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. Instead, you think, “Not in my lifetime,” or perhaps “Not where I live.” COVID-19, however, showed us that low probability of an event doesn’t mean its occurrence is impossible. Read more
A New Home for HoriZZon
/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools /by Mark PetersWhile we are navigating the “new normal”, we are trying to cope with things in the best possible way. As such, we continue to realize new product developments and improvements for our customers. Read more
Looking Beyond Covid-19 to the Future
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, BiZZdesign, Business Architecture, Business Capability, Enterprise Architecture, Innovation, Lean Management, Roadmapping /by Raz MitacheCovid-19 – a trying chapter not the end of the story
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An EA Response to the Pandemic: CSL Behring
/0 Comments/in Agile, Blog, Enterprise Architecture /by Raz MitacheCSL Behring is part of CSL Limited, the world’s third largest biotech company. CSL has over 25,000 employees with operations in more than 35 countries and annual revenues close to $9 billion. When COVID-19 started to grow into a worldwide pandemic, as an organization, CSL Behring reacted in a globally-coordinated manner to ensure that any negative impact to their business would be minimized. Read more
Enterprise Architecture and the COVID-19 Pandemic: South State Bank
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, Blog, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, Innovation /by Kunal DasIt 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. Instead, you think, “Not in my lifetime,” or perhaps “Not where I live.” COVID-19, however, showed us that low probability of an event doesn’t mean its occurrence is impossible. Read more
An EA Response to the Pandemic: What Enterprise Architects Can Do in This Time of Crisis
/0 Comments/in Agile, BiZZdesign, Enterprise Architecture, Innovation, Lean Management /by Marc LankhorstThese are strange times and for many of us the world has been turned upside-down by the Covid-19 pandemic. Enterprise architects, used to a medium- and long-term focus, suddenly and urgently need to contribute to the very survival of their organizations in the immediate term. This requires a thorough rethink of what we do, but we won’t have time to sit back and contemplate the EA discipline. We need to take action now and with this blog post I want to give you some concrete ideas on this. Read more
Business Priorities During Covid-19
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, Blog, Business Capability /by Brenda CowieAs we now realize, the effects of Covid-19 on work and home life have focused our efforts on learning to navigate a new normal. The personal and business impacts of this are evident. On the personal side, we are all learning how to be “Alone, Together” and some of us are adjusting to new WFH colleagues. Read more
“Get Rid of All Contractors by Friday”: A Real (Crisis) Story – Part 2
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, Blog /by Raz MitacheIn 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 the contractors go and in Part 1 we presented the first of two possible scenarios as to how this might take place. In that initial scenario, the company fell in the trap of decisive, but hasty action.
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For our Change Agents…
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, BiZZdesign, Blog, Lean Management, Resources /by Peter MatthijssenThese are crazy times. We all see a lot of sad things happening around the world. In addition to the personal dramas of people falling ill, and medical systems being stretched, we see a lot of businesses struggle. ‘Lock-down’ situations reduce or eliminate revenue streams and there is great uncertainty about how long restrictions will continue to apply. Many business models are not sufficiently resilient to face the current crisis. Read more
“Get Rid of All Contractors by Friday”: A Real (Crisis) Story – Part 1
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, Blog, Business Capability, EA Business Case /by Raz Mitache(The following is a true story that was shared with us by a current BiZZdesign client. All details have been changed to protect the anonymity of the source.) Read more
An EA Response to the Pandemic, Part 1: University of Missouri
/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, EA Business Case, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Tools /by Kirk KellerWith the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, it seems hard to imagine that so little time ago everything was business as usual. Read more
Expressing the BIAN® Reference Model for the Banking Industry in the ArchiMate® Modeling Language
/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, Blog, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools /by Marc Lankhorst and Patrick DerdeRecently, the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) published version 8.0 of its financial industry reference architecture (https://bian.org/servicelandscape-8-0/). This provides a comprehensive model of the business capabilities, business scenarios, service domains and business objects used in banking and other financial services. Read more
Unleash the power of HoriZZon on SharePoint & Confluence
/0 Comments/in Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Studio /by Mark PetersAt BiZZdesign, we believe collaboration is a key success factor for business change. In fact, collaboration is one of the main drivers behind the development of HoriZZon. Read more
Why Doing Things Right Is Not Enough
/0 Comments/in Blog, Enterprise Architecture /by Raz MitacheMy colleagues Marc and Matthijs recently finished a series on innovation, which made me think of the importance of being forward-facing in today’s marketplace but also of the fact that many organizations suffer on that front. Their premise was that enterprise architects can help businesses overcome this problem, given their strategic positioning within the enterprise and the valuable insights they can deliver decision makers – I recommend you read it.
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Solve Quality Challenges for Federated Architecture Modeling at Schaeffler
/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign, Business Process Modeling, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software /by Bernd Ihnen and Florian BauerSchaeffler is a globally acting component supplier for the mechanical engineering and automotive industry employing around 89,000 people. Facing the challenges and opportunities of digitization and transition from combustion engines to fuel-cell and electric vehicles, the business processes and underpinning application landscape and technology use are in an ongoing transition; generating a strong need for Enterprise Architecture. In this blog we outline the nature of EA at Schaeffler and tool support by BiZZdesign’s solution, focusing on architecture modeling quality. Read more
The Roles of Enterprise Architects in Innovation – Part 3
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, Blog, Digital Transformation /by Marc Lankhorst and Matthijs ScholtenIn our previous two blogs, part 1 and part 2, we introduced the three roles of architects in innovation: Read more
The Value of Architecture Models for Agile Organizations
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, ArchiMate, Blog, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Enterprise Studio /by Marc LankhorstIn the past, I have written extensively on the combination of enterprise architecture and agile development, most recently about the notion of intentional architecture. It is clear that for any organization or system of some size, a solid architecture practice is needed next to agile ways of working.
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5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020 – Part 2
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, BiZZdesign, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Roadmapping /by Raz MitacheWelcome back to our ‘5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020’ series. Read more
5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020 – Part 1
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, BiZZdesign, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Roadmapping /by Raz MitacheAs we embark on this new journey that is the 2020’s, CEOs ought to acknowledge the crossroads that’s ahead of them, and the choice they need to make. Read more
The Roles of Enterprise Architects in Innovation – Part 2
/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign /by Matthijs Scholten and Marc LankhorstPart 2: From Search to Scale: Coordinating Innovation
In this blog series we aim to explore the different roles enterprise architects can play in innovation in their organization. Read more
Process Optimization Challenges, Part 3: Using Lean
/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Lean Management /by Raz MitacheWelcome to the last installment in this series. Today we’re taking a look at using Lean techniques as part of a process optimization initiative. Read more