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, enterprise architecture models, business process models, software models, data models and more are only used to specify some design, i.e., to describe what should be built. But there is much more value to be had from these models, by using powerful analysis techniques to create new insights. Read more
The Business Architect’s Toolbox: Organization Mapping
/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Decision Model Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance /by Marc LankhorstAs 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 useful techniques for business architecture modeling and how they are supported by BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio. In this blog, we will discuss an approach to modeling a blueprint of one of the core domains of business architecture: Organization Mapping.
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Powerful Analysis Techniques (3) – Process Analysis
/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Lean Management /by Marc LankhorstIn 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. But there is also the enterprise in motion, where we look at the behavior of the enterprise, in particular its business processes.
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Powerful Analysis Techniques (2) – Dependency Analysis
/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture Management, Innovation /by Marc LankhorstIn my previous blog post, I outlined the value of using analysis techniques to get more business value out of your models. I described one of the most common analysis techniques, impact analysis, and showed how color views and heat maps can be used to depict, for example, the use of applications to support capabilities.
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The Business Architect’s Toolbox: An Introduction
/0 Comments/in Application Portfolio Management, ArchiMate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Capability Based Planning, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Infrastructure Architecture Management /by Marc LankhorstIn 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 direction-setting. This maturation of the business architecture discipline makes the role of model-based support for design, analysis and decision-making also increasingly important. In this series of posts we will introduce you to useful techniques for business architecture modeling and how they are supported by BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio. Read more
7 Powerful Analysis Techniques to Get More Business Value from Your Models
/0 Comments/in Application Portfolio Management, ArchiMate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance /by Marc LankhorstStrategists, 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, enterprise architecture models, business process models, software models, data models and more are only used to specify some design, i.e., to describe what should be built. But there is much more value to be had from these models, by using powerful analysis techniques to create new insights. Read more
How organizations model their acquisition and divestiture – a real life example
/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Decision Model Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Infrastructure Architecture Management, Lean Management /by Marc LankhorstIn 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, supporting two government agencies that were in the middle of this process.
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How enterprise models contribute to successfully completing a merger, acquisition or divestiture
/0 Comments/in Application Portfolio Management, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance /by Marc LankhorstOrganizations 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? How can you increase buying power from your suppliers? What cost savings can be realized by exploiting synergies? Read more
Just launched: BiZZdesign Portal
/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog /by Peter MatthijssenWe are happy to announce an all new BiZZdesign Portal. This Portal offers an integrated solution with BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, and is really something special. It uses the latest technologies, is easy to use and offers users a great looking interface.
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Are You Ready for the GDPR? The Test Results
/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Governance, Risk & Compliance /by Marc LankhorstIn 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. We also made available our ’How ready are you for the GDPR?’ test, which determines whether your organization is doing enough to prepare for the important regulation. Read more
8 Steps Enterprise Architects Can Take to Deal with GDPR
/0 Comments/in Application Portfolio Management, ArchiMate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance /by Marc LankhorstIn 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. This regulation, and related EU Directives such as the ePrivacy Directive and the Network and Information System Security (NIS) Directive, force organizations to rethink how they deal with personal, privacy-sensitive data. In this blog, I want to address the steps you can take as an architect to help your organization comply with these regulations.
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ArchiMate relationships point in the same direction as the enterprise
/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, Blog, Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture Management /by Marc LankhorstWhen 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 with “Shouldn’t it be the other way round?” Read more
Targeting Executives with Enterprise Studio
/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture /by George PangWhen 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, it often appears as “just boxes and lines”. In this blog I will explain some simple techniques to help bridge the gap.
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5 top tips for organizing your architecture repository
/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture /by George PangSoftware platforms such as BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio are powerful tools that can support transformation activities if used in the right way. Otherwise there is a risk it becomes shelf-ware. As the saying goes: “With great power comes great responsibility” Read more
Leveraging existing data in BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio
/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture /by George PangIn 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. In this post, I will describe how, if the information is readily available, can be brought into Enterprise Studio. Read more
7 Things Every Enterprise Architect Needs to Know About the GDPR
/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Governance, Risk & Compliance /by Marc LankhorstThe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a stringent EU Regulation on privacy protection, which will go into effect in May 2018. Enterprise architects can play an important role in helping their organization be GDPR-compliant. Are you aware of the impact of the GDPR on your organization? Read more
How to collect and manage tailored data with BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio
/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture /by George PangThe average organization is built on a variety of strategies and motivations, people, processes, applications, technology. An important part to ensure that the right stakeholders are satisfied with being able to contribute, as well as getting targeted reports out to the stakeholders – is metadata. Read more
Prepare your Organization for Change: 6 Key Capabilities
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Digital Transformation, Governance, Risk & Compliance /by Marc LankhorstFew companies have a systematic and reliable way of translating their business strategy into action across all relevant parts of the organization. Research on digital transformations by MIT Sloan [1] distinguishes between the ‘what’ (what does an organization want to achieve) and the ‘how’ Read more
In case you missed it: Combining ArchiMate® 3.0 with Other Standards & Techniques – Summary
/0 Comments/in Adaptive Enterprise, ArchiMate, Blog, Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture /by Marc LankhorstSince the release of ArchiMate 3.0 last June, my colleagues and I have written a series of blog posts about combining ArchiMate with other standards, methods and modeling techniques. This post summarizes what we have shown you.
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BiZZdesign Customer South State Bank Wins Enterprise Architecture Award 2016
/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, Blog, Business Architecture, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture /by BiZZdesignA 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. Read more
Strategic Use of Business Models: Strategic Management
/0 Comments/in Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Portfolio Management /by Henry FrankenThe 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 questions: how can we (a) improve the process of strategic management through the use of models, and (b) improve the execution/implementation of strategies with Enterprise Architecture Management?
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