Posts by: Bas van Gils & Sven van Dijk

ArchiMate core – Patterns

In this series on ArchiMate we have so far focused on the fundamentals of the language, and on tailoring it for use in your own organization. Also we wrote about some best practices for creating effective views for key stakeholders in your…

ArchiMate core – Viewpoints

In this series on ArchiMate we have so far focused on the fundamentals of the language, and on tailoring it for use in your own organization. In the course of this series, we have touched upon the subject of using ArchiMate to…

ArchiMate core – Extension (4/7)

  In the previous two posts in this series we introduced the core of the ArchiMate languages existing of the three layers and three columns. However, not all questions that enterprise architects typically face are supported by this core. Think for example…

ArchiMate core – Concepts (3/7)

This is the 3rd posting in our series on ArchiMate. So far we have discussed the history of ArchiMate and the rationale behind the framework (three layers: business / application / technology, three aspects: active structure, behavior, passive structure). In this post…

ArchiMate core – Framework (2/7)

The first post in this series explains how Archimate was introduced as a modeling language for enterprise architecture. The goal was explicitly not to replace existing modeling languages in the business and IT context, such as BPMN and UML. These languages focus…

ArchiMate core – Overview (1/7)

Enterprise Architecture is the strategic discipline that helps organizations to answer the question: How should we organize ourselves? Modeling plays an important role in doing so, and ArchiMate is quickly becoming the de facto standard for enterprise (architecture) modeling.

ArchiMate – Overview (1/7)

Enterprise Architecture is the strategic discipline that helps organizations to answer the question: How should we organize ourselves? Modeling plays an important role in doing so, and ArchiMate is quickly becoming the de facto standard for enterprise (architecture) modeling.

Architecture standards: Wrap-up and summary (7/7)

This is the last in a series of postings on Architecture standards. Throughout the series we covered architecture standards from various angles ranging from business value, implementation aspects, and the operation of an effective architecture standards management practice. In this posting we…

Architecture standards: governance (6/7)

This is the sixth posting in a series on architecture standards. In previous postings we discussed the standards terminology, the documentation of architecture standards as well as the embedding in the organization and the life cycle of architecture standards. In this posting…

Architecture standards: Life cycle (5/7)

This is the fifth posting in a series on architecture standards. In previous postings we discussed the standards terminology and the documentation of architecture standards as well the embedding of the standards practice in the organization. In this posting we discuss the…

Architecture standards: Embedding (4/7)

This is the fourth posting in a series on architecture standards. In previous postings we discussed the standards terminology and the documentation of architecture standards. In this posting we pick up the thread and dive into the embedding of the standards practice…
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