System Architect®

System Architect

System Architect base product provides the following features:

• TOGAF
• Business Motivation Model (BMM)
• BPMN 2.0
• Logical and physical data modeling
• Data flow diagramming
• Capability maps, strategy maps and balanced scorecards
• UML
• SOA design
• XML design
• Reporting system including dozens of pre-written reports
• Dashboard capabilities
• System Architect compare
• Customizable metamodel
• Real-time multi-user capabilities
• Microsoft SQL Server Express for stand-alone work; users deploy full-blown Microsoft SQL Server to network for multi-user use

Add-ons:

• DoDAF 2, NAF 3, MODAF 1.2, DoDAF 1.5 ABM
• FEAF 2
• System Architect XT live web architecture capabilities
• System Architect Publisher architecture website generation capabilities
• System Architect Simulator to simulate and optimize process flows
• System Architect ERP to harvest ERP systems

Focal Point

Focal Point provides the following features:

• Application portfolio management
• IT portfolio management
• Product delivery management
• Project portfolio management
• Product management
• Harvesting techniques:
  • Web-based portal for input by employees or customers
  • Excel import/export
  • Microsoft Word import
  • Email import
• Analysis techniques:
  • Pairwise comparison
  • Investment analysis
  • Financial planning using time grid attribute
• Dashboard charts:
  • Roadmaps and gantt charts
    • Gantt chart histogram
  • Bubble chart
    • Stacked XY or bubble charts
  • Bar chart
    • Stacked bar chart
      • Ranking schemes
• Pie chart
• Radar chart
• Waterfall chart

System Architect - Focal Point integration

The following mapping-of-data capabilities are provided between the tools:

• Map System Architect definitions and properties to Focal Point modules and attributes, respectively
• Map System Architect definitions and properties to Focal Point criteria and attributes, respectively
• Map Focal Point modules and attributes to System Architect definitions and properties, respectively
• Map Focal Point criteria and attributes to System Architect definitions and properties, respectively
• Both products have customizable metamodels - so you can extend each to accommodate your architecture types and property types

Mapping provided:

OSLC integration

Integration to link an artifact in System Architect to an artifact in Focal Point, via the OSLC CM specification.