Obeo SmartEA is based on a common repository that can be shared between all the members of your Enterprise Architecture team.
Access to the repository is secured (SSO OpenId Connect or LDAP) and customizable with profiles (types of information, views, and features).
Once connected users can work on different versions of the same architecture (for instance users can work on several different IT development scenarios).
ArchiMate® is ‘The Open Group’ standardised modeling language that allows you to describe an enterprise architecture according to the various professions’ processes, its organisation, information flow, IT systems, and technical infrastructure.
ObeoSmartEA supports this standard at the metamodel level as well as via its graphical notation in collaborative mode.
BPMN® (Business Process Model and Notation) is a modeling language standardized by the Object Management Group (OMG).
It provides both a notation that is readily understandable by all business users, and a digital exchange format that allows to interpret and analyze the processes.
Obeo SmartEA supports this standard at the metamodel level as well as via its graphical notation.
Obeo SmartEA allows multiple architects to work simultaneously and consistently on the repository.
Concurrent editing of the same diagram enables collaborative working sessions, where changes are made by several contributors and discussed in real time.
The Obeo SmartEA repository is accessible through a standard web browser.
Depending on the assigned access rights, a user can view all or part of the repository, modify existing data, or create new representations, such as diagrams or tables.
Access to the repository is streamlined by the advanced features provided by Obeo SmartEA, including a customizable dashboard, advanced search, favorites, and activity feeds.
The advanced search feature enables users to quickly find repository elements.
Users can select an object type and define the search criteria from attributes values. Specific operators are proposed according to each attribute type.
You can analyse your architectures to facilitate designing any transformation trajectories.
Obeo SmartEA provides a branch mechanism for defining transformation trajectories. Branches allow users to work simultaneously on different versions of the same architecture
Users can at any time move to a specific branch, compare it with other branches and even merge it with others so as to integrate any modifications from other existing branches.
Users can define validation rules that check the content of the repository.
Validation reports can be saved and used to track changes in the repository’s quality over time.
External data reflecting the actual state of your company’s architecture can be regularly and automatically imported.
Obeo SmartEA open APIs allow for connectors that can supply the repository according to your needs and according to every data source type.
Users can add several other automated tasks to be carried out on the repository content as required.
Both the metamodel and the predefined views can be modified, extended, or replaced in line with your specific context.
Obeo SmartEA operates natively with EMF and Sirius, both are open source technologies, for defining metamodels and creating tailor–made modelling diagrams.
