System Architect (software) - Features

Features

System Architect includes support for:

  • Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and Reference Models
    • TOGAF 9
    • ArchiMate v2.0
    • DoDAF 2.0
    • MODAF 1.2
    • NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) 3.0
    • IAF v4 Integrated Architecture Framework
    • Federal Enterprise Architecture via Federal EA add-on option (formerly called iRMA)
    • Zachman Framework
  • Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) 2.0
    • Simulation of BPMN models through SA/Simulator add-on
    • BPEL Generation
  • Service oriented architecture
  • Balanced Scorecard
  • OMG Business Motivation Model (BMM) via Enterprise Direction diagram
  • Cause-Effect Analysis and Gap analysis through Network-style Explorer diagram
  • Landscape and Heatmap analysis Heat map through Landscape-style Explorer diagram
  • Analytics
  • Functional decomposition
  • Organizational chart
  • Network architecture modeling
  • Application Portfolio Management and Service oriented architecture (SOA) development through SOA add-on
  • Application Portfolio Management, IT portfolio management, and decision-based trade-off analysis via:
    • Integration with IBM Rational Focal Point
  • UML
    • Native support for UML v1.4 (in SA v11.4)
    • Integration with Rational Rose using a XMI export add-in (only from SA to Rose)
    • Integration with IBM Rational Software Architect (RSA) for application code round-trip engineering of C++, Java, WSDL ]
    • Integration with IBM Rational Rhapsody for engineering of DoDAF assets, product simulation and code generation to embedded systems
  • Relational Data Modeling - Logical Entity-relationship model and Physical diagramming
    • Schema Generation and Reverse Engineering of: Oracle 10G, SQL Server 2005, IBM DB2 UDB V8, Sybase, and Teradata 2.6
  • Object-relational mapping
  • Data flow diagramming
  • IDEF
  • Cross-Reference Matrices
  • Underlying Repository in SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, Oracle 10G, or SQL Server 2005 Express
  • Multi-user network environment
  • SQL-based query reporting language
  • Role-based access control
  • Native Requirements management
  • Interface to DOORS for Requirements management
  • Extensibility through:
    • Customizable Metamodeling
    • Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for extending functionality
  • Model-to-model transformations
  • Report Generation via:
    • Native Report Generator using SQL-like language
    • Integration with IBM Rational Publishing Engine
  • Business Intelligence Dashboard Analysis via:
    • Cognos-based Business Intelligence (BI) reporting bundled with product
    • Integration with IBM Rational Insight
  • Governance of Files and Assets Associated with EA via:
    • Integration with IBM Rational Asset Manager (RAM)
  • Web access to Enterprise Architecture repository via:
    • HTML Generator
    • Report-based website generation via SA/Publisher add-on
    • Live web read/write access to repository via SA/XT product
  • Integrations:
    • IBM Cognos BI 8.4 (bundled with System Architect, integration via REST technology)
    • IBM Tivoli TADDM/CCMDB (off-the-shelf assets tailored for the customer by services engagement)
    • IBM WebSphere Business Modeler (export of BPMN diagrams from SA to WBM via no extra charge add-in)
    • IBM Rational Focal Point (bidirectional integration provided at no extra charge)
    • IBM Rational DOORS (no-extra-charge integration provided with SA)
    • IBM Rational Software Architect (RSA) (bidirectional import/export of UML diagrams; no-extra-charge integration is in RSA tool)
    • IBM Rational Rhapsody (export of DoDAF information from SA to Rhapsody; no-extra-charge integration is in Rhapsody tool)
    • IBM Rational Change (no-extra-charge integration provided with SA)
    • IBM Rational Publisher Engine (RPE) for cross-IBM-Rational-product reporting
    • Lanner Group Ltd Witness (paid add-on called SA Simulator III)
    • SAP for process architecture information via IntelliCorp (Software) LiveCapture paid add-on
    • SAP and other ERP systems (Siebel and PeopleSoft) for data architecture information via SA/ERP paid add-on
    • Microsoft Office products:
      • Powerpoint (SA Presentation Integration provided as add-in, uses REST technology for synchronization of Powerpoint and EA repository)
      • Visio (import from Visio to SA provided at no charge via macro )
      • Microsoft Word and Excel (auto-generation of Word documents and Excel files from EA repository via VBA macros provided in SA, and via reporting engine)

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