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Control Services are a mechanism we can use to implement security controls. I wrote this blog to demonstrate that controls are real things, which we should carefully consider; not just line items on a spreadsheet. Continue reading →
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Those of you using BiZZdesign’s Enterprise Studio know we are lucky enough to have a collection of elements for security modelling. This view shows how we can map those to standard ArchiMate elements. Continue reading →
The post Risk And Security…
Our recent blog post on abstraction levels in architecture models resulted in a lively discussion on LinkedIn. As part of that discussion, the notion of layering was questioned, and in particular the layers that are built into the ArchiMate language. I…
When looking at ArchiMate diagrams its easy to miss the fact they are part of a model, and not just pictures. This blog addresses the difference and demonstrates some basics around models. Continue reading →
The post ArchiMate – Looking Bey…
Anyone who knows me, knows I use ArchiMate a lot. I know its not perfect, but here are 7 Reasons why its my modelling language of preference. Continue reading →
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In my previous blog post on using the ArchiMate modeling language together with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), I briefly mentioned the need for modeling the intent of the enterprise. In an agile context, this notion of intent and intentional archit…
With regulation such as GDPR being in force to protect our users, properly understanding information flow becomes essential. This blog shows some of the ways we can model information flow. Using Flow Relationships I will start with a layered view ̷…
Services are very important parts of the ArchiMate modelling language. This blog shows some ways we can represent and utilize services. Continue reading →
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I get models and diagrams presented to me in many different forms and levels of quality. In this blog I want to look at talk at improving ArchiMate Model Quality by telling a story with your Archimate views, and covering some other basics. Continue re…
I’ve corrected another error (again reported by Alun Champion. Thanks!) in the ArchiMate 3.0.1 sheets. The Realisation from Technology Interface to Business Interface was in the sheet twice. Not a breach of the grammar, but better to have it fixe…
I’ve corrected an error (reported by Alun Champion. Thanks!) in the ArchiMate 3.0.1 sheets (in the depiction of the Motivation aspect). This has been corrected. The corrected post with the downloadable PDF (print two-sided and laminate is the bes…
Solution to the New Year’s Eve ArchiMate quiz and celebrating half a million views on this site and 200,000 for the animation.