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Control and Information Architecture Diagrams (CIAD) with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

One of the three main constituents of any enterprise is the Control and Information Architecture. The rest two are Production facilities and People and Organization.

Information Architecture

You want design the Information Architecture and need a powerful software for this? ConceptDraw DIAGRAM extended with Enterprise Architecture Diagrams Solution from the Management Area is exactly what you need.

What Is Information Architecture

What is information architecture? Information architecture (IA) is a broad and abstract term. At the most general sense the information architecture describes the structure of a system, how the different pieces of information are related at the system and represents their relationships. The information architecture term was introduced by Richard Saul Wurman in 1975 and now is commonly used in the context of websites and intranets, information structures and computer systems. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM extended with Enterprise Architecture Diagrams Solution from the Management Area is the best software for design information architecture and drawing Enterprise Architecture Diagrams.

Information Technology Architecture

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM extended with Enterprise Architecture Diagrams Solution from the Management Area is a powerful software which provides a set of helpful tools for designing Information Technology Architecture.

Garrett IA Diagrams with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

Garrett IA diagrams are used at development of Internet-resources, in particulars at projecting of interactions of web-resource elements. The diagram of information architecture of the web resource which is constructed correctly with necessary details presents to developers the resource in comprehensible and visual way.

Business Architecture

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a powerful diagramming and vector drawing software. Supplied with Enterprise Architecture Diagrams Solution from the Management Area, ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is ideal for construction the Business Architecture Diagrams.

How To Create Professional Diagrams

No need for any special drawing skills to create professional looking diagrams outside of your knowledge base. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM takes care of the technical side. Use templates, samples and special libraries for your needs.

Information Graphics

Creating of professional looking Information Graphics was always been a complex process. But now it's easier than ever thanks to the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Pictorial Infographics Solution from the “Infographics” Area.

Pyramid Diagram

The DIKW Pyramid refers loosely to a class of models for representing purported structural and/or functional relationships between data, information, knowledge, and wisdom.
Use this template to prototype and design the wireframe graphic user interface (GUI).
"A website wireframe, also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint, is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website. Wireframes are created for the purpose of arranging elements to best accomplish a particular purpose. The purpose is usually being informed by a business objective and a creative idea. The wireframe depicts the page layout or arrangement of the website’s content, including interface elements and navigational systems, and how they work together. The wireframe usually lacks typographic style, color, or graphics, since the main focus lies in functionality, behavior, and priority of content. In other words, it focuses on what a screen does, not what it looks like. Wireframes can be pencil drawings or sketches on a whiteboard, or they can be produced by means of a broad array of free or commercial software applications. Wireframes are generally created by business analysts, user experience designers, developers, visual designers and other roles with expertise in interaction design, information architecture and user research.
Wireframes focus on:
(1) The kinds of information displayed.
(2) The range of functions available.
(3) The relative priorities of the information and functions.
(4) The rules for displaying certain kinds of information.
(5) The effect of different scenarios on the display.
The website wireframe connects the underlying conceptual structure, or information architecture, to the surface, or visual design of the website. Wireframes help establish functionality, and the relationships between different screen templates of a website. An iterative process, creating wireframes is an effective way to make rapid prototypes of pages, while measuring the practicality of a design concept. Wireframing typically begins between “high-level structural work - like flowcharts or site maps - and screen designs.” Within the process of building a website, wireframing is where thinking becomes tangible.
Aside from websites, wireframes are utilized for the prototyping of mobile sites, computer applications, or other screen-based products that involve human-computer interaction." [Website wireframe. Wikipedia]
The wireframe GUI template for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the Graphic User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Wireframe GUI template
Wireframe GUI template, window, text area, scrollbar, check box group, button,
This enterprise architecture diagram sample was drawn on the base of the figure illustrating the webpage "Enterprise Architecture" from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) website.
"The USDA's Enterprise Architecture program strategically partners with all agencies to provide value to USDA's mission areas, business processes, and Information Technology (IT) capabilities.
Introduction.
The USDA Enterprise Architecture (EA) helps make sure information technology investments align with the mission and goals of the Department. It defines how information and technology should support USDA’s strategic goals and benefit the business.
Purpose.
The intent of the USDA Enterprise Architecture is to help make the information technology (IT) expenditures more effectively serve the mission and goals of the organization. Enterprise architecture defines how information and technology support USDA’s strategic planning to benefit our business. There are many ways to organize the information and diagrams that make up the architecture."
[ocio.usda.gov/ about-ocio/ governance-and-strategic-investment-gsi/ enterprise-architecture]
The enterprise architecture diagram example "USDA's Enterprise Architecture" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Enterprise Architecture Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Enterprise architecture diagram
Enterprise architecture diagram, business capabilities,

Amazon Web Services Diagrams diagramming tool for architecture

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers the reliable and relatively inexpensive cloud computing services. This is the main reason why many large companies prefer to use the Amazon Cloud to storage and operate the data. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming software enhanced with AWS Architecture Diagrams solution provides the powerful AWS diagramming tools to draw the Amazon architecture diagrams and Amazon Web Services planning diagrams, to develop the Architect infrastructure based on AWS in a few minutes. The AWS Architecture Diagrams solution offers variety of built-in samples and templates for several Amazon Web Services products and resources, a wide range of predesigned and recognizable vector graphic icons used for simple designing the Architecture diagrams. The diagrams created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM are professional-looking, helpful when designing and implementing the AWS infrastructure based systems, useful to communicate design, deployment and topology, and apposite for using in presentations, whitepapers, datasheets, posters, and other technical materials you like.

Pyramid Diagram

A five level pyramid model of different types of Information Systems based on the information processing requirement of different levels in the organization. five level pyramid example is included in the Pyramid Diagrams solution from Marketing area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Diagramming Software for Design UML Collaboration Diagrams

ConceptDraw helps you to start designing your own UML Collaboration Diagrams with examples and templates.

Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) is applied for detailed description of structures and high-level (conceptual) design databases using the Chen's and Crow's Foot notations. An ERD represents a diagram constructed mainly of rectangular blocks (for entities, data) linked with relationships. The links between the blocks are used to describe relations between the entities. There are three types of relationships: one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many. Use the specialized ERD software - ConceptDraw DIAGRAM to create the Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) of any degree of complexity with Chen's and Crow's Foot notations. Draw them easily applying the powerful built-in tools and libraries of predesigned ERD vector objects from Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. You can also start with one of ready template or sample included to this solution. Designing the ERDs in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM you can easy move the objects within a diagram with saving the relationships between them.
How to Build an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)
How to Build an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)