Bizzdesign Explained

Bizzdesign
Type:	Private
Foundation:	2000^[1]
Location:	Enschede, Netherlands.
Area Served:	Netherlands, Germany, France, Central & Eastern Europe, North America, United Kingdom.
Key People:	Henry Franken, Harmen van den Berg, Harm Bakker (founders)
Industry:	Enterprise architecture, Business process management, Business Architecture, Security Architecture, Application Portfolio Management
Products:	Bizzdesign Horizzon Platform

Bizzdesign is a Dutch enterprise architecture and BPM SaaS platform vendor, founded in 2000 by Henry Franken, Harmen van den Berg and Harm Bakker,^[2] and is known for the co-development of ArchiMate and the development Bizzdesign Enterprise Studio, formerly BiZZdesign Architect,^[3] the first tool that supported ArchiMate.^{[4] [5]}

Inception

Bizzdesign started as spin-off from a research project (1996-2001) to develop a test environment for business processes, originated by the Telematica Instituut^[6] (now Novay) in cooperation with partners such as the IBM, the Dutch Pension Fund APG, Tax and Customs Administration, and the ING Group.

In 2016 the company presented the new variation of the software called Bizzdesign Enterprise studio ^[7]

In 2024 the software is still often listed in top-10 of Enterprise Architecture tools according to different reports^{[8] [9] [10]}

See also

• ArchiMate
• BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio

Notes and References

1. http://www.bizzdesign.com/about-bizzdesign/history/ Our history
2. Henry Franken, Harmen van den Berg (2008) Handboek Business Process Engineering
3. Paul P. Maglio, Cheryl A. Kieliszewski, James C. Spohrer (2010) Handbook of Service Science. p. 259
4. Adrian Campbell (2009) BiZZdesign Architect at iea.wikidot.com, 30 April 2009
5. [Terry Halpin]
6. Nagesh V. Anupindi, PhD, Gerard A. Coady (2011) Enterprise Architecture Turnaround. p. 15
7. Web site: BiZZdesign releases brand new software platform, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio . Cindy van Hunen, BiZZdesign . 2016-06-15.
8. Web site: Enterprise Architecture: Die 20 besten EA-Tools . de . Florian Maier . 2024-05-01.
9. Web site: Buyer’s guide: Top 20 enterprise architecture tools . Peter Wayner . 2024-05-22.
10. Web site: Enterprise Architecture Management Software Market Innovations Investigated by Rising Trends and Global Demand 2024 – 2030.