Zachman Framework

The Zachman Framework, as it applies to enterprises, is a structure for identifying and organizing the descriptive representations (models) that are important in the management of enterprises and to the development of the systems, both automated and manual, that comprise them.

The Zachman Framework has gained wide acceptance specially since the United States Federal Government, in response to the Clinger-Cohen Act, must demonstrate architectural planning for the budgeting process.

The States have organized architectural bodies that govern and control IT architecture in conformance with the Clinger-Cohen Act. Much of their work utilizes to the Zachman framework.

More detailed discussion may be found @ http://apps.adcom.uci.edu/EnterpriseArch/Zachman/

And a tutorial @ http://apps.adcom.uci.edu/EnterpriseArch/Zachman/Resources/ZachmanTutorial.ppt