Is ArchiMate Worth the Effort?
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Is the ArchiMate Motivation Layer Useless in Practice?
Why strategic traceability often looks rigorous—but changes very little
ArchiMate NEXT: summary verdict, “what’s in a name?”, and a wild ride.
Fourth (and last) post about the ArchiMate NEXT snapshot from last summer. Summarising and then going wild on suggestions. Fasten your seatbelts, ArchiMate-geeks!
ArchiMate NEXT: On stories versus maps
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)
ArchiMate NEXT: At your service!
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…
ArchiMate NEXT drops BAT. Now What?
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.
Visualizing What Matters: Using ArchiMate Layered Diagrams in Practice
A practical way to connect people, processes, and applications in enterprise architecture
Why I’m a Fan of ArchiMate – And Why You Should Be Too
I’ve been using ArchiMate for almost as long as I’ve worked in enterprise architecture and over the years, it has proven to be one of the most effective tools for structuring and communicating architecture.
Mastering ArchiMate 3.2 has been released (PDF version)
Mastering ArchiMate 3.2 has been released. Finally. This post contains release information, and a link to the book’s page where you can order the free excerpt (with the entire language description as well as a short BPMN primer) or the entire book (bot…
ArchiMate & SAP LeanIX Drive Enterprise Architecture
ArchiMate is a standardized graphical language for modeling your enterprise architecture. Learn how SAP LeanIX supports ArchiMate to empower your models.
Celebrating 15 Years of the ArchiMate® Modeling Language: A Milestone in Enterprise Architecture
By Kelly Canon, ArchiMate® Forum Director, The Open Group, with contributions from Andrew Josey, VP, Standards & Certification, The Open Group
Originally developed in the period 2002-2004 by a group of organizations and institutions in the Netherlands led by the Telematica Instituut, the ArchiMate® Modeling Language was created for Enterprise Architects by Enterprise Architects with the goal of a common language for modeling an enterprise.
The ArchiMate® Patterns Library: What is it and how to contribute
By Kelly Canon, ArchiMate® Forum Director, The Open Group
The ArchiMate Modeling Language, standardizes an organizations framework to effectively describe, analyze and visualize their enterprise architecture. By using a standardized language like ArchiMate, not only does it allow internal stakeholders to understand and communicate simple to complex architectural concepts and relationships, but it can encourage the sharing of non-proprietary “patterns” with other enterprise architects.