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ArchiMate Application Usage Viewpoint
The Application Usage Viewpoint describes:
How applications are used to support one or more business processes, and how they are used by other applications.
Can be used in designing an application by identifying the services needed by business processes and other applications, or in designing business processes by describing the services that are available.
Is an important view for operational managers responsible for processes, as it identifies the dependencies of business processes upon applications.
The ArchiMate elements that can be drawn on this diagram are:
Business actor
Business role
Business collaboration
Business process/function/interaction
Business event
Business object
Application component/collaboration
Application interface
Application process/function/interaction
Application event
Application service
Data object
See also
ArchiMate Application Platform Viewpoint
ArchiMate Application Cooperation Viewpoint
ArchiMate Information Structure Viewpoint
Application Layer – Basic Viewpoints