While working on something else, I ran into something funny. I would like you to tell me which relation type exists between two elements in the following setup. The situation is like this. We have a very large system that…
Category: Discussing ArchiMate
What is wrong with this picture?
As I was looking at materials to review, I came across this diagram: Before I write more: can you say what is wrong with it? Please add your comment below. Update Sep 12, 2013: Here is the explanatory text that…
Mapping #BPMN and #ArchiMate, first thoughts
ArchiMate is an open standard for modeling Enterprise Architecture. It can be used in many ways. One of these is a good Current State Architecture description: your current landscape of business and IT, coherently modeled with enough detail to be…
Abstraction versus Precision in ArchiMate
We architects love abstraction. Abstraction makes the nitty gritty and complex details disappear. Abstraction makes the unmanageable manageable. Our business colleagues also love it when we produce abstractions. It makes our end products easier to digest. In ArchiMate, you can…
Missing from ArchiMate: (Business) Capability?
One of the most often heard complaints about ArchiMate is that the concept Capability is missing. People often use ArchiMate's Business Function for Capability as it comes closest. Are they right? And: What is 'Capability' and how should we model…
Announcing Mastering ArchiMate Edition 1
I'm happy to announce the public availability (and downloadable PDF) of Mastering ArchiMate – Edition I, a book about the ArchiMate Enterprise Architecture language. My apologies for the inconvenience, but the book has its own full page now where information…
ArchiMate `Problem Areas’: Business Role
I like ArchiMate, but, being an Enterprise Architect (and thus rather pigheaded), I have my criticisms. In this post, I’ll be discussing what I would call a ‘Problem Area’ of ArchiMate: Business Role. Note: the content of this post has…
Modeling GOFBF
In a previous post, I discussed the structural/behavioural divide in ArchiMate and how it differs from GOFBF (Good Old-Fashioned Business Function, the one where structure encapsulates behaviour). In this (short) post, I’ll show a way to model this in ArchiMate.…
Business Process versus Business Function
A rather tricky part of ArchiMate is the difference between Business Process and Business Function. Both stand for behaviour at the Business Level. Both generally encapsulate in the end the same activities. Choosing between a Business Function and a Business…
On ArchiMate’s divide between behaviour and structure
Archimate is divided into structure and behaviour. Active structure objects (like Business Roles and Application Components) perform behaviour (like Business Processes/Functions and Application Functions) and these behaviours act on passive structure (like Business Objects and Data Objects. This division is…
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