▪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: