Goal Contribution Viewpoint

The Goal Contribution Viewpoint pattern creates elements and a diagram from the motivation aspect that models the influence that Goals, Requirements, Principles and Constraint have on each other.

Figure 1. Shows a Motivation diagram showing a number of Influence relationships between Goals, Requirements and Principles.

Discussion
The purpose of the pattern is to allow Business Managers, Business and Requirements Analysis, Architects and other Stakeholders to model and visualize the Influence relationships between Goals, Requirements and Principles.

The pattern is typically used during the analysis phase once goals have been at least defined and partially refined into sub-goals and requirements have started to be defined.  It can also be used to analyze the impact that goals have on each other or to detect conflicts between stakeholder goals, allowing them to be addressed and managed.

The following is a list of some things you may want to do when working with this pattern.
·	Change the name of the Goals, Requirements and Principles to suit the initiative.
·	Add additional Goals, Requirements and Principles as required.
Add Influence relationships and change existing one to reflect the degree of influence (+,-) by changing the names of the relationships.

The following is a list of next steps you may want to perform after working with this pattern.
·	Relate the Capabilities to Drivers and Goals to ensure the Capabilities have a business purpose.
Relate the Capabilities to Application and Business Services, Functions or Processes as required.

Reference
The following help topics will assist you learn about how to work with this pattern.
Archimate Technology
Diagram Layout
Tools you may find useful
The following are some of the tools that will be helpful when working with this pattern.
Document Generator
The Document Generator is a powerful facility in Enterprise Architect that allows a Database Engineer or other stakeholder to create high quality corporate or technical documentation directly from the model, suitable for internal or external audiences. For more details see the Documentation help topic.
Specification View
The Specification View can be used as a way of working with the Components and Interfaces particularly when there are a large number of elements as is typically the case when describing a system of any appreciable size. For more details see the Specification View help topic
Relationship Matrix
The Relationship Matrix provides a spreadsheet like view of two groups of elements and the relationships that exist between them. It can be a used as a powerful analysis mechanism to visually indicate how elements are related to each other and to discover which elements are missing relationships. For more details see the Relationship Matrix  help topic.
Traceability Window
The Traceability Window automatically displays the relationships that exist between Use Cases and other model elements including up-process and down-process elements. The traceability tree view can be conveniently expanded to see deeper relationships and elements displayed in the window can be located in all diagrams in which they appear. For more details see the Traceability Window  help topic.

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