Overview of System Architect

System Architect is an enterprise architecture tool, that you can use to visualize, analyze, and communicate all aspects of an enterprise architecture by applying industry-standard frameworks, notations, and methods. After you capture and understand an architecture, you can plan and implement its future improvements intelligently.

You can use System Architect to create various diagrams to visualize and analyze enterprise architectures by using different layouts, presentations, and reports. All project information is stored in a multiple-user repository, and you can extend the product by using its underlying metamodel. Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications is built into the product so that you can customize System Architect.

Through the product reporting system, you can generate reports in XML, HTML, or Microsoft Word format. You can use System Architect Publisher Add On to generate a static website of an enterprise architecture. System Architect XT provides a thin browser alternative to access the repository in both read mode and write mode. IBM Cognos integrates with System Architect so that you can run business intelligence reports on architecture information.

Framework	Description
Open Group Architecture Framework Version 9 (TOGAF 9)	This framework is provided with the product.
Zachman Framework	This framework is provided with the product.
Department of Defense Architecture Framework Version 2.0 (DoDAF 2.0)	This framework from the U.S. federal government requires a DoDAF license.
Department of Defense Architecture Framework Version 1.5 (DoDAF 1.5)	The product supports both the standard version and the Activity Based Method (ABM) version of DoDAF 1.5.
Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework Version 1.2 (MODAF 1.2)	This framework from the UK federal government requires a MODAF license.
NATO Architecture Framework Version 3.0 (NAF 3.0)	This framework requires a NAF license.
Integrated Architecture Framework (IAF)	This framework from Capgemini requires an additional license and installation.
Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) reference models	These models require an FEA license.
Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) reference models	These reference models require an additional license and the installation of an encyclopedia.
Telemanagement (TM) Forum reference models	These reference models include both Enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM) models and New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) models. The models require an additional license and the installation of an encyclopedia.

System Architect integrates with several other UNICOM Systems, Inc. and IBM Rational products so that you can easily gather existing information in your enterprise, analyze it, and create dashboards to communicate that information to a large audience. For example, System Architect integrates with the following products: