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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…
Read More Reframing #ArchiMate: about the physical domain, layers and recursion
Just a short post to inform you that the tool support package for Mastering ArchiMate's method & style has been released.It contains: The colour preferences file for Archi (the Open Source ArchiMate modelling tool) Stencils for OmniGraffle (Mac drawing program…
Read More The tool support package for Mastering #ArchiMate has been released
Yesterday, http://www.masteringarchimate.com (this site) passed the 100,000 views mark. That is a milestone I wanted to share with all of you (my readers) and thank you all for reading this blog.
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.…
Read More Modelling Physical Enterprise Architecture with #ArchiMate
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…
I just sent the following message to all that paid for Mastering ArchiMate – Edition I: Dear donator to/licensee of/purchaser of Mastering ArchiMate Edition I, Let me first thank you for donating for or buying Mastering ArchiMate Edition I and…
Read More Thank you, paid users of Mastering #ArchiMate – Edition I
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…
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…
The Open Group has set up a system of ArchiMate certification. Companies can offer training and let their students participate in official TOG Exams. Management likes this, they want 'certified' Enterprise Architects. The usefulness of TOG Certification is — I…
Just a quicky: I have published a preferences file for Archi that you can load to get the 9-colour scheme that is use in my book. See the book main page for a link to the preferences file. If you…
Read More 9-Colour Scheme for Archi (Open Source #ArchiMate tool)
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