Stakeholder Viewpoint

The Stakeholder Viewpoint pattern creates stakeholders, the internal and external drivers for change, and the assessments (in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) of these drivers. Also, the links to the initial (high-level) goals that address these concerns and assessments may be described. These goals form the basis for the requirements engineering process, including goal refinement, contribution and conflict analysis, and the derivation of requirements that realize the goals.

Figure 1. Shows a Motivation diagram that relates Goals through Assessments and Drivers to Stakeholders are concerned about them.

Discussion
The purpose of the pattern is to allow the modeler to create representations of the stakeholders, drivers for change (internal and external), and the assessments (in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) of the drivers and the Goals that address the concerns and Assessments.

The pattern is typically used early on in an initiative or definition of an Enterprise Architecture to ensure the right foundation is laid for the Requirements management discipline.

The following is a list of some of the next steps available when applying the pattern.
·	Change the name of the Stakeholders, Drivers, Assessments and Goals to suit the initiative.
Add additional Stakeholders, Drivers, Assessments and  Goals 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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