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…
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New Book, new blog
The site for the next book "Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture" has gone live. It will take some time still before the book is available, but I will already start blogging a bit about the subject. A welcome…
Welcome
Who needs another blog if the one you have is already reasonably successful? Well, I do. That is because that other blog is about the ArchiMate enterprise architecture modelling language and this one is about enterprise architecture in general. And…
The Archi #ArchiMate tool is looking for sponsors
Just a short note today. The Open Source Archi Tool used to be supported by a UK University. It isn't anymore. The university has stopped its sponsoring and Archi's developer (Phil Beauvoir) has left the university and started an initiative…
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…
What is wrong with this #ArchiMate picture?
This is the third time I am writing a post titled "What is wrong with this picture?". Sadly, I only have this picture and not the explanation that comes with it, but I found it funny enough to put it…
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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The tool support package for Mastering #ArchiMate has been released
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…
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A milestone: 100,000 views for this Mastering #ArchiMate blog
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.
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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