Wardley Maps offer a powerful way to analyse a business's competitive landscape, value chain, and the evolution of its components — but most Enterprise Architecture frameworks have not formally incorporated them. This paper examines how Wardley Mapping complements EA methods, proposes a meta model integration using the Inspired Holistic Architecture Language (HAL), and demonstrates practical benefits including reduced effort, improved model fidelity, and richer strategic insight. A useful read for enterprise architects and business architects looking to bring greater contextual awareness into their architecture practice.
The Difference Between Process Architecture and Process Modeling (and why you should care)
Process modelling initiatives frequently consume months of effort without producing meaningful results — often because teams dive into detailed models before anyone understands the big picture. This paper argues for a clear separation between process architecture (a rapid, high-level view of what processes exist, who they serve, and how they connect) and detailed process modelling and design, while keeping both perspectives fully integrated. Drawing on case studies from financial services organisations, it shows how this approach can cut project time dramatically and produce models that business stakeholders actually engage with.
An Inspired Approach to Business Architecture
Most enterprise architecture frameworks treat business architecture as little more than context for IT decisions — leaving out competitors, markets, culture, partners, products, ethics, and organisational design. This white paper sets out Inspired's broader definition: the design of a desirable future state of the enterprise, informed by all its relevant dimensions and underpinned by a comprehensive, integrative meta model. It covers scope, techniques, method tailoring, the Holistic Architecture Language (HAL), and the tools and training that bring the approach to life.
Integrated Meta Model for Enterprise Modelling including Strategy, Business Architecture, Risk and Change
Abstract
The paper describes the development of an integrated meta model capable of supporting a variety of approaches in strategy and business architecture, including TOGAF®, ArchiMate®, Zachman, MEMO, Inspired and others. It describes the sources of concepts, relationships and properties; the modelling approach and rationale and the resultant model, which has proven effective in support of multiple business transformation projects. The model integrates strategy, contextual factors and business architecture elements as well as interfacing to implementation architectures, enterprise risk and programme management. It leverages a multi-level meta modelling approach to overcome challenges of prior meta models. Advantages and challenges related to a large integrated model are discussed and suggestions made for dealing with these challenges.
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Enterprise Design and Engineering / Practice of Enterprise Modeling Forum, Vienna, Austria