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
Driving Organizational Change: The Heart of the Matter
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, BiZZdesign, Business Architecture, EA Business Case, Enterprise Architecture /by Jeremy VinerI was recently invited onto the BiZZdesign Enterprise Architecture Podcast to discuss the journey of organizational change at the Royal Bank of Scotland, an initiative in which I’ve played an active role – and still do, in fact. I think it was a good talk and I encourage you to give it a listen if you can spare a few minutes. Read more
Creating Architecture Models in an Agile Way
/0 Comments/in Agile, Business Model Management, Business Process Modeling, Decision Model Management /by Marc LankhorstIn previous blog posts, we talked about the use of architecture models in the context of agile development, and the ‘right’ level of detail for such models. But how do you go about creating models in an agile context? Read more
What is the Right Level of Detail for My Agile Models?
/0 Comments/in Agile, Business Model Management, Business Process Modeling, Decision Model Management /by Marc LankhorstIn previous blog posts, we discussed the use of architecture models in agile development. Probably the most commonly asked questions in modeling is: “What is the right level of detail for my models?” And in an agile context this is perhaps asked even more often. Read more
An EA Response to the Pandemic: Novozymes
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, BiZZdesign, Business Capability, Enterprise Architecture /by Claus JensenLiving in a new normal
It’s been roughly two months since the Covid-19 pandemic has forced everyone into quarantine. Although the situation is ‘exceptional’, it’s nonetheless starting to feel like a familiar sort of exceptionalism, something you don’t really remark as much anymore. Read more
ArchiMate Models for Agile Teams (Part 2)
/0 Comments/in Agile, Agile Development, ArchiMate, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Studio /by Marc LankhorstIn the first part of this blog post, we discussed in general how the structure of the ArchiMate modeling language matches the structure of both component and feature teams. In this second part, we want to go a bit deeper into this topic.
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ArchiMate Models for Agile Teams (Part 1)
/0 Comments/in Agile, ArchiMate, Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture /by Marc LankhorstIn the most recent post in our ongoing series on agile and architecture, I argued why architecture models are valuable for agile organizations. That post concentrated on the ways in which you can use these models to foster business agility at the enterprise level. In this post I want to zoom in a bit and discuss how architecture models and ArchiMate in particular can support agile teams. Read more
An EA Response to the Pandemic – Ameren
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, Agile, Business Capability, Digital Transformation, EA Business Case /by Kishore KoduriThe Covid-19 effect
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected Ameren much the same way it affected other large, Fortune 500 companies. We too have experienced a sudden need to facilitate work-from-home (WFH) conditions for a significant number of our staff; we’ve seen a spike in the number of people that require access to VPN, to videoconferencing capabilities; we’ve even gone through hiring and onboarding new employees exclusively online. 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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