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ArchiMate business actor
A business actor is a business entity that is capable of performing behavior. A business actor:
Can represent both an actor and an organizational unit.
can be assigned to one or more business roles. It can then perform the behavior to which these business roles are assigned.
Can be aggregated in a location.
This element can be visualized on the following ArchiMate Viewpoints:
Basic Viewpoints
Composition
ArchiMate Organization Viewpoint – Aggregated By
ArchiMate Organization Viewpoint – Composed By
ArchiMate Business Layer
ArchiMate Layered Viewpoint
Support
ArchiMate Product Viewpoint
ArchiMate Application Usage Viewpoint
Cooperation
ArchiMate Business Process Cooperation Viewpoint
Realization
ArchiMate Service Realization Viewpoint
ArchiMate Implementation and Deployment Viewpoint
Motivation Viewpoints
ArchiMate Requirements Realization Viewpoint
Strategy Viewpoints
ArchiMate Strategy Viewpoint
ArchiMate Capability Map Viewpoint
ArchiMate Outcome Realization Viewpoint
ArchiMate Resource Map Viewpoint
Implementation and Migration Viewpoints
ArchiMate Project Viewpoint
ArchiMate Implementation and Migration Viewpoint
See also
ArchiMate elements