Open Letter to TOG #4
Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a few … Continue reading →
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Why service, function and capability
Ah definitions, definitions – so many to choose from! But somehow, only a limited number of labels to go around, to share out amongst all those definitions? Which means that people end up using the same labels for different things,…
What is wrong with this picture?
It is time for another one in the “What’s wrong with this picture?” series. This time, I might maybe better have called it “What is not wrong with this picture?”. Here is the story. A company I know has started … Continue reading →
Big-consultancies and getting it right
As with all small independents in just about any industry, my /our relationship with ‘the big boys’ in enterprise-architecture is, yeah, kinda ambivalent at best. It’s not just that they make the most noise, grabbing most of the attention and…
Open Letter to TOG #2
Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a few … Continue reading →
Context-perspectives and enterprise-architecture maturity
In what ways does what we do within the enterprise require a different perspective on the enterprise itself? In what ways does our maturity-level – our skills, competence and experience – affect what we can and should do within the…
Open Letter to TOG #1
Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As the shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a … Continue reading →
European Interoperability Reference Architecture
European Interoperability Reference Architecture The European Interoperability Reference Architecture (EIRA) is an architecture content metamodel defining the most salient architectural building blocks (ABBs) needed to build interoperable e-Government systems. On 8 June 2015, release 0.9.0 beta of the EIRA entered an eight-week public review period. Stakeholders working for public administrations in the field of architecture […]
EA Practice Advisor
How do I become an Enterprise Architect? Step 3 – Learning Options Welcome to part 3 in this series of articles on progressing toward a role […]
Services and disservices – 1: Introduction
Services serve: they serve the needs of someone, or, in a broader ecosystem, the needs of something. Services serve – that’s why they’re called ‘services’. Yet what do we call something that purports to serve some need, but doesn’t? I’d suggest…
The Definitive Guide to BiZZdesign Architect’s New Auto-layout Feature
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For those of you that are seasoned users of BiZZdesign Architect and the ArchiMate modelling capability, you may be aware of the ‘Auto-layout’ functionality built into the modelling canvas. After generating a view from the model, the results aren’t always perfect.
Looking Back on Year 4
This post is part of a fond farewell to the University of Bristol as I have now finished a very enjoyable 4 years as Enterprise Architect there and I have just moved on to the role of Senior Enterprise Architect at the University down the road – UWE! UWE are building quite a significant EA […]