Motivation Issues in the Framework of Information Systems Architecture

109 Abstract. The Zachman Framework for information systems architecture is a scheme for classifying and organizing the design artefacts created in the process of designing and producing information systems. It classifies artefacts on two views or dimensions: perspectives or roles and characteristics or abstractions. Although motivation abstractions are often neglected, the motivation should be the most influential driver in designing information system. We suggest business rules approach, which breaks away business rules from information system’s data and processes and places business rules in the centre of users’ interests. The responsibility for defining and maintaining business rules must be taken over by business people.