Thriving in times of intense volatility requires organizations to realize operational efficiencies and productivity gains. However, they also need to pioneer new business models leveraging digital products and services – and do this faster and more effectively than the competition. Many organizations increasingly understand how enterprise architecture tools can help with this complex, multi-dimensional challenge. Enterprise architecture connects strategy, business capabilities and business processes with the data, applications, technology and digital products that support them in ‘connected a ..read more

Agile enterprise architecture management practices may want to consider developing repeatable Enterprise Architecture Services. This would allow consumers of those services (e.g., internal customers of enterprise architecture) to concentrate on their top priorities – running and improving their business – while being able to call on well-defined, expert services with clear value propositions and rules of engagement. The idea of service offerings isn’t new. The concept of ‘IT Services’ first came to my attention in the 1980s through an innovative approach taken by an automotive company, which ..read more

To effectively navigate changes, Enterprise and Solution Architecture teams need to interlink to enhance an organization’s architectural agility and ensure a competitive edge. Ensuring that these teams coexist and complement each other to drive business value is often easier said than done. Successful collaboration can be achieved by carefully managing touchpoints or points of interaction among teams, maintaining shared value, and fostering a culture of shared governance and ownership – and this is what we’ve achieved here at AtkinsRéalis. AtkinsRéalis is a design, engineering and project man ..read more

We’ve had a big year at Bizzdesign where we’ve significantly impacted the Enterprise Architecture industry. Together with our customers, we’ve facilitated transformation journeys that have propelled significant growth and innovation – not only for our customers but also for us. Our customers have repeatedly demonstrated that you can facilitate significant transformational change and measurable outcomes with the right enterprise architecture platform. We call this enabling ‘Change by Design’ with Bizzdesign Horizzon. Let’s look at the milestones that we’ve achieved together with our customers ..read more

The fundamentals of business process management often start with business process models. Business process management practitioners face many challenges, among others, managing their process models in a structured way. Some practitioners struggle with process models that are hard to maintain and manage and views that don’t give a transparent view of the enterprise. Business process models are a powerful means to describe, analyze and communicate processes. Putting effort into the design and how you document and publish your models is key to success. How can you optimally use business pro ..read more

When talking to customers and prospects, I hear great ambitions for digitization. But I also hear about pains when they describe their IT landscape. Customers have often grown a complex IT landscape and lack transparency about their costs, or functional redundancy occurs, especially after mergers and acquisitions. Information about their IT landscape sometimes resides in cluttered, disconnected and different silos, which makes it hard to get control over the IT portfolio. This is where APM software for Application Rationalization comes into play. But why is Application Rationalization benefic ..read more

Today organizations have enterprise-wide strategies for cloud with different use cases of cloud transformation – there’s a shift from cloud-lift to multi-cloud and the scoping of cloud solutions. According to analyst firm Gartner, Inc, “By 2027, more than 50% of enterprises will use industry cloud platforms to accelerate their business initiatives.” During these times of change, enterprise architects must ask: “Am I equipped to guide and design ongoing cloud transformation?” Application portfolio management software usually provides the answer. Enterprise architects can use application portfo ..read more

APM software is vital in today’s economic climate. CIOs are under continuous pressure to transform the IT landscape to respond to technologies disrupting existing business and operating models, regulatory requirements and other global drivers such as the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. IT portfolio managers and architects give them the insights they need to make investment decisions by implementing the application portfolio management discipline. Application portfolio management isn’t a once-off project but a continuous process of assessing portfolios. This discipline evaluates ..read more

The 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools has been published, with Bizzdesign positioned as a Leader for the eight consecutive year. We are also proud to be positioned highest for Completeness of Vision, which we see as an acknowledgement of our unwavering commitment to understanding the needs of our customers in an evolving enterprise architecture market, and bringing innovation to how we solve these challenges with our products and services. These productized packs include solutions for Application Portfolio Management, Solution Architecture Management and Business ..read more

At Bizzdesign, we’ve had many engagements throughout the years where we were brought in to breathe new life into failing enterprise architecture initiatives. A common denominator across many projects was replacing Microsoft Office with enterprise architecture tools —specifically, an ineffective trinity comprising Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint. In our experience, many organizations find it appropriate to start an enterprise architecture practice with a cheap, homemade solution. The thinking is that once some value has been achieved, they may (maybe) graduate to a professional tool – that’s usua ..read more