MOD Architecture Framework (MODAF)

This site has been developed as home for authoritative information relating to all aspects of the use and development of MODAF, the MOD Architecture Framework.

"MODAF is a set of rules on how to organise information about the business".

• MODAF Guidance
  
• The MODAF views and viewpoints
  
• Examples and use of MODAF
  
• The MODAF Meta Model (M3)
  
• Frequently asked questions & glossary
  
• MODAF Configuration Control

Links to these sections may be found in the 'Related pages' section.

It is best to start with thw MODAF detailed guidance page, for an overview of the views used in MODAF.

This site is set up to support anyone with an interest in MODAF. This audience includes:

• Enterprise Architects, the principal customers for MODAF views, who need to both correctly interpret standard MODAF views provided to them and to specify and control the tasks required to create new views
• Architectural modellers who need guidance on the creation and interchange of MODAF views (including for example: architecting principles, view coherence rules and tool selection criteria)
• Tool developers and engineers who are implementing architectural data repositories for storing and manipulating MODAF Architecture data elements
• Trainers and educators who require reference material in order to appropriately train and support the previous types of MODAF users
• MODAF users who wish to contribute to the development of MODAF
• Managers who need to understand what views are required to answer their particular questions