6 matrix of perspectives and interrogatives.

Definition

The Zachman Framework classifies architecture artifacts by audience perspective (planner, owner, designer, builder, subcontractor, user) and by the questions what, how, where, who, when, and why. It is a classification schema rather than a process.

Example

An architect maps data models to the 'what' column at the designer row.

Exam tip

Zachman is a taxonomy; TOGAF is a methodology with the ADM.

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