Here is a proposal for mapping Service Design concepts to ArchiMate (v.3.x) concepts (figure below). These ArchiMate concepts can be used to modeling e.g. Customer Journey Maps or Service Blueprints. Get a free ArchiMate modelling tool Archi: link.
Month: December 2016
Using ArchiMate with SAFe
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) can be supported with an EA modeling tool for visualization purposes. SAFe encourages to utilize Lean & Agile practices in different development levels: Team-, Program- and Portfolio levels, and also in optional “Value Stream” level. SAFe development approach is based on project level agile practices and methods such as Scrum. According to SAFe, […]
Business Model Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, Customer Journey Map, Lean Canvas etc. with Archi-tool
Archi -tool provides ready-to-use canvas templates. E.g. Business Model Canvas (BMC) and Value Proposition Canvas for business model design, and Customer Journey Canvas for more detailed service design. These canvases utilize model elements that look like post-it chards. It is also possible to create custom canvases such as Kanban Board. All the canvases – as well as any other […]
Business Model Canvas (BMC) with ArchiMate
A Business Model Canvas (BMC) can be modeled with ArchiMate as shown below. BMC canvases can be created with any of those EA modelling tools that support ArchiMate, such as Archi or Sparx EA. This version below is modelled by using ArchiMate Business and Motivation elements. ArchiMate Business Layer elements are covering the most of […]
Service Blueprint with ArchiMate
A Service Blueprint can be modeled with ArchiMate. There can be different variations of the Service Blueprint, one of which is shown below. ..same diagram with another tool below.. This viewpoint is customer- and service-centric (“outside-in”), but it emphasizes also the “inside-out” part of the service. With the help of this approach, the service-driven development can identify […]
Customer Journey with ArchiMate
A Customer Journey Map alike view can be modeled with ArchiMate. A customer journey can be modeled with the “Business Process” concept as shown in the diagram below. This customer-centric viewpoint is focusing on customer experience. This “service design” related approach is concentrating the “outside-in” development of the service that is to be designed. This highlights […]
Business Motivation Model (BMM) mapping to ArchiMate
Business Motivation Model (BMM) is a specification by the OMG, current version is 1.3 (2015). BMM can be used to model motivational aspects of the business. BMM concepts can be mapped to ArchiMate (3) concepts. BMM overview is shown in the figure below. BMM overview mapping to ArchiMate concepts is shown in the diagram below.
Motivation Views of ArchiMate
Motivation views can be used for modelling WHY a development target is important. What are the reasons and goals for a development target, what are the principles and requirements for development. Also, the value and meaning related to a development target can be modeled. Motivation Elements ArchiMate Motivation Layer consists of following elements shown in the […]
Strategy & Capability Modelling With ArchiMate
Strategy can be modeled with ArchiMate. There are elements from Motivation and Strategy elements in ArchiMate, which together can be used for visualizing how strategic goals can be modeled into more concrete strategy views. Strategy View Example Strategy to Capability View – Capability Based Planning (CBP) This view can be used for Capability-Based Planning (CBP) […]
ArchiMate Model Transfer from Archi to Neo4j Graph Database
Graph Databases such as Neo4j can be used for extended visualization and analysis purposes of EA-models.
Enterprise Architecture Modelling Tools With ArchiMate Support
Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) can be supported by a tool. A modelling tool should be supporting the ArchiMate language, which is the most comprehensive standard language for Enterprise Architecture modelling. There are several modeling tools available for Enterprise Architecture (EA) modeling with ArchiMate-notation. Some of the tools are certified by Open Group (see ArchiMate® Tool […]
ArchiMate 3 is supported in EA-tools
The new version of the Open Group modeling standard ArchiMate 3.0 (published by The Open Group, June 2016) is already supported in modeling tools such as Archi (Beta 4, December 2016) and Sparx EA (v.13). Also drawing tool MS Visio can be extended with ArchiMate 3 stencils (e.g. from here or here). ArchiMate 3 specification introduces […]
ArchiMate Model Exchange File Format for switching EA-models between the tools
Model Exchange When modeling an Enterprise’s (organization’s) behavior and structure, there is a need for unified modeling language. There is one comprehensive standard language by Open Group, ArchiMate (link), that can be used for overall modeling of an enterprise. In addition, there are several modeling tools that support ArchiMate language. Now and then there is […]
Visualization, Collaboration And Analysis Tool Sketch
Visualization And Collaboration According to research, most people understand complex problem domains by visualization. Things and their relations to each other can be understood with a picture – “one picture is worth a thousand words”. The more there are elements in “the big picture”, the more there are relations between them, and the more there […]
Application Integrations Modelling With ArchiMate
Several alternative approaches of modeling data switching between applications are shown in the examples (1 to 10) below. These alternative modelling approaches illustrate the situation as follows: “Application A” owns a “Data Object A-1”, which is requested by “Application B”. Data flows from “Application A” to “Application B”. “Application A” realizes a service “Application Service A-1” that is […]