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In Archimate you have a application function depited in ARIS as a IT function type and in BPMN you have the following activity types that represent application functions: Service task, Scrip task & Transactions, but they are depicted as function types in ARIS. The impact is that it is not possible to reuse BPMN activities (function type) on Archimate models as application functions as they are (IT function types). Is this correct or is there a flaw in the way that ARIS supports it?

by Jef Martens MSc
Posted on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 09:43

In my opinion, we model the smaller activities (OTOPOP, like EPC) in BPMN, whereas the application function in ArichMate is an IT function that resides on a higher level of detail, not showing the same amount of detail, such like a Level 2 Value Added Chain Diagram.

For example, the IT Function could be "Bill Processing - Online" where lower level activities would be, for example, a BPMN model which is named "Process Bill for Online Purchases" which is modeled with multiple functions such as

Validate customer data

Confirm complete order

Create Merchant sales statement

Send Merchant sales statement

Receive Merchant sales confirmation

Send product transfer approval

 

However, you are right that the Script or Service task could also be linked in the lower levels, have you tried to create assignments instead?

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by Damian Gawlowski
Posted on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 10:58

What about creating a Function Allocation Diagram assignment (I think this is what Jef is suggesting) off the ArchiMate Application Function object? I don't have the ArchiMate update on my instance of ARIS so I can't test it.

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