System Architect^® provides comprehensive modeling tools for the development of Enterprise Architecture frameworks. You can develop successful enterprise systems by using any of the major areas of modeling, including business process modeling, object-oriented and component modeling with UML, relational data modeling, and structured analysis and design.

Organizations are increasingly aware of the need to develop integrated models of their business in order to remain competitive and flexible to change. Interest in industry-accepted enterprise architecture (EA) frameworks, such as the Zachman framework, has grown steadily. By using the appropriate conventions and views, you can create models of complex system architectures to comply with the framework specifications that describe operational environments and their components.

For more information, see Support for enterprise architecture framework modeling.

The Framework Browser enables you to view and access the models and artifacts you have developed in a System Architect^® encyclopedia through a framework interface.

For more information, see Viewing and opening models and artifacts with the Framework Browser.

You can customize the appearance of a framework grid to incorporate steps and diagrams that are unique to your enterprise architecture modeling project. By creating, modifying, and deploying custom frameworks, you can govern your team’s approach to the architecture modeling project.

For more information, see Managing custom frameworks.