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Bas van Gils & Sven van Dijk The three weeks since the sessions with management are almost up, and Brenda has heard via her sponsor that the teams are well under way on the strategy work and that the expectation is that all teams will finish in time for the next workshop …
When work on the business function model / capability map is well underway, Brenda is confident that she can promise management a first product to be delivered in a few weeks’ time. She has organized weekly meetings with the team for updates and reviews and things seem to move along at a slow, albeit steady pace. This frees up her hands for the next topic to be addressed: where are we going?
Brenda the Architect has her work cut out for her: developing a baseline and target architecture for BriteLite seems like a challenging task. The organization is still in the middle of the transformation towards production of LED based lightin…
Introduction
Over the last few years, the popularity of ArchiMate has increased rapidly and steadily, especially since it got adopted by the Open Group. A quick search on google trends shows this nicely.
Ready for the end of the mission? In our articles so far we covered and discussed the different stadia of development in ‘Force Generation’ Architecture: cold phase, transition phase and warm phase.
In this fifth posting we will address the warm phase of ‘Force Generation’ Architecture: deployment and sustainment of the deployment. As in previous articles we will walk the military path first, next we will share the developments in the architecture case. Let us first address one of many questions regarding this series about Force Generation Architecture (the military way).
Throughout this blog series we talked about using ArchiMate, and approaches for setting up ArchiMate models. We first discussed a top-down, and then a bottom-up approach, and presented examples from our consulting practice for both. Now here i…
In our previous article we explained how a commander started to initially prepare his organisation – the “Cold Phase”. He got his troops organized and in basic working order. His military capability – an organized element with a specific mode of operation to a specific end – encompassed several ‘building blocks’: staff, basic training, doctrine, equipment, combat drills and joint exercises. Ready for action? Not yet!
In the previous posting we presented best practices for setting up ArchiMate models using a bottom-up approach. In this posting we will describe three case examples illustrating the added value of solution models. The three cases are:
After having introduced Core Objectives, understanding ‘the grand plan’, the stakeholders, their concerns and their ability to act, we will continue with the parallel between the military approach of Force Generation and our architecture case. The cold phase is all about preparation: staff, mode of operation and supporting tools. Make them work!
In the previous postings we zoomed in on developing “top-down” or “enterprise” models, laced with many practical tips to help practitioners to get started. In this post we tackle the other end of the spectrum, and discuss how to get started with “Bottom-up” or “solution” models. We will zoom in on several aspects, including structuring your models, and linking to your enterprise models.
In this second posting, we will elaborate on the first part of Force Generation Architecture: the Core Objectives. We shall review the military approach and principles, followed by drawing the parallel with our case at hand. By that we will emphasize the importance of understanding ‘the grand plan’ and – subsequently to this – identify the relevant stakeholders, their concerns and their ability to act.