Enterprise Architecture in Denmark began with QualiWare
The QualiWare Story
In 1991, a group of friends came together to create something entirely new: they aimed to merge quality management with software—something unprecedented at the time.
Back then—over 30 years ago—quality management was dominated by consultants who kept all their files on paper in thick dossiers. But these visionaries in Denmark had a clear goal.
Leveraging their backgrounds in software development and drawing inspiration from John Zachman, the inventor of enterprise architecture in 1987, they conceived the idea that would become QualiWare.
Quality in Software = QualiWare
The friends rented an office in Copenhagen in 1991 and embarked on their adventure. The first thing they did was develop a code generator, which they sold to support themselves while working on their new software. They had families to support, so their time was precious.
And the name? Simple: Quality in software became QualiWare.
Visionary Entrepreneurs
The first components developed were the metamodeling environment, QualiWare CaseMaker, and the QualiWare Command Language (QCL). With this environment ready, QualiWare Lifecycle Manager was configured with support for process modeling and object-oriented system modeling.
A year after the company was founded, the first release of QualiWare was sold to a large international telecommunication company, marking the start of their business expansion.
Today, it’s hard to imagine managing quality without software—especially given the complexity of modern businesses. Software has made it possible to describe, change, and develop processes across entire organizations efficiently.
Curiosity and Innovation
Curiosity has always driven QualiWare, leading to the development of several innovative features. Notably, QualiWare became web-based as early as 1995, enhancing implementation and accessibility.
QualiWare Worldwide
Today, QualiWare has offices and partners worldwide, with headquarters north of Copenhagen replacing the small initial office. The CEO is still Kuno, one of the original friends who started the business over 30 years ago. Every day, he works passionately with all QualiWare employees to create the QualiWare of tomorrow.
