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Enterprise Architecture
How Digital Complexity Is Outpacing Strategic Planning
Luca de Risi, COO
Luca de Risi, COO
April 30, 2025
How Digital Complexity Is Outpacing Strategic Planning
Digital transformation has become synonymous with progress. Every new platform promises agility, every integration the potential to scale, and every cloud migration a faster path to innovation.
Enterprise Architecture
2025 State of Enterprise Architecture report – New findings
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
April 17, 2025
2025 State of Enterprise Architecture report – New findings
This year, for the fifth annual Bizzdesign State of Enterprise Architecture report, we surveyed organizations on their ability to bring about change.
Corporate
Building the Future: Strategy, Growth, and Vision for 2025
Bert van der Zwan, CEO
Bert van der Zwan, CEO
April 10, 2025
Building the Future: Strategy, Growth, and Vision for 2025
It’s been a great first quarter, and I’d like to take a moment to reflect on all that we’ve achieved since bringing together three market leaders in Enterprise Architecture.
Enterprise Architecture
Digitalization and the Need for Speed
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
March 27, 2025
Digitalization and the Need for Speed
Many organizations are prioritizing a robust digital strategy that emphasizes agility and technological acceleration. The speed of digital innovation enables businesses to streamline operations and adopt digital solutions that enhance efficiency. As companies move toward digital maturity, they are challenged to achieve digital transformation while scaling their initiatives effectively.
Enterprise Architecture
The evolution of Enterprise Architecture in business transformation
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
October 2, 2024
The evolution of Enterprise Architecture in business transformation
Organizations of all sizes and industries face an increasingly complex and rapidly changing business environment that may hinder successful business transformation.
Enterprise Architecture
What drives the success of top Enterprise Architecture teams?
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
September 10, 2024
What drives the success of top Enterprise Architecture teams?
Earlier this year, Bizzdesign released the State of Enterprise Architecture 2024 report, quickly becoming a definitive source for industry insights. This comprehensive research, based on a survey of over 500 Enterprise and Solution Architects worldwide, provides an in-depth look into our field's current trends and practices. 
Enterprise Architecture
Game-changing Enterprise Architecture Generative AI features you can’t miss!
Mark Peters
Mark Peters
September 9, 2024
Game-changing Enterprise Architecture Generative AI features you can’t miss!
Bizzdesign's Generative AI features available as part of the Bizzdesign AI SmartPack in Horizzon: the How-to Coach and the Diagram Describer, are designed to maximize business value and drive greater efficiency.
Enterprise Architecture
Unveiling the Enterprise Architecture trends report!
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
May 15, 2024
Unveiling the Enterprise Architecture trends report!
In the last few years, we’ve seen extraordinary changes in technology with the rise of generative AI. As a result of health emergencies, conflict, and extreme weather, supply chains have been interrupted.
Enterprise Architecture
Step-by-step: How to develop Enterprise Architecture Services
Dan Belville
Dan Belville
April 19, 2024
Step-by-step: How to develop Enterprise Architecture Services
Agile enterprise architecture management practices may want to consider developing repeatable Enterprise Architecture Services. This would allow consumers of those services (e.g., internal customers of enterprise architecture) to concentrate on their top priorities
Solution Architecture
How AtkinsRéalis creates shared value between solution and enterprise architecture
James Goodwin
James Goodwin
February 29, 2024
How AtkinsRéalis creates shared value between solution and enterprise architecture
Enterprise and solution architecture teams must interlink to effectively navigate changes to enhance an organization's architectural agility and ensure a competitive edge. Ensuring that these teams coexist and complement each other to drive business value is often easier said than done.
Company
Charting new courses: Bizzdesign’s bold year redefining Enterprise Architecture boundaries
Bert van der Zwan, CEO
Bert van der Zwan, CEO
December 21, 2023
Charting new courses: Bizzdesign’s bold year redefining Enterprise Architecture boundaries
We’ve had a big year at Bizzdesign where we’ve significantly impacted the Enterprise Architecture industry. Together with our customers, we’ve facilitated transformation journeys that have propelled significant growth and innovation – not only for our customers but also for us.
Enterprise Architecture
Bizzdesign positioned highest for Completeness of Vision in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
November 22, 2023
Bizzdesign positioned highest for Completeness of Vision in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools
We are also proud to be positioned highest for Completeness of Vision, which we see as an acknowledgement of our unwavering commitment to understanding the needs of our customers in an evolving enterprise architecture market, and bringing innovation to how we solve these challenges with our products and services.
Enterprise Architecture
Microsoft Office vs enterprise architecture tools: Consider this
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
November 6, 2023
Microsoft Office vs enterprise architecture tools: Consider this
At Bizzdesign, we’ve had many engagements throughout the years where we were brought in to breathe new life into failing enterprise architecture initiatives. A common denominator across many projects was replacing Microsoft Office with enterprise architecture tools —specifically, a trinity comprising Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Enterprise Architecture
Future of Generative AI and Enterprise Architecture. Embrace the Synergy.
David Strickrodt
David Strickrodt
October 27, 2023
Future of Generative AI and Enterprise Architecture. Embrace the Synergy.
‘The future of enterprise architecture’ is increasingly intertwined with Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is not merely a fleeting trend, AI is a transformative tool that can diagnose medical conditions by predicting machinery failure or directing traffic and goods flow.
Enterprise Architecture
Elevate enterprise architecture design with Assisted Architecture
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
October 3, 2023
Elevate enterprise architecture design with Assisted Architecture
Learn how Bizzdesign's Assisted Architecture approach can give your enterprise and solution architecture design work an edge.
Business Process Managment
Use our business process maturity model to measure progress
Joost Niehof
Joost Niehof
September 7, 2023
Use our business process maturity model to measure progress
A business process maturity model is a structured framework to assess your organization’s level of maturity in managing and optimizing business processes.
Company
Bizzdesign’s acquisition of Edifit brings more enterprise architecture services on-demand
Arjan Vork
Arjan Vork
September 4, 2023
Bizzdesign’s acquisition of Edifit brings more enterprise architecture services on-demand
Learn about Bizzdesign's acquisition of Edifit. This acquisition positions us to move our product and consulting services up a notch.
Solution Architecture
Robust Solution Architecture example from Ameren
Daniel J. Waller
Daniel J. Waller
June 27, 2023
Robust Solution Architecture example from Ameren
As a solution architect in the energy sector, I would say that the success of all projects relies on one factor: you need to follow a consistent approach to solution design and asset management.
Business Process Managment
5 Process models examples (and benefits!)
Joost Niehof
Joost Niehof
June 2, 2023
5 Process models examples (and benefits!)
Process models represent an abstract view of a business process and serve as a blueprint for implementing or improving it. A process model describes how the process works, what steps are involved, and how those steps are performed.
Business Process Managment
Fundamentals of Business Process Management
Joost Niehof
Joost Niehof
May 26, 2023
Fundamentals of Business Process Management
Making process models is never an objective in itself. Process models contribute to achieving an objective. For example, process models enable you to compare alternative process flows to shorten the production time of, for example, bikes.
Application Portfolio Management
How to use ServiceNow APM and Bizzdesign to win at Digital Transformation
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
April 14, 2023
How to use ServiceNow APM and Bizzdesign to win at Digital Transformation
ServiceNow APM and Bizzdesign customers can benefit from the complementary strengths of both platforms. How? Integrate future state design and roadmapping with centralized management of your business application portfolio.
Enterprise Architecture
State of Enterprise Architecture 2023
Bizzdesign
Bizzdesign
March 29, 2023
State of Enterprise Architecture 2023
The State of Enterprise Architecture report results are in! Nearly 1,000 enterprise architects and other senior IT and business stakeholders participated in this year's State of Enterprise Architecture survey.
Application Portfolio Management
APM Software: What CIOs need for Application Rationalization with Actionable Insights
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
March 10, 2023
APM Software: What CIOs need for Application Rationalization with Actionable Insights
When talking to customers and prospects, I hear great ambitions for digitization. But I also hear about pains when they describe their IT landscape.
Enterprise Architecture
The 7 Key Future Trends Shaping Your Enterprise Architecture Program
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
February 23, 2023
The 7 Key Future Trends Shaping Your Enterprise Architecture Program
Successful enterprise architects bring to bear a wealth of expertise across the business and the organization. They demonstrate their professional expertise by using an integrated SaaS platform like Bizzdesign Horizzon.
Application Portfolio Management
How APM Software Supports Cloud Transformations
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
February 16, 2023
How APM Software Supports Cloud Transformations
The adoption of cloud migration soared during the pandemic and this trend is set to continue. According to analyst firm Gartner, Inc, "By 2027, more than 50% of enterprises will use industry cloud platforms to accelerate their business initiatives."
Application Portfolio Management
APM Software: The Real Benefit. Providing Functionality for Future State Architecture Design.
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
February 3, 2023
APM Software: The Real Benefit. Providing Functionality for Future State Architecture Design.
CIOs of today are under continuous pressure to transform the IT landscape to respond to technologies disrupting existing business and operating models.
Enterprise Architecture
The top 5 Software-as-a-Service trends impacting (enterprise) architects
Bram Kaashoek – Partner at Main Capital Partners
Bram Kaashoek – Partner at Main Capital Partners
January 19, 2023
The top 5 Software-as-a-Service trends impacting (enterprise) architects
Software is increasingly playing a critical role in the efficiency and effectiveness of all work processes in various industries.
Solution and Enterprise Architects Must Collaborate for Successful Digital Transformation
Jason Bloomberg | Leading IT industry analyst
Jason Bloomberg | Leading IT industry analyst
January 12, 2023
Solution and Enterprise Architects Must Collaborate for Successful Digital Transformation
When enterprise and solution architects collaborate, solution architects can focus on the right activities to achieve the goals of their respective solutions, while enterprise architects manage to keep the organization on track in the face of ongoing change.
Enterprise Architecture
Consider top enterprise architecture vendors: Use Gartner Magic Quadrant 2022
Monika den Os
Monika den Os
December 14, 2022
Consider top enterprise architecture vendors: Use Gartner Magic Quadrant 2022
We’re honored to be positioned as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools for the 7th consecutive time. We’re positioned in the Leaders Quadrant based on our completeness of vision and ability to execute.
Capability Based Planning: Kick-start, implement and grow in 10 steps
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Jeeps Rekhi
Jeeps Rekhi
December 7, 2022
Capability Based Planning: Kick-start, implement and grow in 10 steps
Some approaches advocate creating a full Capability Map of your entire organization as a starting point. While we see the benefits of that, for instance, to avoid overlapping capabilities.
Create An Agile Enterprise Architecture. Use an EA Management Tool Plus Best Practices
Dan Belville
Dan Belville
November 25, 2022
Create An Agile Enterprise Architecture. Use an EA Management Tool Plus Best Practices
Enterprise Architecture Management is a term that’s widely thrown around in our industry. Some vendors even classify their software as an ‘enterprise architecture management tool’.
Capability-based Planning: Guarantee Successful Implementation By Overcoming Major Obstacles
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Jeeps Rekhi
Jeeps Rekhi
November 24, 2022
Capability-based Planning: Guarantee Successful Implementation By Overcoming Major Obstacles
In our blog series on Capability-based Planning, we’ve aimed to empower you with enough knowledge to implement Capabilities and Capability-based Planning in your organization.
Use Capability Based Planning to measure successful change investments
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
Henk Jonkers
Henk Jonkers
November 8, 2022
Use Capability Based Planning to measure successful change investments
To measure the effectiveness of change investments, you need a way to control the processes (Map, Assess, Plan, Control) by continuously monitoring the effectiveness of the changes proposed by a Future State Design.
Enterprise Architecture
Bizzdesign: Roadmap from Strategy to Execution With Enterprise Architecture
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
November 3, 2022
Bizzdesign: Roadmap from Strategy to Execution With Enterprise Architecture
To implement change in large and complex organizations, you need to know how the organization functions. "Are you sure that if you remove a service on one side of the organization, you won't stop a customer process elsewhere?"
Business process transformations and CIOs
Harmen van den Berg
Harmen van den Berg
November 3, 2022
Business process transformations and CIOs
Organizations need to have the ability to adapt to change continuously. The office of the CIO is typically tasked to execute transformational change initiatives, which is often complex because today’s large organizations have thousands of employees, processes and IT systems.
Capability Based Planning: Our Approach to Capability Governance
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
October 25, 2022
Capability Based Planning: Our Approach to Capability Governance
Bizzdesign’s approach to Capability Governance is similar to BIZBOK’s but more pragmatic. Most importantly, it takes into account that many business architecture initiatives start from the IT organization as well as from a lower level of maturity.
Business Architecture
Capability Governance: Roles and responsibilities in Capability-based Planning
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
October 25, 2022
Capability Governance: Roles and responsibilities in Capability-based Planning
Our blog series on Capability-based Planning focused on the why, what, and how of this subject matter. We’ve discussed the meaning and value of the concept ‘capability’, its use in decision-making and planning, the design of Capability Maps, and how to model capabilities and other business architecture concepts in coherence, among other subjects.
Business Process Managment
The power of using EA to optimize BPM
Harmen van den Berg
Harmen van den Berg
October 20, 2022
The power of using EA to optimize BPM
Business processes are at work in our everyday lives when we order products from the Internet, buy goods from a store, or check into a hotel. The list goes on.
Business Architecture
How the Capability-based Planning process drives strategic change
Jeeps Rekhi
Jeeps Rekhi
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
October 5, 2022
How the Capability-based Planning process drives strategic change
A topic attracting increasing attention from architects and executives alike is: How to use Capabilities to inform strategic planning.
Enterprise Architecture
Architecture for Everyone: How Enterprise Architects Can Scale Data Management Across the Organization
Rob Kroese
Rob Kroese
October 3, 2022
Architecture for Everyone: How Enterprise Architects Can Scale Data Management Across the Organization
When you ask any Enterprise Architect what their number one goal is, they often respond that it’s to optimize the architecture to support organizational change.
What makes Solution Architects tick (and the key to success for designing better solutions)
Matthijs Scholten
Matthijs Scholten
August 10, 2022
What makes Solution Architects tick (and the key to success for designing better solutions)
What’s the key to success for Solution Architects if they want to design better solutions? After interviewing almost a thousand Solution Architects, Matthijs Scholten lays out the pains and gains of a Solution Architect's job and how a model-based approach for design work can turn around the failure rate on change projects.
Enterprise Architecture
Bizzdesign and Main Sealed a Growth Partnership
Harmen van den Berg
Harmen van den Berg
June 21, 2022
Bizzdesign and Main Sealed a Growth Partnership
Today, we are honored and excited to announce a new external investor in Bizzdesign: Main Capital Partners (“Main”). With a keen focus on investing in B2B SaaS companies, we’re confident that Main is a natural fit to help us accelerate our strategic growth strategy.
Solution Architecture
How One Shift in Perspective Can Make Solution Architects Faster and More Effective
Charles Araujo | Best-Selling Author
Charles Araujo | Best-Selling Author
June 14, 2022
How One Shift in Perspective Can Make Solution Architects Faster and More Effective
Solution architects, what if there was a tool that could help you achieve that mythical mix of less waste, greater efficiency, and better outcomes?   The good news is that the tools you and your organization may already use for broader enterprise architecture (EA) tasks can also help solution architects accelerate workflow and deliver better business outcomes.
Enterprise Architecture
Customers Have Spoken in the Gartner Voice of the Customer
Arjan Vork
Arjan Vork
May 30, 2022
Customers Have Spoken in the Gartner Voice of the Customer
Bizzdesign is excited to announce we're recognized as a Customers' Choice vendor for 2022 in the Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Enterprise Architecture tools.
Enterprise Architecture
State of Enterprise Architecture Report Reveals a 4 Dimensions Agility Gulf
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
May 24, 2022
State of Enterprise Architecture Report Reveals a 4 Dimensions Agility Gulf
Bizzdesign’s 2022 state of enterprise architecture report revealed a gulf between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ of organizational agility.
Business Architecture
How to model Business Capability Increments and Instances
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
May 19, 2022
How to model Business Capability Increments and Instances
So far in our blog series, the capability models we’ve used are relatively simple in terms of their structure.
Enterprise collaboration: How to engage with C-level executives
Jeeps Rekhi
Jeeps Rekhi
May 13, 2022
Enterprise collaboration: How to engage with C-level executives
Discover how enterprise architects can adapt their communication style to master enterprise collaboration in the business world.
Enterprise Architecture
Mapping between ServiceNow CSDM and ArchiMate. Bringing The Information of Both Platforms Together.
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Michelle Supper (ServiceNow)
Michelle Supper (ServiceNow)
May 9, 2022
Mapping between ServiceNow CSDM and ArchiMate. Bringing The Information of Both Platforms Together.
Bizzdesign recently launched an application for ServiceNow, the Bizzdesign Integration for ServiceNow App.
How to communicate ArchiMate to a business audience
Maarten Steen
Maarten Steen
Matthijs Scholten
Matthijs Scholten
April 5, 2022
How to communicate ArchiMate to a business audience
ArchiMate is the modeling language of choice for most enterprise architects. However, it's vital to ensure that ArchiMate is clearly communicated to a business audience in a non-technical way.
How To Measure Business Capability Aspects So You Can Execute Your Organization’s Transformation Strategy?
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
March 28, 2022
How To Measure Business Capability Aspects So You Can Execute Your Organization’s Transformation Strategy?
To effectively assess Capabilities and execute Capability-Based Planning, we need to define three dimensions: Strategic Importance, Capability Maturity, and Adaptability, and measure them.
Business Architecture
Capability-based Planning: How to assess Business Capabilities
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
March 9, 2022
Capability-based Planning: How to assess Business Capabilities
Capability-Based Planning activities are structured in a cycle: Map, assess, plan, and control. It shows us where to begin and the next steps to gradually increase the impact on the organization.
Unlock data in the enterprise architecture repository to support execs
Martin Ibert
Martin Ibert
March 3, 2022
Unlock data in the enterprise architecture repository to support execs
Architects are in a unique position to leverage an enterprise view to ensure that boardroom-level executives have the data they need to drive business outcomes and make data-driven decisions. Learn how to find and connect the right data to provide impactful insights.
Storytelling best practices for architects: use Bizzdesign Coach to build better stories
Matthijs Scholten
Matthijs Scholten
March 2, 2022
Storytelling best practices for architects: use Bizzdesign Coach to build better stories
Architects are typically professional at creating designs, analyses and plans that set their audiences in motion. However, to captivate your audiences, it’s important to create appealing visuals to convey a key message successfully.
Industry Trends Enterprise Architects Can’t Ignore in 2022
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
February 18, 2022
Industry Trends Enterprise Architects Can’t Ignore in 2022
Enable agility in new ways, partner with cybersecurity teams, use Enterprise Architecture to meet sustainability goals, and arm yourself with AI.
Business Architecture
Business Capability Maps design principles: Part 2 – decomposition and how to start
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
Jeeps Rekhi
Jeeps Rekhi
February 10, 2022
Business Capability Maps design principles: Part 2 – decomposition and how to start
Value is delivered to the enterprise when Capability Maps are readily accepted and adopted as a strategic planning tool. Business stakeholders can make data-driven decisions and align and prioritize investment decisions, among others.
Business Architecture becomes mainstream in the boardroom
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Jeeps Rekhi
Jeeps Rekhi
February 2, 2022
Business Architecture becomes mainstream in the boardroom
Business Architecture is nowadays gaining more traction among executives because it plays a key role in enabling organizations to transform into a composable enterprise, a term coined by research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc.
Enterprise Architecture
The State of Enterprise Architecture in 2022 Survey
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
January 18, 2022
The State of Enterprise Architecture in 2022 Survey
Bizzdesign launches its annual state of EA survey. Following nearly two years of pandemic disruption, are Enterprise Architects closer to or further from the top table?
Business Capability Maps design principles: Part 1 – general structure and visual appeal
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
December 15, 2021
Business Capability Maps design principles: Part 1 – general structure and visual appeal
Business Capability Maps are used for a variety of strategic change purposes such as to align business leaders and other stakeholders on investment decisions.
Enterprise Architecture
Why Execs Under-Appreciate Architecture — and 3 Steps That Will Flip That Upside Down
Charles Araujo | Best-Selling Author
Charles Araujo | Best-Selling Author
December 7, 2021
Why Execs Under-Appreciate Architecture — and 3 Steps That Will Flip That Upside Down
Your leadership team is in a tough spot. But here's the kicker: your challenges and their challenges are deeply intertwined — and solving your challenges may be part of the solution to theirs.
Enterprise Architecture
Tips for successful Enterprise Architecture tool adoption
Eddie Walker
Eddie Walker
November 16, 2021
Tips for successful Enterprise Architecture tool adoption
Enterprise Architecture tools offer a platform to transform your architecture capability. Like any other system rollout, outcomes depend on managing the necessary business change to ensure successful adoption.
A Data Strategy for The Modern Enterprise Architect
Matthijs Scholten
Matthijs Scholten
November 8, 2021
A Data Strategy for The Modern Enterprise Architect
The ability to create ‘insights’ to support business executives is a key benefit for users leveraging Bizzdesign HoriZZon’s enterprise architecture repository.
Business Architecture
How to link Business Capabilities to the operating model in Business Architecture
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
November 3, 2021
How to link Business Capabilities to the operating model in Business Architecture
In our previous blog in our series on Capabilities and Capability-based Planning, we discussed the relationships between strategy, business models and capabilities.
Enterprise Architecture
Your guide to landing and excelling in an Enterprise Architect job
Bizzdesign
Bizzdesign
November 1, 2021
Your guide to landing and excelling in an Enterprise Architect job
100 Questions to Ace an Enterprise Architect Job Interview
Relating Capabilities to ‘Strategy’ and ‘Business Model’
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
October 20, 2021
Relating Capabilities to ‘Strategy’ and ‘Business Model’
In this blog, we're looking at the relationships between capabilities, and sharing best practices for your business and strategic planning.
Business Architecture
How to use Business Capability Maps to make investment decisions
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
October 12, 2021
How to use Business Capability Maps to make investment decisions
Today we live in a rapidly changing world. Senior management is faced with various change initiatives to improve the different functions of an enterprise. All of these change initiatives are backed by well-informed arguments and compete for budgets.
Enterprise Architecture
How Architects Can Break Down Silos by ‘Thinking Digital’ [by Jason Bloomberg]
Jason Bloomberg | Leading IT industry analyst
Jason Bloomberg | Leading IT industry analyst
September 23, 2021
How Architects Can Break Down Silos by ‘Thinking Digital’ [by Jason Bloomberg]
This cross-organizational requirement to break down silos is a fundamental mandate of digital transformation, as organizations seek to build change itself as a core competency. Furthermore, of all the individuals within an enterprise, it falls to the architects in their role as change experts to drive this competency.
Business Architecture
Business Architecture redefined: Mapping BIZBOK® to ArchiMate®
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
September 2, 2021
Business Architecture redefined: Mapping BIZBOK® to ArchiMate®
Since the foundation of the Business Architecture Guild a little over a decade ago, its Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BIZBOK®), as expressed in the BIZBOK® Guide, has become a popular set of guidelines and techniques for practicing business architects.
Business Architecture
What are Business Capabilities and how to identify them?
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
August 13, 2021
What are Business Capabilities and how to identify them?
Business capabilities are used to describe the abilities of an enterprise, i.e., what it is able to do, independent from implementation. What it can do of course includes what it does today, but it also describes its potential.
Enterprise Architecture
Improving Communication between Business and IT with Enterprise Architecture Information
Olga Lucia Salgado
Olga Lucia Salgado
August 12, 2021
Improving Communication between Business and IT with Enterprise Architecture Information
After evaluating a number of vendors – including Orbus and LeanIX – the solution they chose to go with was BiZZdesign. According to Salgado, the reasons were: one vendor did not have the whole modeling ...
Enterprise Architecture
Up Your Architecture Game to ‘Change Expert’ (by Jason Bloomberg)
Jason Bloomberg | Leading IT industry analyst
Jason Bloomberg | Leading IT industry analyst
August 9, 2021
Up Your Architecture Game to ‘Change Expert’ (by Jason Bloomberg)
Digital transformation is unlike previous business transformation efforts insofar as there is no fixed final state – no point in time where the people involved can look up and say, ‘well, that’s done.’
Why Business Capabilities are key in Business Architecture
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
August 4, 2021
Why Business Capabilities are key in Business Architecture
You can use business capabilities not only to describe what the enterprise does today, but also to design the abilities it needs to have tomorrow. With this new blog series, we want to take you through the capability-based planning step-by-step to help you understand it and apply it.
10 Time-saving Enterprise Architect shortcuts in Bizzdesign Horizzon
Bizzdesign
Bizzdesign
July 24, 2021
10 Time-saving Enterprise Architect shortcuts in Bizzdesign Horizzon
Ten time-saving shortcuts in Bizzdesign Horizzon you may not know about.
Make enterprise architecture diagrams more engaging for a business audience
Mark Peters
Mark Peters
July 5, 2021
Make enterprise architecture diagrams more engaging for a business audience
A significant part of being an architect is effectively communicating your ideas to your stakeholders, and making architectural diagrams more appealing is a key skill in this area.
Enterprise Architecture
Revealed: The ‘agility gap’ preventing businesses from thriving post-COVID
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
May 10, 2021
Revealed: The ‘agility gap’ preventing businesses from thriving post-COVID
The first annual Bizzdesign survey of enterprise architecture practitioners reveals an ‘agility gap’ between preparing for change and executing change. It must be closed if firms are to thrive. Read More>
5 Steps to Optimally Use Your Process Models
Marye Legters
Marye Legters
April 10, 2021
5 Steps to Optimally Use Your Process Models
Process models are a powerful means to describe, analyze and communicate processes. However, process models are often outdated and underused.
Enterprise Architecture
Partner perspective
Eddie Walker
Eddie Walker
March 23, 2021
Partner perspective
Good architecture will navigate an enterprise towards a target state that supports and enables fulfilment of business outcomes. First comes the design phase which is where the Bizzdesign product suite excels. The self-service capabilities of the Horizzon platform make it possible for stakeholders to understand, critique ... Read More >
Enterprise Architecture
Future Ideas: Harnessing Worldwide Innovative Power
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
March 23, 2021
Future Ideas: Harnessing Worldwide Innovative Power
The Future Ideas Worldwide Academic Competition is a great way for students and graduates to submit their innovative ideas to a large audience and have the opportunity to win mentorship from a great mind in their field of study. Its six themes provide a great breadth of subjects:
Business model analysis with the Business Model Canvas
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
March 12, 2021
Business model analysis with the Business Model Canvas
The Business Model Canvas is a useful tool for describing how a business captures, creates and delivers value. In this blog, we will elaborate on Business Models, introducing the subject of ...
Horizzon Data Governance: Getting Started with Data Policies
Mark Peters
Mark Peters
February 17, 2021
Horizzon Data Governance: Getting Started with Data Policies
We all know that using up-to-date and correct data is crucial to support informed decisions. This is why we are introducing Data Policies in Horizzon to make it easier for you to carefully delegate responsibilities ... Read More >
Sell this to your boss: Enablement Architecture
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
February 15, 2021
Sell this to your boss: Enablement Architecture
Year after year, the field of enterprise architecture becomes more in tune with the evolving needs of organizations. Better connected to other change domains, more capable of delivering added value during an ... Read More >
Taking compliance to the next level
Salvatore Piu
Salvatore Piu
February 11, 2021
Taking compliance to the next level
Internal regulations governance has become more and more critical both because of exogenous pressures (e.g. an ever-changing legislative environment, increased scrutiny from regulatory institutions) as ... Read More >
Enterprise Architecture in 2021: Resilience and Adaptivity
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
January 28, 2021
Enterprise Architecture in 2021: Resilience and Adaptivity
At the start of a new year, everyone comes up with their predictions for the future. However, as we have learned last year, all these forecasts can easily be upended. There appears to be light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel ...
3 Enterprise Architecture Trends that Will Define 2021—and Beyond
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
January 22, 2021
3 Enterprise Architecture Trends that Will Define 2021—and Beyond
We’ve stepped into 2021 and it seems like the worst is behind us. Yes, in some regions a new, more dangerous strain of the virus has been detected, but ... Read More >
Expanding our Horizzon in 2021
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
January 13, 2021
Expanding our Horizzon in 2021
Expanding our Horizzon in 2021
Enterprise Architecture for Decision-Makers: Seven Tips
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
January 6, 2021
Enterprise Architecture for Decision-Makers: Seven Tips
Most enterprise architects believe that Enterprise Architecture is a relevant discipline for members of the board. However, CxO’s often aren’t really of the same opinion.
Enterprise Architecture
Advancing Customer Experience with Open Banking: An Enterprise Architecture Approach
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
December 14, 2020
Advancing Customer Experience with Open Banking: An Enterprise Architecture Approach
Advancing Customer Experience with Open Banking: An Enterprise Architecture Approach
Address regulatory compliance in Financial Services with Enterprise Architecture
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
December 7, 2020
Address regulatory compliance in Financial Services with Enterprise Architecture
Address Regulatory Compliance Challenges in the Financial Services Industry with Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architecture
Predict the Future and Build for Long-Term Wins with Enterprise Architecture
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
December 3, 2020
Predict the Future and Build for Long-Term Wins with Enterprise Architecture
Predict the Future and Build for Long-Term Wins with Enterprise Architecture
Improving the use of Business Capabilities in Business Architecture
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
November 12, 2020
Improving the use of Business Capabilities in Business Architecture
Improving the Use of Capabilities in Business Architecture
Business Architecture
Business capabilities vs. business functions: Same difference?
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
November 5, 2020
Business capabilities vs. business functions: Same difference?
Capabilities vs. Business Functions: Same Difference?
Business Architecture
Enterprise (or Business) Architecture and Capability-based Planning
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
October 27, 2020
Enterprise (or Business) Architecture and Capability-based Planning
Enterprise Architecture and Capability-Based Planning
Enterprise Architecture and Strategic Investment Planning
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
October 13, 2020
Enterprise Architecture and Strategic Investment Planning
Enterprise Architecture and Strategic Investment Planning
Enterprise Architecture and the Project Management Office
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
September 29, 2020
Enterprise Architecture and the Project Management Office
Enterprise Architecture and the Project Management Office
How Do Enterprise Architects Get Invited to the Decision Table?
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
September 15, 2020
How Do Enterprise Architects Get Invited to the Decision Table?
How Do Enterprise Architects Get Invited to the Decision Table?
Enterprise Architecture
What is the value of Enterprise Architecture?
Joe Geary
Joe Geary
August 25, 2020
What is the value of Enterprise Architecture?
Learn about the three most impactful areas where Enterprise Architects can create value. Become the #1 architect today.
Enterprise Architecture
Driving Business Collaboration
James Goodwin
James Goodwin
August 11, 2020
Driving Business Collaboration
Driving Business Collaboration
Driving Organizational Change: The Heart of the Matter
Jeremy Viner
Jeremy Viner
July 21, 2020
Driving Organizational Change: The Heart of the Matter
Driving Organizational Change: The Heart of the Matter
Creating Architecture Models in an Agile Way
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 14, 2020
Creating Architecture Models in an Agile Way
Creating Architecture Models in an Agile Way
What is the Right Level of Detail for My Agile Models?
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 7, 2020
What is the Right Level of Detail for My Agile Models?
What is the Right Level of Detail for My Agile Models?
Enterprise Architecture
An EA Response to the Pandemic: Novozymes
Claus Jensen
Claus Jensen
June 2, 2020
An EA Response to the Pandemic: Novozymes
An EA Response to the Pandemic: Novozymes
ArchiMate Models for Agile Teams (Part 2)
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
May 28, 2020
ArchiMate Models for Agile Teams (Part 2)
ArchiMate Models for Agile Teams (Part 2)
ArchiMate Models for Agile Teams (Part 1)
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
May 26, 2020
ArchiMate Models for Agile Teams (Part 1)
ArchiMate Models for Agile Teams (Part 1)
10 Top Tips For Building Effective Business and IT Relationships
Brenda Cowie
Brenda Cowie
May 23, 2020
10 Top Tips For Building Effective Business and IT Relationships
We’re all about collaboration at BiZZdesign. In fact, our digital business design software platform, Enterprise Studio, encourages continuous collaboration by allowing several people to work in one platform.
Enterprise Architecture
An EA Response to the Pandemic – Ameren
kishore Koduri
kishore Koduri
May 20, 2020
An EA Response to the Pandemic – Ameren
An EA Response to the Pandemic – Ameren
Application Portfolio Management
A New Home for Horizzon
Mark Peters
Mark Peters
May 18, 2020
A New Home for Horizzon
A New Home for Horizzon
Looking Beyond Covid-19 to the Future
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
May 12, 2020
Looking Beyond Covid-19 to the Future
Looking Beyond Covid-19 to the Future
An EA Response to the Pandemic: CSL Behring
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
May 7, 2020
An EA Response to the Pandemic: CSL Behring
An EA Response to the Pandemic: CSL Behring
Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architecture and the COVID-19 Pandemic: South State Bank
Kunal Das
Kunal Das
April 29, 2020
Enterprise Architecture and the COVID-19 Pandemic: South State Bank
It comes as a surprise when something as unlikely as a worldwide pandemic happens. It's the sort of event that you may prepare for, but will likely never experience. It's the sort of event that you may prepare for Read More>
An EA Response to the Pandemic: What Enterprise Architects Can Do in This Time of Crisis
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
April 28, 2020
An EA Response to the Pandemic: What Enterprise Architects Can Do in This Time of Crisis
An EA Response to the Pandemic: What Enterprise Architects Can Do in This Time of Crisis
Business Priorities During Covid-19
Brenda Cowie
Brenda Cowie
April 21, 2020
Business Priorities During Covid-19
Business Priorities During Covid-19
“Get Rid of All Contractors by Friday”: A Real (Crisis) Story – Part 2
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
April 21, 2020
“Get Rid of All Contractors by Friday”: A Real (Crisis) Story – Part 2
In Part 1, we anonymized the narrative of one of our large manufacturing customers. Forced to protect the company in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CEO decided to let all ... Read More >
“Get Rid of All Contractors by Friday”: A Real (Crisis) Story – Part 1
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
April 14, 2020
“Get Rid of All Contractors by Friday”: A Real (Crisis) Story – Part 1
"Get Rid of All Contractors by Friday": A Real (Crisis) Story – Part 1.
An EA Response to the Pandemic, Part 1: University of Missouri
Kirk Keller
Kirk Keller
April 8, 2020
An EA Response to the Pandemic, Part 1: University of Missouri
An EA Response to the Pandemic, Part 1: University of Missouri
The BIAN® reference model for the financial industry expressed in ArchiMate®
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Patrick Derde
Patrick Derde
April 2, 2020
The BIAN® reference model for the financial industry expressed in ArchiMate®
Expressing the BIAN® Reference Model for the Banking Industry in the ArchiMate® Modeling Language
Unleash the power of Bizzdesign Horizzon on SharePoint and Confluence
Mark Peters
Mark Peters
March 24, 2020
Unleash the power of Bizzdesign Horizzon on SharePoint and Confluence
See how Bizzdesign Horizzon enhances collaboration by allowing view-sharing to Microsoft SharePoint®, and Confluence®.
Enterprise Architecture
Solve Quality Challenges for Federated Architecture Modeling at Schaeffler
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
Florian Bauer
Florian Bauer
March 10, 2020
Solve Quality Challenges for Federated Architecture Modeling at Schaeffler
Solve Quality Challenges for Federated Architecture Modeling at Schaeffler
The Roles of Enterprise Architects in Innovation – Part 3
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Matthijs Scholten
Matthijs Scholten
March 2, 2020
The Roles of Enterprise Architects in Innovation – Part 3
The Roles of Enterprise Architects in Innovation – Part 3
The Value of Architecture Models for Agile Organizations
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 25, 2020
The Value of Architecture Models for Agile Organizations
The Value of Architecture Models for Agile Organizations
Strategic Portfolio Management
5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020 – Part 2
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
February 12, 2020
5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020 – Part 2
5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020 – Part 2
Governance Risk & Compliance
5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020 – Part 1
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
February 4, 2020
5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020 – Part 1
5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020 – Part 1
Business Process Managment
Defining requirements for Business Rules and Decisions in Business Process Modeling
Rob Kroese
Rob Kroese
February 3, 2020
Defining requirements for Business Rules and Decisions in Business Process Modeling
Learn about the best approach for defining business requirements and constraints for business rules and decisions as part of designing a solution in Business Process Modeling.
Enterprise Architecture
The Roles of Enterprise Architects in Innovation – Part 2
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
January 22, 2020
The Roles of Enterprise Architects in Innovation – Part 2
The Roles of Enterprise Architects in Innovation – Part 2
Process Optimization Challenges, Part 3: Using Lean
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
January 12, 2020
Process Optimization Challenges, Part 3: Using Lean
Process Optimization Challenges, Part 3: Using Lean
Process Optimization Challenges, Part 2: Know Your Audience
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
January 7, 2020
Process Optimization Challenges, Part 2: Know Your Audience
Process Optimization Challenges, Part 2: Know Your Audience
Process Optimization Challenges, Part 1: Tackle the Root Cause
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
December 17, 2019
Process Optimization Challenges, Part 1: Tackle the Root Cause
Process Optimization Challenges, Part 1: Tackle the Root Cause
The different roles enterprise architects can play in Innovation
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Matthijs Scholten
Matthijs Scholten
December 11, 2019
The different roles enterprise architects can play in Innovation
There is a growing demand for an architectural perspective on innovation, particularly as large organizations have become increasingly complex, and enterprise architects can assume various roles in driving innovation within their organizations.
Standards of Security for EA Vendors
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
December 4, 2019
Standards of Security for EA Vendors
Standards of Security for EA Vendors
Turn the Ship Around – Break Free from the Shackles of the Present
James Goodwin
James Goodwin
November 28, 2019
Turn the Ship Around – Break Free from the Shackles of the Present
Turn the Ship Around – Break Free from the Shackles of the Present
A Leading EA Tool Comes with Extras
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
November 20, 2019
A Leading EA Tool Comes with Extras
A Leading EA Tool Comes with Extras
Business Architecture
The Definitive EA Tool RFP Template
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
November 12, 2019
The Definitive EA Tool RFP Template
The Definitive EA Tool RFP Template
All you need to know about ArchiMate 3.1
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
November 5, 2019
All you need to know about ArchiMate 3.1
ArchiMate 3.1: The New Version of the Standard
Enterprise Architecture
Cloud Migration with the Help of EA
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
October 16, 2019
Cloud Migration with the Help of EA
Cloud Migration with the Help of EA
On Layers and Abstraction Levels in the ArchiMate Language
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
October 9, 2019
On Layers and Abstraction Levels in the ArchiMate Language
On Layers and Abstraction Levels in the ArchiMate Language
Business Friendly Dashboards
Rob Kroese
Rob Kroese
September 25, 2019
Business Friendly Dashboards
Business Friendly Dashboards
Define digital transformation KPIs with Enterprise Architecture
Bizzdesign
Bizzdesign
September 11, 2019
Define digital transformation KPIs with Enterprise Architecture
How to define and assess digital transformation KPIs with Enterprise Architecture
Strategic Portfolio Management
An overview of the Levels of Abstraction in Enterprise Architecture
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
September 4, 2019
An overview of the Levels of Abstraction in Enterprise Architecture
An Overview of the Levels of Abstraction in Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architecture
Why a CMDB Cannot Power Your Digital Transformation
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
August 21, 2019
Why a CMDB Cannot Power Your Digital Transformation
Why a CMDB Cannot Power Your Digital Transformation
Enterprise Architecture
Agile ArchiMate®: Intentional Architecture
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
August 14, 2019
Agile ArchiMate®: Intentional Architecture
Agile ArchiMate®: Intentional Architecture
EA and Security
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 31, 2019
EA and Security
EA and Security
Enterprise Architecture
How Enterprise Architects can accelerate business value realization
James Goodwin
James Goodwin
July 24, 2019
How Enterprise Architects can accelerate business value realization
Finding and Unlocking Business Value
EA and BPM
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 17, 2019
EA and BPM
EA and BPM
Customer Focus From Start to Finish: Delivering Business Change that Makes a Difference
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
July 10, 2019
Customer Focus From Start to Finish: Delivering Business Change that Makes a Difference
Customer Focus From Start to Finish: Delivering Business Change that Makes a Difference
Business Architecture
EA and CX
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 3, 2019
EA and CX
EA and CX
Enterprise Architecture
When “Data-Driven” Is Not Enough
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
June 26, 2019
When “Data-Driven” Is Not Enough
When "Data-Driven" Is Not Enough
Raise Model Quality – Conformance Checks
Henk Jonkers
Henk Jonkers
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
May 29, 2019
Raise Model Quality – Conformance Checks
Raise Model Quality – Conformance Checks
How to Mitigate Risk without Slowing Down Digital Transformation
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
May 15, 2019
How to Mitigate Risk without Slowing Down Digital Transformation
Cybersecurity is one of the key issues the business world has to deal with, and its importance will only rise. As technology steadily evolves to take over increasingly more aspects of business (and personal) life.
Enterprise Architecture
Architecture and Talent: a Path to Fostering the Right Skills and Expertise
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
May 1, 2019
Architecture and Talent: a Path to Fostering the Right Skills and Expertise
Architecture and Talent: a Path to Fostering the Right Skills and Expertise
Building a Digital Twin of Your Organization
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
April 15, 2019
Building a Digital Twin of Your Organization
Building a Digital Twin of Your Organization
Governance Risk & Compliance
A Solution for Ailing Retailers: Change Your Business Model
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
April 3, 2019
A Solution for Ailing Retailers: Change Your Business Model
A Solution for Ailing Retailers: Change Your Business Model
How to Get AI Right Using Enterprise Architecture
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
March 20, 2019
How to Get AI Right Using Enterprise Architecture
How to Get AI Right Using Enterprise Architecture
Making the Case for Enterprise Architecture
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
March 14, 2019
Making the Case for Enterprise Architecture
Making the Case for Enterprise Architecture
Business Architecture
Business Architecture with ArchiMate
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
March 6, 2019
Business Architecture with ArchiMate
Business Architecture with ArchiMate
Agile and EA
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 27, 2019
Agile and EA
Agile and EA
Enterprise Architecture
How Enterprise Architects Can Contribute to Innovation
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 20, 2019
How Enterprise Architects Can Contribute to Innovation
How Enterprise Architects Can Contribute to Innovation
Enterprise Architecture
Analyzing and Changing your Enterprise – Game vs. Play
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
February 13, 2019
Analyzing and Changing your Enterprise – Game vs. Play
Analyzing and Changing your Enterprise – Game vs. Play
5 Biggest Mistakes EAs Make
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 7, 2019
5 Biggest Mistakes EAs Make
5 Biggest Mistakes EAs Make
Application Portfolio Management
APIs – Managing Challenges with a Portfolio Management Approach
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
January 22, 2019
APIs – Managing Challenges with a Portfolio Management Approach
APIs – Managing Challenges with a Portfolio Management Approach
Agile Architecture: Using ArchiMate® with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®)
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
January 9, 2019
Agile Architecture: Using ArchiMate® with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®)
Agile Architecture: Using ArchiMate® with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®)
3 Things Everybody Ought to Know About the Benefits of Decision Management
Jens Goossens
Jens Goossens
January 3, 2019
3 Things Everybody Ought to Know About the Benefits of Decision Management
Be honest, do you consider yourself a great decision maker? I believe, with a few exceptions, that many people are not able to make optimal decisions. Why you might ask?
The Digital Twin Organization: Can Enterprise Architecture Help?
Razvan Mitache
Razvan Mitache
November 21, 2018
The Digital Twin Organization: Can Enterprise Architecture Help?
The Digital Twin Organization: Can Enterprise Architecture Help?
Combining Structure and Data: Business Intelligence 2.0
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
November 15, 2018
Combining Structure and Data: Business Intelligence 2.0
Combining Structure and Data: Business Intelligence 2.0
Prepare your Organization for Change: 6 Key Capabilities
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
November 9, 2018
Prepare your Organization for Change: 6 Key Capabilities
Few companies have a systematic and reliable way of translating their business strategy into action across all relevant parts of the organization.
Planning and Roadmapping: Advanced Functionality for Time-Based Analysis
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
October 24, 2018
Planning and Roadmapping: Advanced Functionality for Time-Based Analysis
Planning and Roadmapping: Advanced Functionality for Time-Based Analysis
Behavioral Economics & Enterprise Architecture (2): Improve Decision Making
Tim Vehof
Tim Vehof
October 17, 2018
Behavioral Economics & Enterprise Architecture (2): Improve Decision Making
The promise of enterprise architecture is that it helps improve decision making. Typically, the role of the enterprise architect is to advise and enable other stakeholders to make better decisions.
Planning and Roadmapping : Modeling in ArchiMate
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
October 9, 2018
Planning and Roadmapping : Modeling in ArchiMate
Planning and Roadmapping : Modeling in ArchiMate
Business Architecture
Enterprise Architecture Planning and Roadmapping: An introduction
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
September 25, 2018
Enterprise Architecture Planning and Roadmapping: An introduction
Planning and Roadmapping : Introduction
Governance Risk & Compliance
Organizing Architecture Governance With Workflow And Forms
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
September 12, 2018
Organizing Architecture Governance With Workflow And Forms
Organizing Architecture Governance With Workflow And Forms
Data Analysis with Dashboards in Horizzon
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Rob Kroese
Rob Kroese
August 15, 2018
Data Analysis with Dashboards in Horizzon
Data Analysis with Dashboards in Horizzon
Enterprise Architecture modeling: Practical ArchiMate viewpoints for the application layer
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
August 8, 2018
Enterprise Architecture modeling: Practical ArchiMate viewpoints for the application layer
Get insights into using specific ArchiMate viewpoints to model the application layer of enterprise architectures.
Enterprise Architecture
The Consumerization of Enterprise Architecture: Everyone’s an Architect!
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
August 1, 2018
The Consumerization of Enterprise Architecture: Everyone’s an Architect!
The Consumerization of Enterprise Architecture: Everyone’s an Architect!
Agile/DevOps Support in Enterprise Studio & Horizzon
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Fabian Aulkemeier
Fabian Aulkemeier
July 26, 2018
Agile/DevOps Support in Enterprise Studio & Horizzon
In our previous blog post, we outlined why Enterprise Architecture and Agile/DevOps are key in becoming an adaptive enterprise. We also described several use cases where EA can strengthen Agile and DevOps practices.
Continuous Architecture: Turning the Database Inside-Out to Improve Transformation Decision-Making
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
July 18, 2018
Continuous Architecture: Turning the Database Inside-Out to Improve Transformation Decision-Making
In today’s business landscape, effective transformation is critical for enterprises to stay competitive. By definition, transformation happens over time.
Enterprise Architecture and Agile/DevOps: Adaptive Enterprise Cornerstones
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 13, 2018
Enterprise Architecture and Agile/DevOps: Adaptive Enterprise Cornerstones
Enterprise Architecture and Agile/DevOps: Adaptive Enterprise Cornerstones
NATO Architecture Framework & ArchiMate: Work To Be Done for NAF & ArchiMate in Defence
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 9, 2018
NATO Architecture Framework & ArchiMate: Work To Be Done for NAF & ArchiMate in Defence
NATO Architecture Framework & ArchiMate: Work To Be Done for NAF & ArchiMate in Defence
NATO Architecture Framework & ArchiMate: How ArchiMate Addresses Defence Needs
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 2, 2018
NATO Architecture Framework & ArchiMate: How ArchiMate Addresses Defence Needs
NATO Architecture Framework & ArchiMate: How ArchiMate Addresses Defence Needs
NATO Architecture Framework & ArchiMate: Comparing Defence Architecture Practice with the Civil Sector
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
June 25, 2018
NATO Architecture Framework & ArchiMate: Comparing Defence Architecture Practice with the Civil Sector
NATO Architecture Framework & ArchiMate: Comparing Defence Architecture Practice with the Civil Sector
NATO Architecture Framework and ArchiMate: comparing Defence architecture drivers with Industry
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
June 18, 2018
NATO Architecture Framework and ArchiMate: comparing Defence architecture drivers with Industry
NATO Architecture Framework and ArchiMate: comparing Defence architecture drivers with Industry
Communicating Architecture with Stakeholders
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
June 12, 2018
Communicating Architecture with Stakeholders
Communicating Architecture with Stakeholders
How is AI Impacting Your Business?
Joost Niehof
Joost Niehof
May 31, 2018
How is AI Impacting Your Business?
How is AI Impacting Your Business?
Behavioral Economics & Enterprise Architecture (1): The Case for Slower Decisions
Nick Reed
Nick Reed
Tim Vehof
Tim Vehof
May 27, 2018
Behavioral Economics & Enterprise Architecture (1): The Case for Slower Decisions
Humans have evolved to make fast decisions. For example, when a stranger approaches you, you know almost instantaneously if they represent a threat, if they are angry, friendly or happy.
Enterprise Architecture
A Pattern for Sizing ArchiMate Diagrams
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
May 18, 2018
A Pattern for Sizing ArchiMate Diagrams
A Pattern for Sizing ArchiMate Diagrams
Three Key Techniques for Managing Your Stakeholders
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
May 16, 2018
Three Key Techniques for Managing Your Stakeholders
Three Key Techniques for Managing Your Stakeholders
Enterprise Architecture
Supporting Large Architectures as a Team
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Rob Kroese
Rob Kroese
April 18, 2018
Supporting Large Architectures as a Team
Supporting Large Architectures as a Team
Combine ArchiMate & TOGAF Standards to Support Digital Change
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
April 13, 2018
Combine ArchiMate & TOGAF Standards to Support Digital Change
Combine ArchiMate & TOGAF Standards to Support Digital Change
Enterprise Architecture
6 Ways to Organize Your Architecture Models (Part 2)
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
April 4, 2018
6 Ways to Organize Your Architecture Models (Part 2)
These methods should help you keep your models neat and tidy, while also supporting better outcomes for your strategic initiatives. Learn also how to set up governance and quality assurance structure around your models.
7 Applications of the Business Model Canvas
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
April 4, 2018
7 Applications of the Business Model Canvas
Using ArchiMate to Visualize the TOGAF Enterprise Continuum
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
March 30, 2018
Using ArchiMate to Visualize the TOGAF Enterprise Continuum
Using ArchiMate to Visualize the TOGAF Enterprise Continuum
6 Ways to Organize Your Architecture Models (Part 1)
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
March 22, 2018
6 Ways to Organize Your Architecture Models (Part 1)
6 Ways to Organize Your Architecture Models (Part 1)
Protect Your Enterprise: Analyze Your Security With Architecture Models
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
March 14, 2018
Protect Your Enterprise: Analyze Your Security With Architecture Models
Protect Your Enterprise Analyze Your Security With Architecture Models
Using the TOGAF Enterprise Continuum to Classify Architecture Descriptions
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
March 7, 2018
Using the TOGAF Enterprise Continuum to Classify Architecture Descriptions
Previously, I wrote about the need to digitize change capabilities and how enterprise architecture can support and provide value to your organization. I also discussed how to categorize architecture descriptions along different levels of abstraction.
Cyber Security 5 Steps to Stay Safe in a Dangerous World
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
March 1, 2018
Cyber Security 5 Steps to Stay Safe in a Dangerous World
Cybersecurity threats are ever increasing. It is sometimes said there are two kinds of organizations: those who know they have been breached, and those who don’t know it yet.
Language: The Basis of Successful Strategic Transformations
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
February 27, 2018
Language: The Basis of Successful Strategic Transformations
The digitization of all business capabilities has reached a new level and has had a huge impact on virtually every industry. Business models are being redefined and new companies have emerged to become global players. Today, companies must be more agile than ever before and the speed of change will only continue to increase.
Enterprise Architecture
Transparency: Key Foundation for Change
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 19, 2018
Transparency: Key Foundation for Change
In modern enterprises, change is no longer a simple, top-down affair. New business models, project and program portfolio managers have to decide on investment allocations, and those responsible for domains like risk management and regulatory compliance have to do their part.
7 Key Strategy Views in Enterprise Studio (part 2)
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 15, 2018
7 Key Strategy Views in Enterprise Studio (part 2)
In my previous blog post, I described how Enterprise Studio supports the Business Model Canvas, Ecosystem maps, Balanced Scorecards including SWOT, PESTEL and Five Forces analysis, and heatmaps to highlight salient information for your organization. Now,
7 Key Strategy Views in Enterprise Studio (part 1)
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 8, 2018
7 Key Strategy Views in Enterprise Studio (part 1)
A survey conducted by The Open Group in cooperation with Bizzdesign and other partners found that the largest difficulty in strategy process (for over half of the 500+ respondents) is bridging the gap between strategy development and implementation.
How to Not Fail When Implementing Strategy
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
January 31, 2018
How to Not Fail When Implementing Strategy
Defining a good strategy is difficult, especially in this rapidly moving digital world. But realizing your strategy is even more complicated. After all, how do you ensure a strategy is implemented in a coordinated ...
Change the way you change
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
January 30, 2018
Change the way you change
Adaptive Enterprise – 2018 will be either an exciting or a terrifying year for many organizations. Which one will depend entirely on each organization’s ability to change. “Adapt or Die” is the mantra we must hold true today, and because the rate and magnitude of ...
Workflow Support in BiZZdesign’s Collaboration Platform
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Fabian Aulkemeier
Fabian Aulkemeier
January 28, 2018
Workflow Support in BiZZdesign’s Collaboration Platform
An enterprise architecture model, or any other model in your business design practice, contains input from numerous actors within your organization. Your architecture’s governance must continuously collect that input.
Business Architecture
5 Key Practices in Implementing Digital Transformation
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Fabian Aulkemeier
Fabian Aulkemeier
January 24, 2018
5 Key Practices in Implementing Digital Transformation
The effective use of digital technologies for Digital Transformation is paramount in a competitive environment. To succeed, you don’t need a separate digital strategy; you need a business strategy for the digital age.
Create your GDPR registers with Enterprise Studio
Joost Niehof
Joost Niehof
December 19, 2017
Create your GDPR registers with Enterprise Studio
Enterprises need to create and maintain registers of why, where and how they are processing personal data from EU citizens.
Why Business Outcome Journey Maps are useful in Business Architecture
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
December 5, 2017
Why Business Outcome Journey Maps are useful in Business Architecture
How to build an Adaptive Enterprise?
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
November 15, 2017
How to build an Adaptive Enterprise?
In today’s turbulent business environment, organizations need to be excellent at designing and implementing change. The ‘Digital Enterprise’ requires continuous innovation, which means that organizations are in a constant state of flux
Why adding a value stream element to ArchiMate® is key?
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Henk Jonkers
Henk Jonkers
October 25, 2017
Why adding a value stream element to ArchiMate® is key?
In recent years, the concept of ‘value stream’ has become increasingly popular. It is a useful element in the toolbox of business architects, and is advocated in, for example, the Open Group Guide to Value Streams and the BIZBOK® from the Business Architecture Guild®.
Powerful Analysis Techniques (7) – Risk, Security & Compliance Analyses
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
October 19, 2017
Powerful Analysis Techniques (7) – Risk, Security & Compliance Analyses
In the final installment of this blog series, I want to address the domain of risk, security and compliance, an area of increasing importance for architects, process designers and others.
Powerful Analysis Techniques (6) – Financial Analysis
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
September 7, 2017
Powerful Analysis Techniques (6) – Financial Analysis
In my previous post, I discussed how you can analyze the business and technical value of your applications, and how architecture models are key in calculating metrics such as the business criticality or strategic value of applications.
Powerful Analysis Techniques (5) – Business and Technical Value Analysis
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
August 29, 2017
Powerful Analysis Techniques (5) – Business and Technical Value Analysis
In the previous installment in this blog series, we looked into planning and analyzing change in the enterprise by linking the life cycles of elements such as applications and projects. But how do you decide what to do with, for example, your application ...
Powerful Analysis Techniques (4) – Lifecycle Analysis
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
August 16, 2017
Powerful Analysis Techniques (4) – Lifecycle Analysis
Next to this analysis of the enterprise as it is today, addressed in the previous blog posts, we can also plan, design and analyze change in and of the enterprise.
The Business Architect’s toolbox: Organizational Mapping
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
August 10, 2017
The Business Architect’s toolbox: Organizational Mapping
As discussed in the introduction of this blog series, the maturation of the business architecture discipline makes the role of model-based support for design, analysis and decision-making increasingly important. Therefore, we introduced you to several ...
The Business Architect’s toolbox: Information Mapping
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
August 10, 2017
The Business Architect’s toolbox: Information Mapping
Information Mapping - Business Blueprints are an essential instrument in every business architect’s toolbox. The Guide to the Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BIZBOK Guide®) defines four core business architecture domains: Value Streams, Capabilities, Organization ...
Marc Lankhorst Powerful Analysis Techniques (3) – Process Analysis
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
August 7, 2017
Marc Lankhorst Powerful Analysis Techniques (3) – Process Analysis
In my two previous blog posts, I described dependency analysis and impact analysis. These two kinds of analysis focus on what you might call the steady state of your enterprise, or the enterprise at rest.
Powerful Analysis Techniques (2) – Dependency Analysis
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 31, 2017
Powerful Analysis Techniques (2) – Dependency Analysis
Dependency Analysis – In my previous blog post, I outlined the value of using analysis techniques to get more business value out of your models.
The Business Architect’s Toolbox: An Introduction
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 25, 2017
The Business Architect’s Toolbox: An Introduction
In recent years, we see the audience and attention for business architecture steadily increase. A business architecture provides a business-oriented abstraction of the enterprise in its ecosystem, which helps the organization in decision-making and ...
7 Powerful Analysis Techniques to Get More Business Value from Your Models
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 20, 2017
7 Powerful Analysis Techniques to Get More Business Value from Your Models
Strategists, architects, process experts, software developers, data managers and other professionals involved in changing the enterprise often put substantial effort in creating all kinds of useful models of their designs. In many cases, such business models
How organizations model their acquisition and divestiture – a real life example
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
June 6, 2017
How organizations model their acquisition and divestiture – a real life example
In my previous blog I wrote about the importance of models to successfully complete a merger, acquisition or divestiture. Of course, one organization’s divestiture may be another one’s acquisition. In this blog post I’ll share one my personal experiences as a consultant.
How enterprise models contribute to successfully completing a merger, acquisition or divestiture
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
May 31, 2017
How enterprise models contribute to successfully completing a merger, acquisition or divestiture
Organizations involved in major strategic changes such as mergers, acquisitions and divestitures often focus mostly on the financial and market aspects of the change. What is the impact on your market share?
Are You Ready for the GDPR? The Test Results
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 28, 2017
Are You Ready for the GDPR? The Test Results
In two previous blogs, I discussed the impact of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation and 8 things architects can do to help their organization comply with this far-reaching regulation.
8 Steps Enterprise Architects Can Take to Deal with GDPR
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
January 31, 2017
8 Steps Enterprise Architects Can Take to Deal with GDPR
In my previous blog post, I described the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will go into effect in May 2018, and I outlined its profound effects on organizations, not just in Europe but around the globe.
ArchiMate relationships point in the same direction as the Enterprise
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
January 24, 2017
ArchiMate relationships point in the same direction as the Enterprise
When I give a presentation to a technical audience showing any kind of picture with an arrow in it (not necessarily an ArchiMate diagram), more often than not, someone will raise their hand and ask: “What does that arrow mean?” When I answer, they will follow up ...
Targeting Executives with Enterprise Studio
George Pang
George Pang
January 18, 2017
Targeting Executives with Enterprise Studio
When we think about supporting Business Transformation, we immediately start with the detail. Architects and analysts dive into the nuts and bolts, create some brilliant ‘technical designs’ and models but to non-architects,
5 top tips for organizing your architecture repository
George Pang
George Pang
January 5, 2017
5 top tips for organizing your architecture repository
Software platforms such as Enterprise Studio are powerful tools that can support transformation activities if used in the right way.
Leveraging existing data in Enterprise Studio
George Pang
George Pang
December 22, 2016
Leveraging existing data in Enterprise Studio
In a previous blog post I wrote about setting the foundations for data collection and management, ensuring the right metadata is available for effective contributions and reporting activities.
7 Key insights for GDPR compliance
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
December 20, 2016
7 Key insights for GDPR compliance
Enterprise architecture governance is crucial in helping organizations remain GDPR-compliant. But are you aware of how GDPR affects your organization’s governance structure?
How to collect and manage tailored data with Enterprise Studio
George Pang
George Pang
December 14, 2016
How to collect and manage tailored data with Enterprise Studio
The average organization is built on a variety of strategies and motivations, people, processes, applications, technology.
Strategic Use of Business Models: Strategic Management
Henry Franken
Henry Franken
October 31, 2016
Strategic Use of Business Models: Strategic Management
The term “strategy” is perhaps one of the most misused, and misunderstood concepts in business literature. In this series of blog posts, we refer to strategy as positioning the firm with respect to its environment. We endeavor to answer the ...
BiZZdesign Customer South State Bank Wins Enterprise Architecture Award 2016
Bizzdesign
Bizzdesign
October 31, 2016
BiZZdesign Customer South State Bank Wins Enterprise Architecture Award 2016
A big congratulations goes out to our customer South State Bank for being chosen as a winner in this year’s Forrester and InfoWorld Enterprise Architecture Awards 2016.
Using ArchiMate® in an Agile Context
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
October 11, 2016
Using ArchiMate® in an Agile Context
n the past, my colleagues and I have written several blogs on the combination of enterprise architecture and agile ways of working (e.g. Enterprise Architecture and Agile Development: Opposites Attract?,
ArchiMate® 3.0 and Service Blueprints
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
September 27, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 and Service Blueprints
A useful technique for service design and innovation is the Service Blueprint.
The Business Architect’s toolbox: Value Stream Mapping
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
September 22, 2016
The Business Architect’s toolbox: Value Stream Mapping
In several previous blogs, we have outlined how you can use ArchiMate 3 in the context of business architecture and strategy development, such as Capability-Based Planning, and combining it with the Business Motivation Model, the Business Model Canvas ...
Enterprise Architecture
ArchiMate® 3.0 and Customer Journey Maps
Bernd Ihnen
Bernd Ihnen
September 19, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 and Customer Journey Maps
A Customer Journey Map is a useful way to graphically represent the customer experience of an organization. It focuses on the touchpoints that characterize the customers’ interaction with the services of the organization and helps you to optimize this experience.
Change the Way You Handle Change
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
September 14, 2016
Change the Way You Handle Change
Organizations have always had to adapt in order to stay relevant, but in today’s fast-paced market, change is more necessary than ever.
The value of Enterprise Architecture in Security Risk Management
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
September 1, 2016
The value of Enterprise Architecture in Security Risk Management
In this blog post, we discuss the value of an integrated approach to managing risk, compliance and security in the enterprise, using enterprise architecture as a backbone.
Combining ArchiMate® with standards: BPMN, UML, SysML, ERD, and BMM / BS / BMC
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
August 30, 2016
Combining ArchiMate® with standards: BPMN, UML, SysML, ERD, and BMM / BS / BMC
This blog explores the relationships between ArchiMate and other modeling standards such as: Strategy modeling, Business Process Modeling, and Software, systems and data modeling.
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Grouping and Junctions
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
August 25, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Grouping and Junctions
By popular demand, the option to use relationships to or from groupings has been added to ArchiMate, which greatly enhances the practical value of this element. Grouping is no longer classified as a special kind of relationship: it is now a (composite) element.
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Improvements in Relationships
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
August 23, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Improvements in Relationships
In our previous blogs, we have mainly focused on the new layers and elements of the ArchiMate 3.0 language.
Application Portfolio Management: The key to value-focused architecting
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 30, 2016
Application Portfolio Management: The key to value-focused architecting
Do you need to do a major overhaul of your application landscape? Discover the benefits of Application Portfolio Management.
Business Transformation Survey: The Results
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
July 25, 2016
Business Transformation Survey: The Results
Organizations have always had to adapt to change in order to stay relevant. But in today’s fast-paced market, change is more necessary than ever.
Enterprise Architecture
How to Present your Architecture in Enterprise Studio
George Pang
George Pang
July 20, 2016
How to Present your Architecture in Enterprise Studio
Architecture is an art, created by dedicated modelers across various domains they specialize in.
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Use in Manufacturing
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 18, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Use in Manufacturing
In this blog, we will show you how the new ArchiMate 3.0 concepts for modeling the physical world can be used to describe the domains of manufacturing and logistics.
Enterprise Architecture: Key to Successful Business Transformations
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 14, 2016
Enterprise Architecture: Key to Successful Business Transformations
In a recent article by McKinsey, they eloquently argued the importance of enterprise architecture for digital transformations.
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Internet of Things
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 11, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Internet of Things
In a previous blog on the ‘Digital Customer Intimacy’ strategy of our example insurance company ArchiSurance, we outlined that they intend to use more detailed customer data to improve customer interaction and satisfaction, and to determine customized insurance premiums.
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Capability Realization
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 7, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Capability Realization
As we have seen in the previous blog, ArchiSurance wants to establish several new capabilities to support its ‘Digital Customer Intimacy’ strategy, such as Digital Customer Management, Data-Driven Insurance, Data Acquisition, and Data Analysis. Positioning these in the context ...
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Capability Analysis
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 4, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Capability Analysis
In our previous blog, we briefly outlined the two strategic options that our example insurance company ArchiSurance is exploring. By analyzing the operational excellence strategy, they have benchmarked their efficiency against the industry ...
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Improved Notation and Viewpoints
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
July 1, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Improved Notation and Viewpoints
In our previous blog, we introduced the new 3.0 version of the ArchiMate standard and outlined some of its improvements.
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Business Capability Mapping. An Essential Building Block.
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
June 27, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 – Business Capability Mapping. An Essential Building Block.
In our previous blog, we outlined the relationship between business strategy and capabilities at a high level. But we have not given you any guidance yet as to how to create a good overview of your capabilities. In this blog we look at why identifying ...
ArchiMate 3.0 – Strategy Concepts and Capability-Based Planning
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
June 21, 2016
ArchiMate 3.0 – Strategy Concepts and Capability-Based Planning
In this series of blogs, we describe the use of the new ArchiMate 3.0 standard in practice. We use a fictitious but realistic example company, ArchiSurance, well-known to the users of ArchiMate as this ...
ArchiMate® 3.0 – The Next Step in the Evolution of the Standard
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
June 14, 2016
ArchiMate® 3.0 – The Next Step in the Evolution of the Standard
On June 14, The Open Group launched the new version of the ArchiMate modeling language for enterprise architecture at the Enterprise Architecture Conference 2016 in London.
Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architecture and Agile Development: Opposites Attract?
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
May 28, 2016
Enterprise Architecture and Agile Development: Opposites Attract?
Agility has become a key ability of enterprises. The pace at which customers require changes, at which new laws and regulations affect services and introduce processes, and the ease with which competitors can disrupt your business, as Google and Apple do ...
ArchiMate® Modeling in Practice: Using a Model Repository
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
April 28, 2016
ArchiMate® Modeling in Practice: Using a Model Repository
In theory, an ArchiMate® model can be created using just pen and pen, or a whiteboard and markers.
BPM: The Customer Journey
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
April 7, 2016
BPM: The Customer Journey
There is a lot of power in Business Process Management (BPM) and process thinking. Our process flow diagrams describe ‘what is done’, and support us in designing, improving and controlling our processes.
Digital Transformation: How to Manage and Govern a Multi-Speed IT Environment – part II
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 29, 2016
Digital Transformation: How to Manage and Govern a Multi-Speed IT Environment – part II
Two weeks ago, we wrote about the impact of multi-speed IT on the IT organization and enterprise architecture. Let us now talk about the different options for managing a multi-speed IT approach.
Digital Transformation: How to Manage and Govern a Multi-Speed IT Environment – part I
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 8, 2016
Digital Transformation: How to Manage and Govern a Multi-Speed IT Environment – part I
Application Portfolio Management
Application Portfolio Management for Finance – Slaying the Dragon
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Jens Goossens
Jens Goossens
November 11, 2015
Application Portfolio Management for Finance – Slaying the Dragon
Application Portfolio Management
Application Portfolio Management in Local Government
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Ton Baas
Ton Baas
October 14, 2015
Application Portfolio Management in Local Government
Although Application Portfolio Management (APM) isn’t the newest kid on the block, it has had a tremendous growth in popularity lately. Due to the economic crisis and market pressures in general.
Application Portfolio Management
Bizzdesign’s House of Application Portfolio Management
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
September 23, 2015
Bizzdesign’s House of Application Portfolio Management
As we have described before, few organizations have a systematic and reliable way of translating a business strategy into action. This requires aligning various disciplines along the same desired business outcomes.
Information Security in the Boardroom
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
July 24, 2015
Information Security in the Boardroom
After a recent presentation on “Security is not an IT problem”, which investigated the lacking relations between policies and measures within many organizations, we decided to have a World Cafe to discuss surrounding topics further.
Reference Architecture examples with ArchiMate
Bizzdesign
Bizzdesign
July 8, 2015
Reference Architecture examples with ArchiMate
See examples of reference architectures using ArchiMate and learn how to transform these models to fit your organization's needs.
Information Security: 7 Worst Practices
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
July 2, 2015
Information Security: 7 Worst Practices
Sharing knowledge and good practices is one of the core values of BiZZdesign. We regularly organize and contribute to online and offline seminars, conferences and round tables.
Information Security: What Really Works to Build Awareness
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
June 19, 2015
Information Security: What Really Works to Build Awareness
One of our core values at Bizzdesign is sharing knowledge and best practices. That’s why we regularly organize and contribute to online and offline seminars, conferences, and round tables.
How to Save Time Automating Repetitive Tasks in Enterprise Studio
Boudewijn Meyboom
Boudewijn Meyboom
June 10, 2015
How to Save Time Automating Repetitive Tasks in Enterprise Studio
With the release of Enterprise Studio, the Bizzdesign tools have become a lot more powerful in automating and scheduling tasks. For a long time now, the Bizzdesign products have had the ability to run analyses and to automate repetitive tasks.
The Biggest Problem with “Going to the Cloud” and how to Solve it.
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
June 3, 2015
The Biggest Problem with “Going to the Cloud” and how to Solve it.
There seems to be a lot of hype recently among CxO’s around ‘Going to the cloud’. Since its potential is so widely acknowledged and advertised and its opportunities seem endless, digitization of the organization is the New Normal.
Information Security: 7 Communication Tips to Involve Your Business
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
May 22, 2015
Information Security: 7 Communication Tips to Involve Your Business
Earlier this month, I wrote the first blog post in a series based on a World Cafe discussion we had around the lacking relations between policies and measures in many organizations.
Application Portfolio Management
Application Portfolio Management for Beginners with SMART
Maher Dara
Maher Dara
May 19, 2015
Application Portfolio Management for Beginners with SMART
Everybody is familiar with the SMART abbreviation. It stand for Specific, Measurable, Acceptable, Realistic and Time bounded.
Information Security: A Necessity of Life
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
May 12, 2015
Information Security: A Necessity of Life
From Security Architecture to a Secure Architecture
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
May 1, 2015
From Security Architecture to a Secure Architecture
Sharing knowledge and good practices is one of our core values at BiZZdesign. We regularly organize and contribute to online and offline seminars, conferences and round table sessions.
Balance Exploitation & Exploration within Your Organization with TOGAF
Maher Dara
Maher Dara
March 31, 2015
Balance Exploitation & Exploration within Your Organization with TOGAF
Do you recognize the continuous balancing of urgent vs. important matters?
Smart Use of Data: How to Design a Supply Chain and Use it Properly
Ton Baas
Ton Baas
March 20, 2015
Smart Use of Data: How to Design a Supply Chain and Use it Properly
If we look at current IT-trends it is clear that everybody has heard of Big Data.
Efficient Collaboration Within Agile Methods
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
David van Eck
David van Eck
March 13, 2015
Efficient Collaboration Within Agile Methods
Our ongoing series of blogs about Agile methods offers an in-depth discussion of the method and its impact on an organization. In this blog, we focus on collaboration in agile teams.
Enterprise Portfolio Management: Getting Started
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
March 3, 2015
Enterprise Portfolio Management: Getting Started
Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPM) is the discipline that supports this allocation of investments to various asset categories of the organization, such as capabilities, applications, or infrastructure. EPM helps to create a healthy set of projects and programs that realize strategic goals.
How to Develop and Document Business Policies and Decision Logic?
Ton Baas
Ton Baas
February 24, 2015
How to Develop and Document Business Policies and Decision Logic?
Changing regulations, business strategies and compliancy standards require new business policies to be developed constantly.
Enterprise Portfolio Management: User Perspectives
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 20, 2015
Enterprise Portfolio Management: User Perspectives
Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPM) is the discipline that supports the allocation of investments to various asset categories of the organization, such as capabilities, applications, or infrastructure, EPM helps to create a healthy set projects and programs that realizes strategic goals.
Enterprise Portfolio Management: Deciding on Investments
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
February 10, 2015
Enterprise Portfolio Management: Deciding on Investments
Capital allocation, i.e., deciding on investments, is probably the most important responsibility of the top management of any organization.
Business Process Management vs. Business Process Analysis?
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
February 6, 2015
Business Process Management vs. Business Process Analysis?
“Business Process Management is old school; Business Analysis is the new hype”. Huh…? With all terminology and current trends, it is easy to get confused. If you ask five different people to clear things up, you will probably get five different explanations. It is all ...
Business Transformation: Dealing with Change in a Lean and Agile Way
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
January 27, 2015
Business Transformation: Dealing with Change in a Lean and Agile Way
Strategy execution remains a challenging task for many organizations. The ‘Digital Enterprise’ requires major business transformations, delivered at speed. Most organizations are in a constant state of change.
Business Transformation: Coordinating Enterprise Portfolio Management with Other Disciplines
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
January 13, 2015
Business Transformation: Coordinating Enterprise Portfolio Management with Other Disciplines
As outlined in another blog, architecture-based enterprise portfolio management plays a crucial role in an integrated business transformation approach.
“We are different! But are we really different?”
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
December 19, 2014
“We are different! But are we really different?”
“Many stakeholders consider their organization as unique.” Depending on the level of abstraction you take as viewpoint, you can argue this statement is either right or wrong.
What is Decision Management?
Suleiman Shehu
Suleiman Shehu
December 16, 2014
What is Decision Management?
A major challenge facing business today is how to harness the creative abilities and business knowledge of its employees to gain strategic advantages over its competitors that in turn result in significant increases in profitable sales and or reduction in business costs.
Escaping the Jaws of the Project Monster
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
December 14, 2014
Escaping the Jaws of the Project Monster
The other day, while I was musing about the reasons why many large organizations see many of their IT initiatives fail or underachieve, I came up with a rather simple conclusion: ‘project thinking’ is the root cause of these disappointments. Let me explain.
The Secret to Surviving Disruptive Innovations!
Jens Goossens
Jens Goossens
December 12, 2014
The Secret to Surviving Disruptive Innovations!
Imagine you wake up one day and suddenly there is a completely new technology available that outperforms your product or service in every way, and you didn’t see it coming.
Who needs an architect if everything goes to the cloud?
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
December 5, 2014
Who needs an architect if everything goes to the cloud?
The hype on cloud computing makes expectations rise. What’s the role of the IT department in general? And the role of an architect in particular?
The 5 Most Common Pitfalls of Informed Decision Making
Ton Baas
Ton Baas
December 2, 2014
The 5 Most Common Pitfalls of Informed Decision Making
We have all experienced moments where we have had to make a big or important decision, without any form of guidance, help, or support. It’s a well-known fact that managers make many decisions based on gut feeling.
Business Process Modeling: Top-down or bottom-up processing?
David van Eck
David van Eck
November 25, 2014
Business Process Modeling: Top-down or bottom-up processing?
During Business Process Management trainings, people often ask me about the best modeling technique: How to model a process model? Where do I begin? Top-down or bottom-up process? Questions that many of you have asked ...
Enterprise Architecture: Need for Speed
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
November 21, 2014
Enterprise Architecture: Need for Speed
Sharing knowledge and good practices is one of the core values of BiZZdesign. We regularly organize and contribute to online and offline seminars, conferences and round tables.
Enterprise Architecture and Innovation: A Cultural Change
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
November 18, 2014
Enterprise Architecture and Innovation: A Cultural Change
Over centuries, we have seen architects and engineers leading innovation. The Romans building ingenious aqueducts, the construction of the Canal du Midi and the Eiffel Tower in France.
Rapidly Delivering Business Value with TOGAF
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
November 11, 2014
Rapidly Delivering Business Value with TOGAF
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is the most popular framework for developing an enterprise architecture (EA). It is an open standard and may be used freely by any organization wishing to develop an enterprise architecture for use within that organization.
Data governance gone bad… and how to get it right!
Tim Vehof
Tim Vehof
November 6, 2014
Data governance gone bad… and how to get it right!
Earlier this week, a large Dutch insurance company got itself into the national headlines after mixing up sensitive customer data. By mistake, over 2,500 participants in a large-scale medical research received an e-mail with information that was intended for other participants.
Driving Business Outcomes with Enterprise Architecture as a Knowledge Hub
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
October 10, 2014
Driving Business Outcomes with Enterprise Architecture as a Knowledge Hub
Very few organizations have a systematic and reliable way of translating a business strategy into action across all relevant elements of the organization. Implementing a long-term plan by successive decomposition.
How to be Successful with the Process Design Team: Five Tips
David van Eck
David van Eck
October 2, 2014
How to be Successful with the Process Design Team: Five Tips
Over the past years many organizations have been working with an Agile method for software development, providing the design team and development team with a particularly important role.
Enterprise Architecture-Based Risk Assessment with ArchiMate
Henk Jonkers
Henk Jonkers
August 15, 2014
Enterprise Architecture-Based Risk Assessment with ArchiMate
Until quite recently, IT security was exclusively the domain of security specialists. However, in the last couple of years, organizations have started to realize that IT-related risks cannot be seen in isolation.
Business Architecture in the New Normal
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
August 1, 2014
Business Architecture in the New Normal
Business architecture is a challenging capability. Designing the business, optimizing its processes and streamlining the way information is collected and used is very interesting, but most of all very difficult.
Enterprise Risk Management Approach
Rob Kroese
Rob Kroese
July 29, 2014
Enterprise Risk Management Approach
In a previous blog post, Marc Lankhorst discussed the value of EA in managing risk, compliance and security in the enterprise. He suggested a number of steps to take next; two of these steps are discussed in more detail in this blog.
What is Strategic Portfolio Management?
Henry Franken
Henry Franken
June 19, 2014
What is Strategic Portfolio Management?
Learn about Strategic Portfolio Management and how strategic alignment impacts achieving your strategic goals.
Enterprise Architecture
The value of Reference Architectures
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
April 28, 2014
The value of Reference Architectures
Discover why enterprise architecture practices must use reference architectures to ensure standardization from an industry expert.
Strategic Portfolio Management
Enterprise Portfolio Management: Introduction
Lianne Bodenstaff
Lianne Bodenstaff
Dick Quartel
Dick Quartel
April 17, 2014
Enterprise Portfolio Management: Introduction
For many organizations, the enterprise landscape is growing out of control. Simply keeping up with competition and evolving markets means that organizations constantly renew services offered to customers. These new services are supported by ...
Towards Value-Driven Architecting
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
April 11, 2014
Towards Value-Driven Architecting
In my previous blog post on Enterprise Architecture at Bizzdesign in 2014, I described how the true value of architecture lies in its relationship with other disciplines within the enterprise.
Enterprise Architecture in Healthcare
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
April 1, 2014
Enterprise Architecture in Healthcare
We recently organized a workshop at Bizzdesign for enterprise architects in healthcare. A mixed group, from hospitals and other healthcare providers. In the workshop, various issues were discussed. We want to highlight some of these topics in this blog.
Lean & Enterprise Architecture: Enterprise Architecture for Lean Business Processes
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
February 27, 2014
Lean & Enterprise Architecture: Enterprise Architecture for Lean Business Processes
n previous blogs in this series, we discussed the ‘wastes’ of enterprise architects and enterprise architectures. That may have sounded rather negative, but the main message of course is: EA is no goal in itself, it should support the organization.
Strategic Use of Business Models: Case Study
Henry Franken
Henry Franken
February 21, 2014
Strategic Use of Business Models: Case Study
This is the last post of this blog series which includes the case study. The case study helps portray the theoretical concepts that have been covered in the previous blog posts: the strategy, the business model canvas, and the implementation ...
Strategic Use of Business Models: The Business Model Canvas
Henry Franken
Henry Franken
February 15, 2014
Strategic Use of Business Models: The Business Model Canvas
In a previous blog post, I discussed the notion of strategic issues and the need to reconcile them in order to define ones strategy. In this post I will talk about the business model canvas (based on the excellent book by Alexander Osterwalder) as a ...
Strategic Use of Business Models: Implementation
Henry Franken
Henry Franken
February 13, 2014
Strategic Use of Business Models: Implementation
In my previous blog posts, I discussed the way I see strategy work and the types of models that can be used, and how the business model canvas should be the focal point for architecture work.
Business Architecture
Business Architecture: Because Business Models Aren’t Enough
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
January 26, 2014
Business Architecture: Because Business Models Aren’t Enough
Business models are a helpful way to define a business strategy and steer an organization in the “right” direction.
Strategic Use of Business Models: Introduction
Henry Franken
Henry Franken
January 22, 2014
Strategic Use of Business Models: Introduction
Times are tough: many businesses are struggling to stay afloat in the wild economic currents. Many organizations attempt to find a “blue ocean” of uncontested space, but let’s face it: most of us are stuck in a “red ocean” with a lot of competition.
Lean & Enterprise Architecture: Seven Deadly Wastes of Enterprise Architects
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
December 3, 2013
Lean & Enterprise Architecture: Seven Deadly Wastes of Enterprise Architects
In our previous two blogs in this series, we outlined the connections between Lean Management and Enterprise Architecture. The focus of Lean is on taking day-to-day small steps for improvement. The elimination of waste and focus on customer value are central elements in Lean.
Lean & Enterprise Architecture: Seven Deadly Wastes in Enterprise Architectures
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
November 23, 2013
Lean & Enterprise Architecture: Seven Deadly Wastes in Enterprise Architectures
In Lean Management, a lot of time is spent finding and eliminating waste. Our processes and organizations are full of waste. In the Lean philosophy these wastes should not be dealt with as ‘problems’, but as opportunities for improvement.
Lean & Enterprise Architecture: Opposites Attract
Marc Lankhorst
Marc Lankhorst
Peter Matthijssen
Peter Matthijssen
November 13, 2013
Lean & Enterprise Architecture: Opposites Attract
Over the last two decades, Lean management has proved to be very powerful in improving an organization’s business process performance. During the same time frame, Enterprise Architecture came up as a discipline for controlling the complexity of organizations, their processes, information and IT.
Architecture Levels of Abstraction and Detail: How to Make Those Work For You
Daniel Jumelet
Daniel Jumelet
October 30, 2013
Architecture Levels of Abstraction and Detail: How to Make Those Work For You
One of the most popular topics to debate amongst architects is: what is the proper level of abstraction needed to be applied when creating architectures? Although always a lengthy debate, I don’t ever recall reaching a conclusion that was satisfactory to me. Even worse ...
What is TOGAF and why should organizations use it?
Bas van Gils
Bas van Gils
Tim Vehof
Tim Vehof
September 30, 2013
What is TOGAF and why should organizations use it?
This short video explains what The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is and how Enterprise Architects can benefit from this open standard in their architecture work.
Building an Effective Enterprise Architecture Capability
Bas van Gils
Bas van Gils
Sven van Dijk
Sven van Dijk
September 16, 2013
Building an Effective Enterprise Architecture Capability
Enterprise Architecture supports implementation of change in a coordinated way. Building an Enterprise Architecture Capability is a process of change in itself, and thus can be supported by Enterprise Architecture methods and tools.
Business Architecture
Influence vs. Force – Incenting Others to Get on Board with Your Architecture Initiatives
Daniel Jumelet
Daniel Jumelet
August 31, 2013
Influence vs. Force – Incenting Others to Get on Board with Your Architecture Initiatives
Almost every architect has met the following frustrating experience during his career: A proper and well defined business case, architectural advice or Project Start Architecture is not being used by the organization the architect wanted to serve with it.
Business Performance Management, Balanced Scorecards and The Decision Model
Suleiman Shehu
Suleiman Shehu
July 11, 2013
Business Performance Management, Balanced Scorecards and The Decision Model
The Decision Model (TDM) is a rapidly growing framework for modeling 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 ...
Three Decision Model Predictions and The Decision Modeler
Suleiman Shehu
Suleiman Shehu
May 6, 2013
Three Decision Model Predictions and The Decision Modeler
The Decision Model (TDM) is a new and rapidly growing methodology and framework for modeling the business logic (business rules) behind business decisions, using a powerful graphical notation, that is easy for both business and IT to understand and implement.
Building Networks with Business Models: Two Approaches that Will Help You to Understand and Improve Your Value Network
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
Maher Dara
Maher Dara
April 17, 2013
Building Networks with Business Models: Two Approaches that Will Help You to Understand and Improve Your Value Network
In an earlier blog post, we addressed 7 applications of the Business Model Canvas. Sure, we can agree that the Business Model Canvas is very useful for establishing, evaluating and reinventing businesses. But we should do more than highlight the countless possibilities of it for a single enterprise.
Business Architecture
How to present your Business Model in Business Architecture
Remco Blom
Remco Blom
March 28, 2013
How to present your Business Model in Business Architecture
Enterprise Architecture
Case Experiences and Best practices Using ArchiMate® and TOGAF®
Rob Kroese
Rob Kroese
March 26, 2013
Case Experiences and Best practices Using ArchiMate® and TOGAF®
Implementing Enterprise Architecture in any organization requires an effective method and a consistent way of modeling to build architecture models. The Open Group standards TOGAF® and ArchiMate® are used worldwide to implement Enterprise Architecture.
Delivering Business Value with Enterprise Architecture Using TOGAF® and ArchiMate®
Bas van Gils
Bas van Gils
February 20, 2013
Delivering Business Value with Enterprise Architecture Using TOGAF® and ArchiMate®
The last few years have been tough for many organizations, especially in (the aftermath of) the global economic turmoil. Getting to grips with the complexity of doing business is increasingly important. Many of the problems that organizations struggle with have similar characteristics.
Designing Secure Organizations: Risk Management, Enterprise Security Management and ArchiMate
Henk Jonkers
Henk Jonkers
January 23, 2013
Designing Secure Organizations: Risk Management, Enterprise Security Management and ArchiMate
No one is allowed to enter the building without proper authorization; all incoming e-mail messages are filtered; personal computers that are used to store sensitive data do not have a direct connection to the internet, and therefore cannot be accessed remotely.

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