kpi

ArchiMate 3.2 Equivalent: Outcome / Driver Metric (Motivation Aspect)

Represents a Key Performance Indicator—a measurable metric used to evaluate progress toward goals, SLA adherence, or operational efficiency.

Visual Styling

To apply custom icons, borders, or CSS styles to KPIs, use a Style Rule (e.g. style kpi where trend == "Up" { icon "trending-up" }).

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Syntax

kpi <id> "<Display Name>" {
    description "<text>"
    owner "<team>"
    tags ["tag1", "tag2"]
    target_value <number>
    current_value <number>
    unit "<unit_string>"
    trend "Up" | "Down" | "Stable"

    relationships { ... }
}

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Properties

Property	Type	Allowed Values	Description
description	string	Free text	Formula, calculation methodology, and business meaning
owner	string	Free text	Accountable metrics owner
tags	string[]	Array of strings	Categorization tags
target_value	number	Numeric (e.g. 99.99, 15)	Desired benchmark or SLA target
current_value	number	Numeric (e.g. 98.75, 22)	Current observed metric value
unit	string	e.g. "%", "ms", "USD", "days"	Measurement unit
trend	enum	"Up", "Down", "Stable"	Directional trajectory indicator

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Allowed Relationship Verbs & Targets

Verb	ArchiMate Relation	Allowed Target Entity Types
influences	Influence	goal, kpi
governed_by	Governance	policy, standard

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Complete Example

kpi kpi_mttr "Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR)" {
    description "Average time required to detect, triage, and resolve Sev-1 production incidents"
    owner "SRE Leadership"
    target_value 15
    current_value 24
    unit "minutes"
    trend "Down"
    tags ["reliability", "dora-metrics"]

    relationships {
        this influences goal_system_resilience "Key indicator of platform health"
    }
}