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Gartner Release Enterprise Architecture MQ 2009 – Findings November 28, 2009

Posted by Ian Louw in Analysis & Research, BPA, EA Articles, Enterprise Architecture, Resources.
Tags: Analysis & Research, EA, Enterprise Architecture, Forrester, Gartner, Market Trends
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Earlier in the year I posted about how EA and BPM are merging in both the practioner and tools space. This was also highlighted by evidence from reports by Gartner and Forrester.

Gartner has released their latest analysis of the Enterprise Architecture vendor market.

Their overall assessment is favourable and in summary states the following:

EA tools adoption has increased despite economic challenges
Tools vendors have increased the richness of the features and functionality of their tools sets
Merger and aquisition activity (Software AG buying IDS Scheer) has provided momentum for 2009/2010.
Most tools seem to be more well rounded and now include, modelling, business intelligence and analysis capabilities that use a single data repository.
Open source and entry level tools have emerged and are seen to be gaining acceptance and interest but it is too early to tell what type of adoption there will be by a wider audience.
There is recognition in the market that entry level and no cost offerings can pose a longer term threat to vendors. This is as a result of vendors not listening to customers and not not aligning themselves with customer needs and their associated adoption of a fit for purpose EA tool.

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Free Enterprise Architecture Modeling Tools July 12, 2009

Posted by Ian Louw in EA Articles, Enterprise Architecture, Resources.
Tags: EA Tools, Enterprise Architecture, Free_EA_Modeling_Tools, interaplan, TOGAF
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While researching BPM Process Modeling tools recently (see post here), I also came across a few Enterprise Architecture tools that I thought I would share with readers.

iteraplan, the Essentials Project and the Togaf Customiser are all Open Source initiatives and are briefly summarised below:

iteraplan

Claimed to be the first open source tool for enterprise architecture management (EAM), iteraplan is based on the IT landscape modelling method developed by the consulting company iteratec.

It is available in two editions: Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). A feature comparison table can be found here.

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Comparison of Zachman, TOGAF and PeaF – Survey Results May 2, 2009

Posted by Ian Louw in Analysis & Research, Business Strategy, EA Articles, Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy.
Tags: Business Strategy, EA, Enterprise Architecture, FeaF, Frameworks, IT Strategy, PeaF, Standards, TOGAF, Zachman
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I am continually faced with Organisational and IT related complexity of customers I work with on a daily basis.

As most readers would know, the fundamental purpose of an EA Framework (and associated method(s)) is to manage complexity through visibility, abstraction and governanace and therefore it is important that the framework and method are not overly complex.

Following up on from a previous post about the new Pragmatic Enterprise Aritecture Framework (PeaF), I thought that interested readers would find the survey results comparing Togaf v9, Zachman and PeaF enlightening.

The founders of PeaF have published the results of how TOGAF v9, Zachman and PeaF compare and the highlevel results are reflected in the graph below. The data does not say how many contributors were surveyed or what their demographics were but according to the published results on the website, PeaF is smaller and less complex, whilst being easier to use and covering more of the scope of EA.