The Architecture View represents a project with elements as icons (such as teams, products, phases, and activities) and relationships amongst the elements as lines (such as breakdown structures, contracts and dependencies.)

The project element icons and relationship lines can be shown or hidden in various combinations to quickly emphasis different aspects of the project's architecture.

In the Architecture view the project can be sketched according to the layout style preferences of the project designers and also viewed based on automatic layout from PBS, WBS, and OBS points of view. By zooming out, project designers can see a total architectural and flow similar to a network diagram, or zoom in to focus on specific elements and relationships.

The Architecture view supports four ways to view the model, all of which can be seen by all users:

• Sketch allows freeform layout of model elements. All model elements and relationships can be seen
• PBS supports an automatically laid out view of the model with an emphasis on products
• WBS supports an automatically laid out view of the model with an emphasis on phases and work
• OBS supports an automatically laid out view of the model with an emphasis on teams and organizational structure

All views have filters and other controls to limit clutter and clarify focus.  For more information about menus controls see the help sections on menu items or see the article on the toolbar.

Displaying the detail pane provides more detail and deeper model editing.  Detail Panes are displayed for:

• Activity
• Dependency
• Phase
• Product
• Project
• Team