Presentation 4pm to 5pm. Networking from 5pm (canapes and drinks provided).

ArchiMate: The Next Big Thing in Enterprise Architecture

ArchiMate is a visual language for modelling, analysing and visualising enterprise architectures, adopted as an international standard by the OpenGroup (which also owns the TOGAF standard) in 2009. It is the third major development in the enterprise architecture field since the Zachman framework in 1987 (which established the enterprise architecture field) and the TOGAF framework in 1995. Effectively, it puts “meat on the bones” of the Zachman framework, by providing both a metamodel and visual modelling notation in addition to an architectural framework. It was developed as the result of collaborative project involving research institutes, commercial organisations, government departments and IT vendors. It provides enterprise architects with a common language – something they have never had before – and has the potential to unite the field in the same way UML has done in software engineering and BPMN has done in business process modelling. ArchiMate provides an open, non-proprietary language for modelling enterprise architectures: like UML and BPMN it is free-to-use. It is complementary to the TOGAF framework: TOGAF provides a process for developing enterprise architectures, while ArchiMate provides a language for representing enterprise architectures (product). It provides a complete solution to the problem of enterprise architecture as it includes an architectural framework, a metamodel, visual notation and 3rd party tool support. The goal of this presentation is to provide a primer on ArchiMate for organisations and practitioners interested in adopting it.

Speaker Biography - Dr Daniel Moody

Dr. Daniel Moody is recognised as one of Australia’s leading experts in data modelling and data management and has an international reputation in these fields. He holds a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Melbourne (Australia’s top ranked university) and has held senior positions in some of Australia’s leading corporations and consultancy firms. His consulting expertise includes data modelling, process modelling, enterprise architecture, enterprise data management, data warehousing, data standards, data quality, business rules and business vocabulary development. He has conducted consulting assignments in 12 different countries, covering a broad range of industries. He has also published over 100 scientific papers, been a keynote speaker 9 times and chaired several international conferences. He was the inaugural President of the Australian Data Management Association (DAMA), a former Vice-President of the DAMA International Board and is listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering. He has lived in 8 different countries (Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain), speaks fluent English and can say “hello”, “thank you” and “cheers” in at least 10 different languages. 

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