The Zachman Framework is a de facto world standard for expressing the basic elements of an Enterprise Architecture. It provides a formal and highly structured way of defining an enterprise that allows people to clearly describe what group of stakeholders within an enterprise is under discussion, and what concern is being considered.
The framework was originally conceived by John Zachman at IBM in the 1980s. Originally the full technical name was the Zachman Framework for Information Systems Architecture; it was changed in the early 90's to The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture.
The Zachman Framework can be represented as a grid. Stakeholder groups are represented in six rows: (Visionary, Owner, Designer, Builder, Implementer and Worker)
Columns depict "What" (Data), "How" (Function), "Where" (Network), "Who" (People). "When" (Time), and "Why" (Motivation). Within each cell of the grid are typical artifacts to be used in modeling the enterprise.
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