Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
In the post What is wrong with this picture? I showed a pattern devised by an enterprise architect to model the standard services they want to provide to customers. The idea of such a service is that is is largely some sort of … Continue reading →
There are a fair few business-model patterns out there that look really great, really profitable – and yet conceal fundamental flaws that can kill the business outright. (Or, in some cases, it’s not just the business that gets killed… –…
I’ve long been a fan of Alex Osterwalder’s work. There can be no doubt that he’s had a huge impact on business-architecture – particularly for startups – with tools such as his Business Model Canvas [BMCanvas] and, more recently, Value…
In the previous posting we explained two strategies for getting started with ArchiMate modeling: top-down and bottom-up. Over-simplifying, we suggested to use “inventory style” models (to catalog the ‘things we have / do’) and then figuring out the relations between them. There’s usually a lot of information that can be (re)used. Also, the ideal approach is using a workshop setting.
Changing Business Value Models – How they are having an impact on enterprise architecture is the title of my latest blog written for Orbus Software. It explains how EA needs to adapt to changing business value models.
During Business Process Management trainings, people often ask me about the best modeling technique: How to model a process model? Where do I begin? Questions that many of you have asked yourselves when beginning to design a process model. In …
Mike Walker recently posted regarding the new Business Reference Model (BRM) released by The Open Group (TOG) which inspired me to review the document and subsequently provide these remarks. I applaud TOG and the contributors for their work. I myself find it difficult to find time outside my regular work for the collaborate sharing that […]
Check out this new whitepaper from the Open Group in the area of Business Architecture. What are your thoughts on the latest edition in their World-Class EA Series? Does it get The Open Group or TOGAF closer and deeper into…
Is money the only possible form of profit? And if not, what does that imply for design of business-models? – and, beyond that, to economics itself? This is one that I’ve been struggling with, both personally and professionally, for a…
The Decision Model (TDM) is a rapidly growing framework for modelling and executing the business logic behind business decisions. When I first read the book The Decision Model A Business Logic Framework Linking Business and Technology by Larry Goldbe…
Here we go with the third (and last) blog in this series which looks at some underlying theory about organization and management. In the social business context I consider the most significant approach to be Stafford Beer’s Viable Systems Model (VSM). The VSM has two central concepts. The first is feedback, which enables an organization to constantly learn […]
#bizarch #entarch I have been challenged to explain the constructs underlying my Six Viewpoints of Business Architecture (blogpost, draft book), so here is a rough schema. Comments please.
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