The Open Group

ArchiMate Forum

By Sonia Gonzalez
Architecture and ArchiMate
Forum Director
The Open Group

September, 2017
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 Facing the Trends: EA prac3ce and ArchiMate®

The Open Group ArchiMate Forum vision (under review):

»  Support EA as a business and IT practice

»  Market awareness : best practice application
»  Support and evolve the standard to face the new trends
and improve its usability: consumable, adaptable, consistency
»  Pursue integration between EA and other practices and areas of
knowledge.
»  Provide more guidance in relation on how to use the standard
»  Leverage our members business and professional growing.
Promote internetworking and value delivery
»  Increase and enrich membership
»  Promote, evolve and manage the ArchiMate® Ecosystem
»  Better engagement with TOGAF®
»  Improve marke,ng ac,vi,es ( awarness) 2

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 ArchiMate Vision

ArchiMate® is an Open Group standard that provides

Enterprise Architect a consistent modeling nota,on to
deliver architecture descrip,ons aimed to address
stakeholders concerns using a single nota,on and a
“common language” across the organiza,on

The Open Group ArchiMate® Forum enables

member organiza,ons to contribute to the
evolu,on of ArchiMate®.
The Open Group ArchiMate® Forum is open to
all Open Group member organiza,ons that
apply Enterprise Architecture in prac,ce and
support its use and development.

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 FORUM PROJECTS AND WORKGROUPS

Get involved in the Forums to

Par,cipate !!

Projects - events
ArchiMate® Exchange File Format
o  ArchiMate 3.0 improvements

o  ArchiMate and solu,on modeling – IoT

o  Capability based planning management

o  ArchiMate® and UML used together

o  ArchiMate® and BPMN/ UML

o  Liaison with the OMG

o  MOF metamodel development

o  Architecture and ArchiMate Joint ac,vity

IT4IT integra,on
o  Architecture – ArchiMate – IT4IT Architecture Forum TOGAF® integra,on

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 Standards, white papers and glossaries updates

•  ArchiMate 3.0.1 Technical Corrigendum Published

•  On going ArchiMate improvements: Coronado
•  Derivation rules
•  Value streams
•  Consistency – usability
•  Address input form Defect report : general improvements
•  More guidance. Use cases
•  ArchiMate Exchange File Format Standard
•  ArchiMate Localization activities
•  ArchiMate models repository under construction
•  Update the Ecosystem to comply with 3.0.1
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 White papers and glossaries updates

•  Supporting Requirements Management in TOGAF® and

ArchiMate® in draft state
•  Modelling the Insurance Enterprise: Using the TOGAF,
Archimate and ACORD in draft state

•  Harmonization white papers update (4). Harmony activity

restart – Activity still on hold. It might be taken by members
once the other white papers update had been finished.
Harmonization team had committed to work on this.

•  ArchiMate and UML used together: On hold, volunteers

needed
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 Related acivities

•  Exchange File Format support – promotion - Webinar to promote the

standard planning.

•  ArchiMate Tool Certification program conformance to comply with

Exchange File Format – references model selection under process

•  Marketing and promotional activities – on going

•  Proactive marketing activities : members and non-members. (Pardot mails)
•  Case studies promotion
•  Forum value proposition and customer experience work on the move
•  Blogs to capture feedback for improvements of the standard

•  Certification Program updates:

•  Tool Certification Program – Exchange File Format implementation as part of the
conformance requirements
•  Internal workshop to deliver improvements for the program

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 ArchiMate Forum marketing plan summary

•  Activities promotion: deliverables promoted through social media,

newsletter, blogs and webinars.
•  Story telling short videos : testimonials, interviews
•  Short videos promoting content : ArchiMate value, ArchiMate
vision
•  Follow up on the blogs and feedback received: ArchiMate vision
•  ArchiMate Certification workshop in Ottawa ( staff internal
activity)
•  ArchiMate adoption – research
•  ArchiMate Certification program improvements – feedback assessment
•  Information from the Open Group database: downloads, certified people
•  ArchiMate User Group in Amsterdam

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 Key issues to consider – Matters of the Forum

•  More case studies – support from members. Current actions

we have been reaching track speakers to get more case
studies
•  Reach non-members that had downloaded related
information and contact them ( case studies, adoption,
membership)
•  Actions to improve ArchiMate marketing – on the move with
the Marketing team – regional activities needed
•  More localization activities also needed to reach regions in
their own languages

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Key issues to consider – Matters of the Forum

•  Support the activities to update the standard ecosystem – call for

collaboration
•  We need more case studies, practical applications, tools
implementations
•  Specific tasks defined to promote the standard usage (market
awareness) – regional events
•  Pursue more end user organizations engaged
•  Closer engagement with Managers
•  More practical approach for the training – show real value
•  More localization activities needed
•  Improvements in marketing: standard and Certification Program
•  Pursue a more executable standard : vendors involved.
Interoperability – tools

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 Featured to face new trends: Agile, digital transformation,
enhance customer experience.

»  TOGAF and Agile – ArchiMate

»  ArchiMate supporting Digital Transformation
»  Metrics – how to measure value
»  Better integration with other management
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 The Open Group ® Library
•  Searching mechanisms

•  User friendly

•  Ecosystem
Integra,on
•  Access granted for
end users

•  Hold together all the

ArchiMate
knowledge

•  On going update

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 Additional details on
Forum activities

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 Link to a general Forum ac,vity report




You will found a Forum ac,vi,es report in here

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 Brainstorming

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 Q&A

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 WRAP UP - ACTIONS

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Thank you for your attention
I hope you have a great event with us …

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