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.

NAF 4.0 Viewpoints and Views

NAF 4.0 viewpoints