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On October 25, 2017 from 14:00-17:00, there will be at the open (no need to register for the conference) inaugural ArchiMate User Group Meeting hosted by The Open Group. I plan to attend this meeting, so if you want to…
Read More Meet me at the ArchiMate User Group Meeting on Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
Actually, they were sent last Friday already, but I forgot to mention it here too. Discounts for eligible users for Mastering Archimate Edition III have been sent. Note: except for a few special larger license deals. If you paid for Mastering…
Read More Discounts for eligible users for Mastering #Archimate Edition III have been sent
The book is now available, but the home page for it is not ready yet. However, those eligible for a free upgrade are currently receiving the download link in their mailboxes. Enjoy.
I have disabled the sale of the Mastering ArchiMate II PDF (and the Bundle), while I update the site and the sales system for Mastering ArchiMate III and send a free update to those eligible. Note, there has been some…
Well, I can finally say: Mastering #ArchiMate Edition III is done. It will take a bit of time to get it in your hands, but I am close. Some notes: PDF and Free Syntax Excerpt PDF will be released first and…
The Open Group has just released its 'Technical Corrigendum No. 1' (TC1) for ArchiMate 3.0 from June 2016. TC1. It is a substantial improvement over 3.0 even if it is just a minor version upgrade. Part of the change is…
These days, there is a lot of talk about the ‘API Economy’: a world filled with systems providing services to other systems using (above all RESTful) services. It would be easy to miss the fact that this isn’t new at…
Read More How does the API-economy differ from the SOA approach of the past? An ArchiMate answer.
I'm working on a few more serious things, but in the meantime I did not want to let this happen silently. The animation Why Enterprise Architecture ("Meet Michael") is now (clearly, 2000 views more than the next one) the most…
Read More Enterprise Architecture Video Most Viewed on YouTube
...has serious, and many, errors. According to my personal analysis, 152 valid relations are missing, and potentially 2941 relations that are in that table shouldn't be, if the text of the standard is to be believed or if we use some common sense.…
Confronted with the problems of Waterfall approaches, organisations are all jumping on the Agile bandwagon. This is often a very good thing. Big Up-Front Design (BUFD) has many drawbacks in volatile environments and much of what happens in IT happens…
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