The Onion From The Inside Out

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By Stuart Boardman, Senior Business Consultant, Business & IT Advisory, KPN Consulting The Open Group Open Platform 3.0™ (OP3.0) services often involve a complex network of interdependent parties[1]. Each party has its own concept of the value it expects from … Continue reading →

Escaping the Jaws of the Project Monster

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Musing about the reasons why many large organizations see many of their IT initiatives fail or underachieve (see for example this recent report by the Dutch parliamentary commission on ICT, describing IT failures in government), I came up with a rather simple conclusion: ‘project thinking’ is the root cause of these disappointments. Let me explain. 

Employees roles and company culture

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Part of the efficiency of a company relies on the efficiency of its processes. Ideally, these processes  are defined by identifying external actors (customers, providers, …) then by analysing the interaction between these actors and the company (business processes) and finally by defining how these interactions are managed and supported internally by the company (internal […]

The Growing Demand for Digital Leadership

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As organizations increasingly rely on digital technology, there is a growing demand for digital leaders. These are leaders who are both business and digital savvy. They are capable of quickly using technology to come up with business solutions. However, the best digital leaders know there is another important element to their role. They never lose […]

Using the Open FAIR Body of Knowledge with Other Open Group Standards

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By Jim Hietala, VP Security, and Andrew Josey, Director of Standards, The Open Group This is the third in our four part blog series introducing the Open FAIR Body of Knowledge. In this blog, we look at how the Open … Continue reading →

The ArchiMate Files – 7. Language issues

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This is the seventh posting in our series on using ArchiMate in practice. So far we have considered the mind of the architect as well as several ‘fundamentals’ in the language: the structure / behavior dichotomy, three layers, internal / external aspects of each domain, specialization, and the use of views & viewpoints. In this posting we will discuss some ‘philosophical’ and practical issues that you may run into when using ArchiMate.