What Is an Enterprise Architecture Framework Diagram?

Enterprise architecture framework diagrams are classification schemes that depict various architecture domains such as governance, business, information, technology, human capital, security, system, software, and infrastructure, along with their key artifacts. They serve as a background for reporting one or more artifact types that constitute the architecture.

By importing Excel data, you can create an EA framework diagram for regulatory compliance analysis, clearly revealing which architectures are identifiable and manageable within an organization and highlighting the most important parts of each.

The diagram visualizes the most common and defined architectures in any organization. The Dragon1 OpenEA method defines a reference model for EA frameworks, presenting a consistent set of architectures for an organization or a group of organizations.

It is recommended to create your own visual version of the enterprise architecture and include it as part of the architecture archive, ensuring each architecture has an owner and architect and that definitions are agreed upon.

Typical EA framework diagrams have three versions: current (as‑is), future (to‑be), and envisioned (what‑if). Different colors such as green, orange, and red indicate whether a particular architecture or its parts are identified or managed.

The example diagram demonstrates how Dragon1 efficiently creates EA framework visualizations, allowing interactive filtering, layer clicking, and generation of management‑report views where red signals urgent action because the current state blocks goal achievement.

Dragon1 saves valuable time by enabling managers to request new views without manually updating each report, providing clickable EA frameworks that generate views based on repository data and parameters.

For more details on creating enterprise architecture frameworks, see the interactive examples and the accompanying resources.