ISO 15704-2019 PDF

Full title and description

ISO 15704:2019 — Enterprise modelling and architecture — Requirements for enterprise-referencing architectures and methodologies. This International Standard specifies a reference base of concepts, principles and requirements for enterprise‑referencing architectures and the models and modelling languages used to express them, to support enterprise development, integration, interoperability, human understanding and computer processing.

Abstract

ISO 15704:2019 defines essential concepts, principles and requirements for enterprise architectures and enterprise‑referencing models (including required characteristics of modelling languages, semantics, views and viewpoints). It aims to provide a common reference base to enable creation, alignment and evaluation of enterprise architectures and modelling artefacts across the whole life of an enterprise. The document does not prescribe specific enterprises, organizational structures, detailed enterprise processes or modelling processes.

General information

• Status: Published.
• Publication date: December 2019 (2019-12).
• Publisher: International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
• ICS / categories: 25.040.01 (Enterprise integration; industrial systems and automation related classification).
• Edition / version: Second edition (Edition 2, 2019).
• Number of pages: 76 pages.

(General information and bibliographic facts are taken from the ISO bibliographic record for ISO 15704:2019.)

Scope

ISO 15704 specifies requirements for enterprise‑referencing architectures and the models that represent them so they can support enterprise creation programmes, incremental change projects and the whole life of the enterprise. It covers applicability and coverage of enterprise architecture for different kinds and scales of enterprise entities (single organizations, parts of organizations, supply chains, virtual enterprises, enterprise operational systems or products). The standard forms a basis for developing or aligning other enterprise architecture and modelling standards but does not define standard enterprises, prescribe specific enterprise processes, or mandate modelling processes.

Key topics and requirements

• Reference base of concepts and principles for enterprise architectures (human‑, process‑, interoperation‑, decision‑, realization‑, technology‑, environment‑ and lifetime‑oriented concepts).
• Requirements for enterprise‑referencing models: purpose, kinds (generic, partial, particular), representation of structure and behaviour, hierarchy, recursion and iteration.
• Requirements for modelling languages and constructs: expressiveness, semantics and syntax, names/labels/glossary, model view constructs and elements supporting interoperation.
• Perspectives, viewpoints and model views to address stakeholder concerns and support verification and validation of models.
• Components of an enterprise‑referencing modelling framework: models, modules, tools, model repositories and enterprise operational systems.
• Emphasis on model representation, availability/format of model information, management of constituent parts and impact of genericity for reuse.
• Informative guidance and normative requirements that support alignment with other modelling frameworks (for example GERAM is referenced as a background meta‑framework).

Typical use and users

ISO 15704 is used as a normative reference or conceptual foundation when developing enterprise architectures, enterprise modelling frameworks, modelling languages and tools. Typical users include enterprise architects, systems and software architects, systems engineers, enterprise integration engineers, process and business analysts, tool vendors, academic researchers and standards developers who need a common set of requirements and concepts for enterprise‑referencing architectures and models.

Related standards

ISO 15704 is part of a family of enterprise modelling and architecture standards. Notable related standards include ISO 19439 (Framework for enterprise modelling) and ISO 19440 / ISO 19440:2020 (Constructs for enterprise modelling), which provide frameworks and constructs that conform to ISO 15704; and architecture‑description standards such as ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 (architecture description) and related architecture/process standards (for example IEEE/ISO/IEC architecture process standards) that complement enterprise architecture practice. These documents are commonly used together to establish modelling frameworks, construct sets and architecture description practices.

Keywords

Enterprise modelling, enterprise architecture, reference architecture, GERAM, modelling languages, viewpoints, model views, interoperability, enterprise integration, constructs, semantics, verification and validation.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: ISO 15704:2019 is an International Standard that provides requirements and a conceptual reference base for enterprise‑referencing architectures and the models and modelling languages used to describe them. It defines what enterprise‑referencing architectures and models should cover to support enterprise creation, change and operation.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers essential concepts and principles for enterprise architectures, requirements for enterprise‑referencing models (structure, behaviour, viewpoints), requirements for modelling languages (semantics, syntax, expressiveness), considerations for interoperability and model management, and components of an enterprise modelling framework. It explicitly does not prescribe specific organizational models or detailed modelling processes.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Enterprise architects, systems and software architects, systems engineers, integration specialists, tool vendors, consultants, researchers and standards authors use ISO 15704 as a conceptual and requirements baseline for developing or aligning enterprise architectures, models, modelling languages and supporting tools.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: ISO 15704:2019 is the second edition published in December 2019 and is the current published edition (status: Published). Users should check the ISO catalogue or national standards bodies for any subsequent reviews or revisions.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: Yes. ISO 15704 is part of an ISO set of enterprise modelling and integration standards that includes ISO 19439 (framework for enterprise modelling), ISO 19440 (constructs for enterprise modelling) and other related architecture and systems standards that together provide a foundation for model‑based enterprise engineering. GERAM (Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology) is also referenced historically and informatively as a meta‑framework.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Enterprise modelling, enterprise architecture, reference architectures, GERAM, viewpoints, modelling languages, interoperability, model semantics, model views, verification and validation.