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The 5 Most Common Pitfalls of Informed Decision Making

December 2, 2014/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Decision Model Management, Gartner /by Ton Baas

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. This may be fine for smaller decisions, but what about big(ger) strategic decisions? Informed decision making is becoming a trend, with many organizations dispelling gut-based decisions and incorporating tools and analytics to help reach the best possible decision.

Business Process Modeling: Top-down or bottom-up processing?

November 25, 2014/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Roadmapping /by David van Eck

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 yourselves when beginning to design a process model. In this blog I would like to take you along with me to the world of top-down or bottom-up modeling. Let me start by clarifying some frequently used terms. Then, I will share several personal experiences and my preferred method of working.

Enterprise Architecture: Need for Speed

November 21, 2014/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Capability, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Lean Management, Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management, Resources /by Remco Blom

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. We recently had a very successful seminar on Enterprise Architecture in Dutch healthcare. After presentations on “Dilemma’s for Architects”, based on the relation between physical and digital architecture in healthcare and “Data Management”, we had a debate to discuss associated topics further with our attendees. Please share your good and worst practices by reacting to this blog.

Enterprise Architecture and Innovation: A Cultural Change

November 18, 2014/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Innovation, Lean Management, TOGAF /by Marc Lankhorst

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, or more recently the Norman Foster’s Millau viaduct or landmark buildings like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao by Frank Gehry. Buildings that inspire and stretch technological possibilities. Ideas that have literally shaped construction and design, and transformed their surroundings. Read more

Rapidly Delivering Business Value with TOGAF

November 11, 2014/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Innovation, Lean Management, Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management, TOGAF /by Marc Lankhorst

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. BiZZdesign believes in an EA approach that is based on open standards and frameworks. We combine and pre-package frameworks and standards like TOGAF and ArchiMate as an accelerated approach to jump-start customers’ EA programs. In this blog we will explain how we use TOGAF as framework, apply it in practice, with the goal of doing business-outcome-driven EA.

Data governance gone bad… and how to get it right!

November 6, 2014/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Capability, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Resources /by Tim Vehof

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.

“In creating and handling the data, we made a mistake. This way we accidentally coupled the wrong information to the e-mail addresses of the research participants”. According to the insurance company, this was a “human error’’, and not an error in the organization’s system, which was tested extensively. Read more

Driving Business Outcomes with Enterprise Architecture as a Knowledge Hub

October 10, 2014/0 Comments/in Application Portfolio Management, BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Capability, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Capability Based Planning, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Enterprise Studio, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management, Resources, Roadmapping /by Marc Lankhorst

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, design and realization steps is only possible in stable circumstances. Classical top-down strategy implementation cannot keep up with the transformation speed required in a rapidly changing environment.

How to be Successful with the Process Design Team: Five Tips

October 2, 2014/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling /by David van Eck

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. Within several projects in which I was involved I had the chance to experience this from up close. In this blog I would like to share five top tips to help a design team efficiently and effectively perform within an Agile environment. Read more

Enterprise Architecture-Based Risk Assessment with ArchiMate

August 15, 2014/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Capability, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Infrastructure Architecture Management, Security Architecture, TOGAF /by Henk Jonkers

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, and should be considered as an integral part of Enterprise Risk and Security Management (ERSM). ERSM includes methods and techniques used by organizations to manage all types of risks related to the achievements of their objectives.

Enterprise Risk Management Approach

July 29, 2014/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Infrastructure Architecture Management, Security Architecture /by Rob Kroese

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:

Enterprise Portfolio Management: Introduction

April 17, 2014/0 Comments/in Application Portfolio Management, BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Infrastructure Architecture Management, Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management, Roadmapping /by Lianne Bodenstaff & Dick Quartel

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 new processes, applications and infrastructure that are added to the landscape, making it larger and more complex. Read more

Towards Value-Driven Architecting

April 11, 2014/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Capability, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Capability Based Planning, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Lean Management, Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management, Resources /by Marc Lankhorst

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

April 1, 2014/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Governance, Risk & Compliance /by Marc Lankhorst and Joost Niehof

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.

Strategic Use of Business Models: Case Study

February 21, 2014/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Infrastructure Architecture Management, Innovation, Resources /by Henry Franken

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

February 15, 2014/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Model Management, Resources /by Henry Franken

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 tool which helps to (a) communicate about strategic choices, (b) analyze ones business model, and (c) consolidate the results of various analyses such as SWOT, value chain analysis, or Blue Ocean analysis.

Strategic Use of Business Models: Implementation

February 13, 2014/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Roadmapping, TOGAF /by Henry Franken

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. In this blog post, I will show that enterprise architecture is the tool to go from strategy and business model to execution.

Business Architecture: Because Business Models Aren’t Enough

January 26, 2014/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign, Blog, BPM, BPMN, Business Architecture, Business Capability, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Innovation, Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management, TOGAF /by Remco Blom

Business models are a helpful way to define a business strategy and steer an organization in the “right” direction. Furthermore, business models foster discussions on the way organizations want to deliver value to their customers. Building business models is fun! Thinking about your organization and its future in an abstract manner is addictive, since there is no chance of failure…

Strategic Use of Business Models: Introduction

January 22, 2014/0 Comments/in ArchiMate, BiZZdesign, Blog, BPM, Business Architecture, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Enterprise Studio, Innovation /by Henry Franken

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, growing power of both suppliers and consumers and increased threat of substitutes. Indeed, one can argue that it is “all hands on deck” for many organizations in their struggle to survive.

Lean & Enterprise Architecture: Seven Deadly Wastes in Enterprise Architectures

November 23, 2013/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Capability, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Infrastructure Architecture Management, Lean Management /by Marc Lankhorst and Peter Matthijssen

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.

Building an Effective Enterprise Architecture Capability

September 16, 2013/0 Comments/in BiZZdesign, Blog, Business Architecture, Business Capability, Business Model Management, Business Process Management, Capability Based Planning, Decision Model Management, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Software, Enterprise Architecture Tools, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management, Roadmapping, TOGAF /by Bas van Gils and Sven van Dijk

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. In this White Paper we described how a high-level approach for the initiation and development of the Enterprise Architecture capability can be derived from TOGAF, and especially its core component the Architecture Development Method (ADM). This high level approach consists of four steps: