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Discussing ArchiMate

ArchiMate NEXT: summary verdict, “what’s in a name?”, and a wild ride.

5 months ago by Gerben Wierda

Fourth (and last) post about the ArchiMate NEXT snapshot from last summer. Summarising and then going wild on suggestions. Fasten your seatbelts, ArchiMate-geeks!

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Discussing ArchiMate Tags #eavoices

ArchiMate NEXT: On stories versus maps

6 months ago by Gerben Wierda

A new version of ArchiMate is coming. Last summer a snapshot of “ArchiMate NEXT” was published. Third of a few articles with my thoughts on the development, like the previous one focusing on an aspect that did not change (but maybe should)

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Discussing ArchiMate Tags #eavoices

ArchiMate NEXT: At your service!

6 months ago by Gerben Wierda

A new version of ArchiMate is coming. Last summer a snapshot of “ArchiMate NEXT” was published. Second of a few articles with my thoughts on the development. Focusing on ArchiMate’s second essential property: external behaviour/structure (services, int…

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Discussing ArchiMate Tags #eavoices

ArchiMate NEXT drops BAT. Now What?

6 months ago by Gerben Wierda

A new version of ArchiMate is coming. Last summer a snapshot of “ArchiMate NEXT” was published. First of a few articles with my thoughts on the development. With a slight sprinkling of history.

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Discussing ArchiMate, modelling Tags #eavoices

Layering — is it really a useful approach in Business/IT/Enterprise Architecture?

August 20, 2022 by Gerben Wierda

Is layering — e.g. the classic BDAT (Business, data, Application, Technology) stack — really useful in Enterprise Architecture? An analysis with some side nodes about ArchiMate.

Categories Archimate, Discussing ArchiMate, Enterprise Architecture, modelling Tags #eavoices

Modelling Networking in ArchiMate 3.1

October 26, 2020 by Gerben Wierda

ArchiMate has elements for networking. They’re hardly used by anyone and they have some massive drawbacks. There is an alternative. You can model networking without them.

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Discussing ArchiMate, modelling, Using ArchiMate Tags #eavoices

The Answer to the July 2020 ArchiMate Quiz

August 6, 2020 by Gerben Wierda

The answers to the July 2020 ArchiMate Quiz are given. The post analyses aspects of ArchiMate 3.1’s derivation rules. The analysis links to more generic issues. Uncle Ludwig returns.

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, derivation, Discussing ArchiMate, quiz Tags #eavoices, answer

Two Celebrations, and the New Year’s Eve #ArchiMate Quiz answer

January 15, 2019 by Gerben Wierda

Solution to the New Year’s Eve ArchiMate quiz and celebrating half a million views on this site and 200,000 for the animation.

Categories #eavoices, Discussing ArchiMate, Using ArchiMate Tags #eavoices

ArchiMate Quiz Solution: A Common Cause

August 4, 2018 by Gerben Wierda

June 22, I posted another ArchiMate quiz question: ArchiMate Quiz: A Common Cause. It’s been a while, but here is the discussion of the ‘solution’. The quiz started with the following two ArchiMate snippets (in Mastering ArchiMate col…

Categories #eavoices, Discussing ArchiMate, Using ArchiMate Tags #eavoices

ArchiMate Quiz: a common cause

June 22, 2018 by Gerben Wierda

It’s been a while (busy, busy) but I though this one would be a good candidate for another ArchiMate quiz. This time not “What is wrong with this picture’, but more, “This is grammatically correct, but why? And what does……

Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Discussing ArchiMate, Using ArchiMate Tags #eavoices

ArchiMate 3.0.1

August 9, 2017 by Gerben Wierda

The Open Group has just released its ‘Technical Corrigendum No. 1’ (TC1) for ArchiMate 3.0 from June 2016. TC1. It is a substantial improvement over 3.0 even if it is just a minor version upgrade. Part of the change is … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, Discussing ArchiMate, Mastering ArchiMate, Using ArchiMate Tags #eavoices

The ArchiMate 3.0 Relations Table…

February 7, 2017 by Gerben Wierda

…has serious, and many, errors. According to my personal analysis, around 150 valid relations are missing, and potentially more than 2000 relations that are in that table shouldn’t be, if the text of the standard is to be believed. Here … Continue reading →

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