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.
