A new version of ArchiMate is coming. Last summer a snapshot of “ArchiMate NEXT” was published. Third of a few articles with my thoughts on the development, like the previous one focusing on an aspect that did not change (but maybe should)
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ArchiMate NEXT: At your service!
A new version of ArchiMate is coming. Last summer a snapshot of “ArchiMate NEXT” was published. Second of a few articles with my thoughts on the development. Focusing on ArchiMate's second essential property: external behaviour/structure (services, interfaces), versus internal and the role of abstractions.
ArchiMate NEXT drops BAT. Now What?
A new version of ArchiMate is coming. Last summer a snapshot of "ArchiMate NEXT" was published. First of a few articles with my thoughts on the development. With a slight sprinkling of history.
Layering — is it really a useful approach in Business/IT/Enterprise Architecture?
Is layering — e.g. the classic BDAT (Business, data, Application, Technology) stack — really useful in Enterprise Architecture? An analysis with some side nodes about ArchiMate. Warning: may contain traces of analytic EA geekery.
Modelling Networking in ArchiMate 3.1
ArchiMate has elements for networking. They're hardly used by anyone and they have some massive drawbacks. There is an alternative. You can model networking without them.
The Answer to the July 2020 ArchiMate Quiz
The answers to the July 2020 ArchiMate Quiz are given. The post analyses aspects of ArchiMate 3.1's derivation rules. The analysis links to more generic issues. Uncle Ludwig returns.
Two Celebrations, and the New Year’s Eve #ArchiMate Quiz answer
Solution to the New Year's Eve ArchiMate quiz and celebrating half a million views on this site and 200,000 for the animation.
ArchiMate Quiz Solution: A Common Cause
June 22, I posted another ArchiMate quiz question: ArchiMate Quiz: A Common Cause. It's been a while, but here is the discussion of the 'solution'. The quiz started with the following two ArchiMate snippets (in Mastering ArchiMate colours, where ‘deep’ is…
ArchiMate Quiz: a common cause
It's been a while (busy, busy) but I though this one would be a good candidate for another ArchiMate quiz. This time not "What is wrong with this picture', but more, "This is grammatically correct, but why? And what does…
ArchiMate 3.0.1
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…
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