I wrote a post on Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture about ways to look at self-service from an architectural perspective: "I, Robot" – there is no such thing as 'Customer Self-Service'. In it, I argue that saying that…
Category: Discussing ArchiMate
Database Triggers in #ArchiMate — And a Wish
Recently, in a discussion in the ArchiMate LinkedIn Group, Tarun Godhwani started a discussion on modelling the triggers and tables of a database. Of course, one can wonder if it is useful to model these, but in case they are, the…
Modelling networking using the networking concepts of #ArchiMate
The rise of networking form the 1980's onward may be considered the main driving force of the invention of enterprise architecture, itself a follow-up on what was until then known as system architecture. On the eve of the rise of…
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Modelling Homogenous Landscapes in #ArchiMate (Classes and Instances)
This post is about two related things: modelling actual detailed architectures of large homogenous landscapes and the class versus instance issue in ArchiMate. Both are closely related. But before I start out, for those unacquainted with Object-Orientation, or Classes and…
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The #ArchiMate Wish List: Junctions for All
Though I like ArchiMate, and I can (except for a few missing things such as Capability) model anything I encounter in the enterprise, I think some changes could make ArchiMate even more powerful. This is the first post in a…
Why is Stakeholder not a Role in #ArchiMate?
In Plato's 'Socratic Dialogue' Protagoras, Socrates and Protagoras (the great 'Sophist') have a discussion on what knowledge and skill is and how people acquire these. I am reminded of that discussion as I am thinking about how to explain my reasoning…
Reframing #ArchiMate: about the physical domain, layers and recursion
In a previous post, I discussed the first ideas that came from thinking about modelling the physical side of an enterprise, things like printing presses, steel mills, etc., something not directly the domain of ArchiMate (nor EA in general for…
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Modelling Physical Enterprise Architecture with #ArchiMate
Enterprises are not just about IT, and though EA started because of the chaos and complexity in IT, many real enterprises are not just about information. An 'Enterprise' Architecture that cannot describe the entire enterprise is not worth its name.…
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#ArchiMate is overrated (and underrated)
In every field of inquiry, it is true that all things should be made as simple as possible – but no simpler — often attributed to Albert Einstein but coined that way by journalist Sydney. J.Harris in 1964. I’m going…
What is wrong with these #ArchiMate pictures?
The Dutch are well known for their knack of speaking foreign languages. This seems to be obvious. Where in many countries, people just speak a single language, seventeen million Dutch, living in a small country (with two languages, even, the…
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