The Technology Usage Viewpoint shows how applications are supported by the software and hardware technology. This includes:
•Technology services delivered by the devices, and
•System software and networks that are provided to the applications.
This viewpoint can play an important role in:
•Analysis of performance and scalability, since it relates physical infrastructure to applications.
•Designing/determining performance and quality requirements on the infrastructure based on the demands of the various applications that use it.
The ArchiMate elements that can be drawn on this diagram are:
•Application component/collaboration
•Application process/function/interaction
•Application event
•Data object
•Node
•Device
•Technology collaboration
•System software
•Technology interface
•Communication network
•Path
•Technology process/function/interaction
•Technology service
•Technology event
•Artifact
An example Technology Usage Viewpoint drawn in System Architect is shown below – note how it enables modeling of Technology Functions, Processes, and Services, which the ArchiMate Technology Viewpoint does not.
