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Mastering ArchiMate 3.1 is now available

Posted by gctwnlon March 3, 2021March 5, 2021in ArchiMate, Mastering ArchiMate, Modelling, The Mastering ArchiMate Book3 Comments

Hurrah! Mastering ArchiMate 3.1 is now live. You can read about it on the book's home page. And you can buy it there. All customers who bought the previous edition on or after 5 Nov 2019 (the date version 3.1…

ArchiMate 3.0: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Posted by gctwnlon June 26, 2016August 2, 2020in ArchiMate, Discussing ArchiMate19 Comments

On June 14, the 3.0 version of the ArchiMate standard was unveiled during the Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2016. Time for a review. I’ve divided it up in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, with The Good standing for changes…

Process Modelling in ArchiMate in BiZZdesign Architect

Posted by gctwnlon June 7, 2016October 18, 2017in ArchiMate, Using ArchiMate9 Comments

A short while ago I wrote about using ArchiMate to model processes instead of the (agreed, vastly superiour) BPMN language. What I did was change the visuals on ArchiMate elements to support this and I also did a few things…

Modelling processes in ArchiMate

Posted by gctwnlon March 22, 2016October 18, 2017in ArchiMate, Modelling Tools, Using ArchiMate, Using BPMN12 Comments

ArchiMate is not a process modelling language. It has only limited support for process modelling. That is why I personally prefer to combine BPMN with ArchiMate, but that is not trivial (as explained here and here). In the book there…

Open Letter to TOG #4

Posted by gctwnlon October 11, 2015October 18, 2017in ArchiMate, Discussing ArchiMate6 Comments

Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a few…

Open Letter to TOG #3

Posted by gctwnlon October 10, 2015October 18, 2017in ArchiMate, Discussing ArchiMate8 Comments

Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a few…

Open Letter to TOG #2

Posted by gctwnlon September 4, 2015October 18, 2017in ArchiMate, Discussing ArchiMate, Using ArchiMate21 Comments

Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a few…

The #ArchiMate Wish List: Junctions for All

Posted by gctwnlon October 12, 2014in Discussing ArchiMate3 Comments

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…

Reframing #ArchiMate: about the physical domain, layers and recursion

Posted by gctwnlon July 4, 2014December 8, 2017in Discussing ArchiMate6 Comments

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…

The tool support package for Mastering #ArchiMate has been released

Posted by gctwnlon June 28, 2014October 18, 2017in ArchiMate, Mastering ArchiMate, Modelling Tools1 Comment

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…