Motivation Elements
Motivation Elements
Summary of Motivation Elements
| Element | Definition | Notation |
|---|---|---|
| Stakeholder | Represents the role of an individual, team, or organization (or classes thereof) that represents their interests in the effects of the architecture. |   |
| Driver | Represents an external or internal condition that motivates an organization to define its goals and implement the changes necessary to achieve them. |   |
| Assessment | Represents the result of an analysis of the state of affairs of the enterprise with respect to some driver. |   |
| Goal | Represents a high-level statement of intent, direction, or desired end state for an organization and its stakeholders. |   |
| Outcome | Represents an end result. |   |
| Principle | Represents a statement of intent defining a general property that applies to any system in a certain context in the architecture. |   |
| Requirement | Represents a statement of need defining a property that applies to a specific system as described by the architecture. |  |
| Constraint | Represents a factor that limits the realization of goals. |  |
| Meaning | Represents the knowledge or expertise present in, or the interpretation given to, a concept in a particular context. |  |
| Value | Represents the relative worth, utility, or importance of a concept. |  |
Relationships with Core Elements
The purpose of the motivation elements is to model the motivation behind the core elements in an Enterprise Architecture. Therefore, it should be possible to relate motivation elements to core elements.
