TOGAF, la clave de los expertos en Arquitectura Empresarial

TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) se ha consolidado como el estándar abierto más utilizado en el mundo para implementar proyectos de tecnología empresarial en compañías públicas y privadas. 

Por: Leonardo Ramírez,Director de DUX Diligens Colombia
Especial ITNEGOCIOS.com

La Arquitectura Empresarial es cada vez más reconocida como una disciplina necesaria para asegurar que el diseño e implementación de la tecnología detrás de una organización responde y apoya las verdaderas necesidades del negocio. Ante todo, el arquitecto empresarial es el responsable de “crear los planos” y ejecutar las estrategias de IT de forma exitosa, a partir del conocimiento profundo de normas comunes, tecnologías y estrategias administrativas.

En este panorama, TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) se ha consolidado como el estándar abierto más reconocido, extendido y confiable del mundo para planear, diseñar, implementar y realizar mejoras continuas a la Arquitectura Empresarial. Creado por The Open Group (consorcio internacional de la industria del software que provee estándares abiertos para la infraestructura de la informática), este conjunto de reglas o marco de trabajo es utilizado por las organizaciones líderes de cada segmento en todo el planeta.

Un profesional certificado en TOGAF asegura que la arquitectura de IT detrás del funcionamiento y la estrategia de una compañía -tanto pública como privada- sigue los estándares más altos de la industria, sin comprometerse con los métodos propietarios que promocionan grandes consultoras y los principales fabricantes de tecnología. Así, la certificación en TOGAF es una credencial mundial que demuestra el conocimiento de un arquitecto empresarial en buenas prácticas que se traducen en mayor ahorro y productividad.

Esta certificación también es pieza clave para impulsar la carrera de cualquier profesional interesado en gerenciar tecnología al interior de grandes corporaciones. Lo es también para los ejecutivos de negocio interesados en un real gobierno corporativo (entendido como la forma en que una entidad desarrolla su actividad de manera sustentable, con deferencia al medio ambiente, responsabilidad hacia sus accionistas y mecanismos adecuados de control y transparencia). De ahí que la  certificación en TOGAF se haya convertido en requisito para procesos de licitación públicos y privados.

Los arquitectos empresariales pueden certificarse en dos niveles diferentes de TOGAF, lo que les brinda competencias diferentes. Mientras que en el nivel 1, los profesionales validan que conocen la terminología, estructura base y conceptos de TOGAF; en el nivel 2 demuestran que pueden aplicar los conceptos de forma exitosa en entornos verticales de industria.

Es importante destacar que recientemente se realizó en Barcelona (España) elEncuentro Mundial de Arquitectos Empresariales y Desarrolladores. Este certamen anual fue convocado por The Open Group. El tema central de la Edición 2012 fue la utilización de la Arquitectura Empresarial para la gestión de grandes cantidades de datos. Bajo el título de Big Data, la próxima frontera en la Empresa, se llevó a cabo una agenda que conferencias en las que participaron destacados líderes de la industria de IT.

El certamen contó con la participación de representantes de más de 400 organizaciones, entre grandes proveedores de soluciones, integradores, consultores, clientes, académicos e investigadores.

Al término de este gran encuentro, quedó claro que la Arquitectura Empresarial es cada vez más reconocida como una disciplina necesaria para asegurar que, el diseño e implementación de la tecnología detrás de una organización, responda de manera efectiva a las verdaderas necesidades del negocio.

http://itnegocios.com/togaf-la-clave-de-los-expertos-en-arquitectura-empresarial

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Real-World Data Governance: Tools of Data Governance - Purchased & Developed - Part 1 Purchased

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http://www.dataversity.net/webinar-tools-of-data-governance-purchased-and-developed-part-1-purchased/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqXLZKXonjHpfsX56%2BQrXaGylMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JTsd0dvycMRAVFZl5nRtRFvOddZJF%2BfpTDUSgXTX8hbI%3D

http://www.dataversity.net/webinar-tools-of-data-governance-purchased-and-developed-part-1-purchased/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqXIZKXonjHpfsX56%2BQrXaGylMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JTsd0dvycMRAVFZl5nRtRFvOddZJF%2BfpTDUSgXTX8hbI%3D

 

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IT Humor Management

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English and Spanish jokes

http://gestionhumorti.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/no-sin-mi-tablet-i.html

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Webinar: Data Architecture for Data Governance

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IASA good video

http://www.dataversity.net/webinar-data-architecture-for-data-governance/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqvKZKXonjHpfsX56%2BQrXaGylMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JTcF0dvycMRAVFZl5nRtRFvOddZJF%2BfpTDUSgXTX8hbI%3D

http://www.slideshare.net/Dataversity/data-architecture-for-data-governance

Slides:

http://www.dataversity.net/slides-data-architecture-for-data-governance/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqvKZKXonjHpfsX56%2BQrXaGylMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JTcF0dvycMRAVFZl5nRtRFvOddZJF%2BfpTDUSgXTX8hbI%3D

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Implementing BPM Solutions: Lessons Learned

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nice video about BPMss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gkgnY7nRWo0

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The Busy BA

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the website about Business Analyst

http://thebusyba.com/

 

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Architecting the Enterprise Courses Online

 

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https://www.architecting-the-enterprise.com/shop/shop.php

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Enteprise Architecture Jobs

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EA Jobs Search  in Microsoft

https://careers.microsoft.com/search.aspx#&&page=0

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ENTERPRISE STRATEGY ARCHITECT Job

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I good EA job

https://careers.microsoft.com/jobdetails.aspx?ss=&pg=0&so=&rw=9&jid=94116&jlang=EN

Job Category: Services & Consulting
Location: Ireland, Dublin
Job ID: 812115
Division: Services & Support

Are you ready to seize an opportunity to work with established and innovative enterprises in a long-term relationship? Looking to work closely with top Line of Business and IT Executives in large Enterprises, to accelerate the achievement of business objectives through a roadmap of pragmatic technology adoption? Can you do this in a heterogeneous IT environment involving multiple platforms and technologies? Want to connect the solutions you envision to the business and measure impact to the bottom line of your customer? Interested in leveraging your abstract thinking skills and employing strong business and architectural skills to create innovative solutions for the largest organizations in the world?
Microsoft Services helps customers realize their full potential through accelerated adoption and productive use of Microsoft technologies. We are a global team of exceptional people who deliver world-class services with partners, earning customer confidence, trust, and loyalty by improving the overall customer and partner experience, serving as the customer advocate within Microsoft, and driving customer-centric product improvement.
In this strategic role in the Enterprise Strategy business, you’ll deliver advisory and planning services to Microsoft’s top enterprise customers. The Enterprise Architect enables customers to achieve their most challenging business and organizational goals while leveraging value from their current and future investment in the Microsoft Platform. Through a programmatic approach and objective assessment of the customer’s existing business imperatives and IT investments, the Enterprise Architect systematically plans, orchestrates, and contributes to the development and execution of their strategic technology initiatives so that they align with their broader business goals in an innovative fashion. You will provide industry proven practices and elevate the likelihood of successful integration of Microsoft technologies that may include integration and interoperability in a heterogeneous environment. In addition to building your own personal network of contacts, you’ll be provided an extensive network of colleagues with complementary competencies and whose expertise you can draw on to enhance the overall service provided by Microsoft to customers. The sections below identify the key areas and offer insight into the more common activities:
Relationship-driven differentiation: As the primary delivery resource for the Enterprise Strategy business, what you provide is unique and available only from Microsoft. You’ll advocate on behalf of the customer back into the Microsoft organization and maximize the value delivered from the relationship. Core activities include:
• Orchestrating Executive Briefing Center visits and bi-directional connection with Microsoft Product Development Groups as well as many other teams and communities.
• Facilitating the Customer’s uptake of Technology Adoption Programs for early advantage from pre-released Microsoft Products.
• Harnessing insights from groups like Microsoft Research, one of the largest sponsored technology research organizations worldwide. You’ll also have access to ‘the Library’, a catalog of reference architectures, industry insights and field-driven Intellectual Property (IP) examples that all provide unique value.
• Partnering with your CTO/CIO and facilitating IT staff development amongst their reports.
Business-driven portfolio value management: The role takes a principled approach first to understand the customer’s needs and then to develop roadmaps of change that realize value from their Microsoft investment across a heterogeneous IT environment. Activities include:
• Creating business case development and benefits management programs that define, track and report accrued value through the optimal application of IT to business challenges.
• Orchestrating and/or designing and architecting solutions that leverage both the investment made in the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and the customer’s current heterogeneous IT environment in the best interests of the customer, driven through a formal program of change and drawing from the collective know-how of Microsoft.
• Providing portfolio governance and oversight to drive lifecycle optimization and alignment across all Microsoft-related initiatives.
Teaming to accelerate value: When a Microsoft customer invests in an Enterprise Agreement license with Microsoft, the Enterprise Architect accelerates the time-to-value by aligning the technology deployment and business adoption plans with the customer’s broader organizational objectives. Activities to support this objective include:
• Creating architectural and technology roadmaps that result in stronger business/IT alignment and that drive adoption and value from the Enterprise Agreement.
• Orchestrating the use of the Microsoft network of resources formally from within the Architect’s individual engagement. This can range from formal Solution Architecture through to general technology consulting and beyond. Likewise an Architect may be called on by colleagues to contribute from their area of specialization in other large engagements or to work jointly with the Microsoft support team around specific customer initiatives.
Practice development: In this role you’ll contribute to the growth and maturity of the local and international communities by providing mentorship, fostering IP development/knowledge transfer, and thru leading by example. In addition, opportunities exist to contribute to IP development and reuse initiatives and drive proven practices in architecture, planning, and customer relationships.
Business development: In this role you’ll also have the opportunity to bring your years of experience and expertise to bear on local business development opportunities and contribute to thought leadership within and across both your local Microsoft business and more broadly across other Microsoft businesses.
In addition to the above activities, it is expected that the successful candidate will have significant experience in at least one specialization from the three categories below:
Industry: Experience in one or more of the following Sectors/Industries: Government; Healthcare; Financial Services; Telecommunications, Retail; Manufacturing; Energy
Microsoft Strategic priorities: Cloud/S+S; Enterprise level / Mission Critical Applications; Optimized Desktop; Unified Communications and Collaboration
Enterprise Architect Specializations:
• Business Value Analysis and Benefits Management
• IT Portfolio Lifecycle Optimization
• Organizational Change Management
• IT Governance
• Enterprise Architecture
• IT-Led Business Innovation
• Business Architecture
• Information Architecture
• Organizational Design
The Enterprise Architect understands interoperability issues and the strengths and weaknesses of platforms and products, and is able to provide a trusted voice at the decision-making table. With IT sponsorship, you’ll develop relationships with key line-of-business executives, putting the customer in a position to translate early business needs and insights into actionable IT strategy, and assist IT in driving these initiatives to early results and business value. This work encompasses a solid understanding of business and IT strategy, a principled approach to broader architectural challenges and opportunities, and a great grasp of business, technology and solutions.
Qualifications and Experience:
• Must have a degree (Computer Science, Social Science or Business), and/or equivalent experience
• At least 8 - 10 years related business and IT consulting experience
• Must have a proven record of delivering business value from Information Technology at an executive level
• Candidates must have a deep understanding of markets, industries, business, customers, and technology. Work experience should involve a mix of business and technology consulting across the lifecycle of Information Technology (examples may include assessment and analysis, design, business case development, architecture, envisioning, planning, deployment, benefits analysis, and management)
• The ability and background experience to provide leadership and a demonstrated effectiveness in consulting and client management
• Executive-level interpersonal, verbal, written and presentation skills
• Experience forming and leading virtual teams and collaborating across large matrixed organizations
• Travel is an integral expectation of this position and can potentially be over 50%, as the needs of our customers and our business demand. This position location is flexible.
If you find this opportunity to be compelling and can demonstrate your ability to excel as an Enterprise Strategy Consultant we would like to explore the possibilities with you as soon as possible!

EA Search in Paper.li

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http://paper.li/newsstand?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=enterprise+architecture

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Earthquakes and enterprise-architecture

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Tom Graves’ post

http://weblog.tetradian.com/2012/10/28/earthquakes-and-ea/

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BA Articles

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Some articles about business architecture

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http://www.deversolutions.co.uk/articles.html

Fifty Enterprise Architect Tricks

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https://leanpub.com/entarch

Books about EA and Sparx Systems software

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Should Business Analysts capture more than functional requirements?

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http://duckdown.blogspot.fr/2012/10/should-business-analysts-capture-more.html

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The Enterprise Architecture Weekly

 

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the paper.li eA

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Don’t you want to elevate the profile and status of your Architecture Practice?

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http://www.architecting-the-enterprise.com/blog/2012/10/dont-you-want-to-elevate-the-profile-and-status-of-your-architecture-practice/?utm_content=santos%40cartv.es&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Read%20More&utm_campaign=Architecting%20the%20Enterprise%20October%202012content

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¿Cómo definir un portafolio de Servicios TI?

 

Video enviado por un compañero de trabajo (gracias Nacho)

 

http://vimeo.com/42823642

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Watch How EA has become a key to Business Agility at Dell

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Nice Webminar about EA

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid794221372001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAtjTNmGk~,s43x9eVN1ZQGhP3abIPZbDZXmf7_ObWr&bclid=0&bctid=1054603112001

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The Open Group Webinars.

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https://www2.opengroup.org/ogsys/jsp/publications/PublicationsByType.jsp?limit=typeId-10030

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Architecture & Governance

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The November magazine.

http://www.troux.com/go/v82/index.html?__hstc=28554979.30c78882e52e43148f8e93adbb5109e4.1337094253142.1344972717728.1345047465330.95&__hssc=28554979.11.1352126218057&elq=c7cd3a37985f4df2af4c550bc41bd174

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Discover Why ArchiMate® is rapidly becoming an Enterprise Architects secret weapon

http://www.architecting-the-enterprise.com/blog/2012/10/discover-why-archimate-is-rapidly-becoming-an-enterprise-architects-secret-weapon/?utm_content=santos%40cartv.es&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Read%20More&utm_campaign=Architecting%20the%20Enterprise%20October%202012content

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itsmf 2011. Togaf en CARTV

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mi charla en itsmf de verano 2011 sobre TOGAF.

http://www.globbtv.com/16/microsite/2812/trailer-arquitectura-empresarial-togaf-en-cartv

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A Business Architecture Approach to Transforming Cisco’s Operations

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one good webminar

http://resources.troux.com/ciscowebinar

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