The NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) is a standard for developing Enterprise Architectures. An Enterprise Architecture is a model of a current or future state of an enterprise. An enterprise could be an organization, a system (including the human factors) or a project. The purpose of enterprise architecture is to capture the complex dependencies that exist in large-scale systems of systems so as to aid with decision support. NAF provides a standard way to model the architecture.
According to modeling needs, there are the following NAF 4.0 templates for different purposes:
- NAF 4.0 Project - creating a NAF 4.0 project will switch the application to the NAF 4.0 graphical user interface and use the NAF 4.0 model templates.
- NAF 4.0 Project Template with Process Guide - using this template, you will get a new NAF 4.0 project enhanced with a modeling guide. The modeling guide helps you to build the architecture by providing summary information about the NAF structure and the architecture creation process.
