ValueBlue & IASA Netherlands: Strategic Architecture Partnership

ValueBlue, a leading software company known for its innovative Enterprise Architecture (EA) platform BlueDolphin, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with IASA Netherlands, and their association for career guidance and training within the architect community. The collaboration aims to enhance the standards, practices, insights and tools made available to architects, fostering successful innovation and change in organizations across the Netherlands. 

As part of this partnership, ValueBlue and IASA will combine their expertise to provide architects with a comprehensive suite of resources, including training academies, networking opportunities, and tools for architecture practices. By leveraging IASA’s globally recognized frameworks and ValueBlue’s innovative BlueDolphin platform, the partnership will empower organizations to accelerate their business transformations with more formalized, future-focused architecture strategies. 

A Vision for the Future of Architecture 

IASA has developed the Business Technology Architecture Body of Knowledge (BTABoK), a comprehensive framework for managing architecture practices that is based on proven methodologies from hundreds of large organizations worldwide. The BTABoK provides an open-source collection of techniques used by practicing architects to deliver value to companies. These are applicable to all types of architects, including business, software, solution, and chief architects. 

IASA challenges the traditional hierarchical view of architecture — which typically separates Enterprise, Solution, and Application architecture — advocating instead for a practice model based on competency. By focusing on skill development and practical techniques that have been successfully implemented across Fortune 500 companies, IASA believes that this integrated, competency-based approach can help architecture teams avoid the common pitfalls that often hinder their success. 

This framework goes hand-in-hand with ValueBlue’s approach to enterprise architecture tooling. By integrating enterprise architecture and application landscape management with solution design, the BlueDolphin platform empowers organizations to not only maintain their current landscape but also design future-state solutions that realize new strategies. This enables cross-functional teams to collaborate more effectively on planning and executing business transformations — thus accelerating outcomes, reducing costs, and controlling risks. 

Accelerating Transformation and Professional Growth 

By joining forces, ValueBlue and Iasa Netherlands aim to address the growing challenges in business transformation more effectively while creating new opportunities for professional development within the architecture community. 

For more information, please visit www.valueblue.com and https://netherlands.iasaglobal.org/.