As my drawing tool for free model-drawing is OmniGraffle on the Mac (which, I might add is an extremely good and intelligent free model-drawing program). There are ArchiMate 2.0 stencils (to be found on GraffleTopia) but they have the layered-color…
Category: Modelling
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…
Good International Print Shop for Professional Prints
One licensee informed me of a good and affordable print shop for printing the Mastering ArchiMate book in a professional form (so, edge-to-edge, full color, spiral bound). It is Pixart Printing and he gave me the correct settings which I…
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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…
Does my method of book distribution work?
The method of distributing my Mastering ArchiMate book has the disadvantage that I have completely no idea how many people actually read my book. But after more than a month, I have learnt a few things. I made the book…
Style Police?
Since ArchiMate says nothing about style, things like colors, sizes of objects, alignment etc., you are free to develop your own. 'Style' is an interesting subject. On the one hand, we know how style can influence user experience, so it…
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…
The Book is Done
Well, finally, the book is done! 132 pages A4 (cover to cover) with 176 diagrams (including a few duplicates). Next week after The Open Group Conference, Barcelona, I'll make the files available. There will be two versions of the PDF:…
Coming Soon: a new Book on ArchiMate
I have been pretty silent for a while on this blog. The reason is that I decided to put my experiences in an educational book instead of a blog. I started working on this early this year. Most of it…
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