This wizard helps you setting up your planing environment. More concrete, this software supports strategic IT architecture planning by linking business strategy and technology components via business capabilites.

To get going you should first be aware that there are thee use cases that might be relevant for you:

1. Greenfield (Capability-First)
   You want to achieve some business capabilities and ask your self which components fit.
   • If this is the case you might only want to define your capabilities in Step 2 and use some of the predefined components and patterns.
2. Brownfield (System-First)
   You have a legacy IT landscape that you analyze in order to identify possible capabilities.
   • If this is the case you might only want to define your components in Step 3 and use some of the predefined capabilities.
3. Benchmark:
   You have a legacy IT landscape and some capabilities and want to check which components are relevant and which might be redundant.
   • If this is the case feel free to use any of the predefined elements and add you own if necessary.

Notes:

If you are not sure what elements exists you can use the explore mode to check out the predefined elements.

If you have not found an adequate set of predefined elements in the Import/Export section, please feel free to add your own elements and share them with the community.

Select capabilities that seems to be relevant for you in order to allow a capability-first analysis that represents the business side. If you want to analyze an existing legacy landscape you can skip this step.

Select products that you have in your landscape or that you plan to integrate. If you want to only use the business perspective on a green field you can skip this step.

Components are abstract construction elements that are implemented by certain products. If you feel confident about the concept, you can select the components directly. If not, you can also preselect components by the products you selected in the last step. If you only want to find adequate components to your capabilities you can skip this step.

Your selection was saved and you can start exploring your architectural possibilities. You can always adjust your settings in your profile on the left.