Another Modeling Language-ArchiMate

ArchiMate is a modeling language for Enterprise Architecture and recently adopted by the Open Group. I attended a seminar yesterday, "ArchiMate-Adding value to TOGAF" by Remco Blom. Following are few takeaways from this session,

• ArchiMate complements TOGAF ADM in the areas of Business, Information, and Technology
• It’s a higher level modeling language and not a replacement of UML or BPMN.
• It offers a meta model to relate different domains Business, Application, Technology
• It provides visualization for Enterprise Architecture analysis
• There are multiple tool vendors offer support for ArchiMate including , Bizzdesign, Troux, Telelogic,IDSScheer, and Casewise
• The language needs to be enhanced in order to better align with TOGAF
• There are no explicit security view exsit
• Open group announced the launch of the ArchiMate Technical Standard at the upcoming Open Group conference at London.
• The Standard is available in the book form at VanHaren publishers
• Language tutorials are available at http://www.archimate.org/