Bas van Gils & Sven van Dijk

 
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 ex…

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 structur…

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 langu…

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 …

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 …

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 standard…

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 st…

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 po…

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 stan…

This is the third posting in a series on architecture standards. In the previous posting we presented some basic terminology. Most importantly, we distinguished between standard rules, and standard components. In this posting we pick up the thread and …

In the previous posting we have explained the benefits of having a good standards practice in place, especially in the context of enterprise architecture. In this posting we set the scene for our framework on standards management by introducing termi…

Standards management plays an important role in many aspects of organizations. It is frequently seen as a way to improve costing structures, governance, IT-efficiency et cetera. Setting up a good standards practice is by no means simple and straight fo…