ArchiMate, the enterprise architecture modelling language, is a standard from The Open Group (TOG). Most people infer from this that ArchiMate is an open standard (I did once) and often assume The Open Group is some sort of a not-for-profit…
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Twenty years ago: deconstructing hype
Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant launched a site to commemorate their initial steps on the internet, 20 years ago, on May 6, 1996. All in good fun, e.g. de site looks like a Windows 95 desktop. On it, they put…
The IT-janitor
Suppose you build a house. When it's finished it's shiny, new, and clean. Then you live in it for decades. Stacks of old newspapers litter the floors. Sometimes a bunch of these get thrown out. You only do superficial cleaning,…
UltiMateCloud™
Just a short mention today: R&A, Tetradian and Archi are proud to announce a new initiative: UltiMateCloud™, an initiative that takes Big Data and Cloud to its limit — and beyond. Have a look at the website (April Fools hoax,…
Presentation Chess and the Art of EA available on YouTube
I have given presentations of my story several times in the last years. From guest lectures at a university to conferences (3 hours) to presentations such as the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit (45 minutes). I've recorded an audio track with the…
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A tale of application rationalization (not)
Don't you just love buzzwords and silver bullets? My first post on InfoWorld was about the cloud as a silver bullet. And Scott Adams from Dilbert catches painful realities as well: see this strip. Now, cloud is a real phenomenon (even if it…
Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture and Mastering ArchiMate Edition II (both PDF) now available as bundle
Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture and Mastering ArchiMate Edition II (both PDF) are now available as a bundle purchase with a discount of €5 for the two together. Please visit either the Chess and the Art of Enterprise…
Architecture Principles considered harmful
In the book, I've written about several standard instruments of the orthodox enterprise architecture approach. One of these is the use of 'architecture principles'. I'm convinced, personally, that these often do more bad than good and this has to do…
Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture available as PDF
Chess and the Art of Enterprise is now also available as PDF for those who like to read it on a device instead of on paper. This version looks exactly like the paper version (which means: more elegant than the iBook).…
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Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture now available as iBook
Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture is also available as an iBook. The price depends on where you are, as iBooks prices are inclusive of tax. However, the book has been priced at roughly two thirds of the paperback…
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