We’re happy to announce that Archi version 4.7 is now available to download. It’s been a long time coming but it’s finally here! We’ve crammed in a lot of new features, improvements and fixes into this release so please take a look at the full list of changes in the Version History. Here’s an overview […]
C4 Model, Architecture Viewpoint and Archi 4.7
In November ’19, I gave a talk at The Open Group Amsterdam event and shared examples of C4 views created using Archi. This raised a lot of comments and questions that I’m going to answer in this post. The C4 Model The C4 Model is a set of architecture viewpoints designed by Simon Brown to […]
Archi 4.6 now supports ArchiMate 3.1
We’re happy to announce that Archi version 4.6 is now available to download. The focus for this release has been on the following key areas: Support for ArchiMate 3.1 Improvements to UI and UX Optimisations and refinements Support for ArchiMate 3.1 ArchiMate 3.1 was announced by The Open Group last week at their November Amsterdam […]
Archi 4.5 Released
Archi version 4.5 is now available to download. The focus for this release has been on the following key areas: Speed and memory optimisations Better plug-in management Building upon more recent versions of Eclipse and Java Speed and memory optimisations When Archi was first developed, almost 10 years ago, we had no idea that it […]
Archi 4.4 Released
Archi version 4.4 is now available to download. This release contains many fixes, tweaks and quality of life improvements. Many Archi users will be glad to know that we no longer bundle Oracle’s Java Runtime with the Windows and Mac installers. We are now bundling OpenJDK 8 (https://adoptopenjdk.net/) with these installers, which means that you […]
Long read: Modelling Identity in Enterprise Architecture / ArchiMate
While I regularly inspect ICT architecture models (both as a teacher and as a consultant) I don’t often see concepts for “identities” and “accounts” present in those models. Authentication and authorization (A&A) may be implied in those models, usually by connecting the system or application with an identity provider such as a directory service, but […]
Why Archi?
In a previous post I explained why we should use ArchiMate in an Enterprise Architecture practice. Before moving on with “How to quickly create value with ArchiMate?“, I’d like to provide some guidance on modelling tools. About tooling When setting up an Enterprise Architecture capability, we will, at some point, have to choose a tool to write […]
Why ArchiMate?
This post is part of a series about the “How and Why of ArchiMate”. When I am asked the question “What is ArchiMate?“, I usually provide the same simple answer: “A (foreign) language for Enterprise Architecture“. But the real question people should ask is “Why ArchiMate?“. And here is my answer… Before even starting to […]
Archi 4.3 Released
Archi version 4.3 is now available to download. Highlights of this release are: Add opacity option to figures – you can now set the opacity (transparency) level of each diagram figure. Support multi-selection in Properties sections – you can now set common properties for selected objects in the Properties tab. For example – name, documentation, […]
jArchi – Scripting for Archi
Today, J-B Sarrodie and I are releasing a preliminary beta version of jArchi, the scripting plug-in for Archi. jArchi has a long (albeit slow) development history and received a recent speed bump with some funding and feedback from the technical architecture team at Adeo, in France. This allowed us to develop a closer integration between […]