lunes, 29 de abril de 2013

Migrating from edge to backbone

 

Tom Graves / Tetradian

http://weblog.tetradian.com/2013/04/28/from-edge-to-backbone/

backbone-scan

http://weblog.tetradian.com/2013/04/28/from-edge-to-backbone/

Iasa UK Architect Summit - Enabling Disruptive Innovation

 

Home

http://www.iasauk.org/home

SOA is Dead again?

 

SOA filling the Gaps

http://avirosenthal.blogspot.co.il/2013/04/soa-is-dead-again.html

Cobit 5 for Govern and Manage the Enterprise IT

http://www.servicemanagers.org/2012/12/cobit-5-for-governance-and-management.html

COBIT enters its rightful place

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http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63579

Backbone and edge - architecting the balance between continuity and change

http://www.slideshare.net/tetradian/backbone-and-edge-architecting-the-balance-between-continuity-and-change

5 Tips for Agile Enterprise Architecture Innovation

http://www.information-management.com/gallery/5-tips-for-agile-enterprise-architecture-innovation-10024311-1.html

More and more, IT is focused on reliability while the business side is pushing for tech innovation and new tech adoption. Enterprise architects and tech execs are right to be cautious about latching on to the next-big-thing, but there’s also little good done by ignoring this unprecedented wave of business interest and “shadow” adoption. Forrester Research analyst Brian Hopkins recently highlighted a handful of areas enterprise architects can stay grounded in their needs while reaching for innovation and agility.

Here are five tips for fostering innovation and agility in EA development as adopted from Hopkins and Forrester’s “Emerging Technology playbook.”

BPM Conference 2013

Tom Graves

http://www.slideshare.net/tetradian/serving-the-story-bpm-and-ea-together

Enterprise Architecture Planning

Enterprise Architecture Planning (CioIndex.com Webinar)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUDTygkeyWA

Abacus

http://www.avolution.com.au/products/

Avolution

Togaf Modeling org

 

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http://www.togaf-modeling.org/

jueves, 25 de abril de 2013

System Center Process Pack for IT GRC

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dd206732.aspx

 

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Use of COBIT 5 for ISACA Strategy Implementation—A Case Study Excerpt

COBIT Focus Volume 2: April 2013

http://www.isaca.org/Knowledge-Center/cobit/cobit-focus/Pages/COBIT-Focus-Volume-2-April-2013.aspx?utm_source=informz-22-april-2013-COBIT-Focus&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cobit#1

TOGAF misconception

http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/ea_matters/2013/04/togaf-misconception.php

TOGAF, Archi and CMDBuild

 

http://www.cmdbuild.org/en/diffusione/convegni-e-workshop/togaf-archi-e-cmdbuildhttp://www.cmdbuild.org/en/diffusione/convegni-e-workshop/togaf-archi-e-cmdbuild

COBIT 5 endorses service based finance. Are you ready to support it?

http://www.enterprisecioforum.com/en/blogs/mylessuer/cobit-5-endorses-service-based-finance-a

Enterprise Architecture: What is it?

If you have been solution or technical architect, have you ever wondered what would it take for you to become enterprise architect? Have you thought on what is definition of enterprise architect?

Simply speaking, an enterprise architect is a person who is responsible for creating and managing enterprise IT architecture in relation with business capabilities of an organization. One of his sole responsibilities is to ensure the business-IT alignment in a consistent and sustained manner thereby maximizing the ROI on business investments on IT.

What are some of the key activities/tasks undertaken by an enterprise architect?

  • AS-IS architecture
  • TO-BE architecture
  • Gaps Analysis
  • Migration Road map

To successfully perform above activities, he may need to have knowledge or experience working with one of the following frameworks:

  • Zachman Framework
  • TOGAF Framework

He undertakes some of the following activities/tasks to accomplish above mentioned core responsibilities:

  • Business process modeling
  • Application portfolio analysis
  • Transformation initiatives such as SOA transformation

He may have to have skills with some of the following tools:

  • Rational System Architect
  • Sparx Enterprise Architect
  • ArchiMate Modeling Framework (Similar to UML)

Where do these SOA Transformation projects come from?

http://vitalflux.com/category/enterprise-architecture/

Using the Enterprise Architecture to tell a story.

 

Image

http://theknowledgeeconomy.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/using-the-enterprise-architecture-to-tell-a-story/

Building a More Cohesive Organization Using Bussiness ARchitecture

http://new.livestream.com/opengroup/Craig-SYD13

domingo, 21 de abril de 2013

Business Architecture: Online Instructor Led (Virtual)

 

http://www.iasaglobal.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=451&utm_source=Event+%26+Education+Update+April+16&utm_campaign=Update+17+April&utm_medium=email

Module 1: What is Business Architecture?

• A day in the life of a business architect
• Definition of a business
• Definition of business architecture

Module 2: Views, Designs and Models

Lesson 1: The fundamental flows in a business
Lesson 2: Vision, business models, and operating models
Lesson 3: Goal Views: Goals, strategies, measures, and timelines
Lesson 4: Process Views: Processes, use cases, and scenarios
Lesson 5: Function Views: Functions and capabilities
Lesson 6: Organization and Financial Views

Workshop: Determine the operating model for Tinkelman
Workshop: Identify processes, capabilities, and plausible org structure for a Tinkelman business. Show the three fundamental flows

Module 3: Finance & Accounting
Why do architects need to know this stuff?
Lesson 1: Basic financial statement analysis
Lesson 2: Business events and financial results
Lesson 3: Project funding models
• Debt vs. equity financing
Lesson 4: Activity based costing
Lesson 5: Measurement of everything else

Workshop: Create two sets of pro-forma financial statements for a Tinkelman project, one showing the effects of the project, the other showing the results if the project is not done. Assuming everything else remains roughly the same, use financial statement analysis to determine whether the project improves Tinkelman’s business conditions.

Module 4: Strategy & Goal Development
Lesson 1: How goals and strategy are related
Lesson 2: A six-step process for developing strategy
• Determine current business model
• Identify potential business models
• Identify competitive necessities (cost, quality, speed, service)
• Identify business focus (customer, product, technology, production capacity)
• Select one business model
• Refine the business model
• Complete the business model
• Identify specific goals

Workshop: Given Tinkelman’s current business, clarify and refine the strategic direction and set strategic goals using the process from this module

Module 5: Process Management and Governance
Lesson 1: Understanding process governance
Lesson 2: Process governance patterns
Lesson 3: Techniques for managing process change
Workshop: Analyze, troubleshoot, and recommend a change to a Tinkelman process

Module 6: Advanced Topics
Lesson 1: Contract as fundamental building block
Lesson 2: Ethical justification for existence (charter to exist granted by state)
Lesson 3: Organizational Patterns
Lesson 4: Troubleshooting

Why Your Company Needs A Social Business Strategy

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Why Your Company Needs A Social Business Strategy

http://www.socialbusinessnews.com/why-your-company-needs-a-social-business-strategy/

Sometimes Pictures Paint More Than a Thousand Words

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http://blog.orbussoftware.com/2013/04/sometimes-pictures-paint-more-than-a-thousand-words/

Changing enterprise architect role enables business, software agility

http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/tip/Changing-enterprise-architect-role-enables-business-software-agility

Relationships between EA and PMO

 

 

http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.com.es/2011/01/relationships-between-ea-and-pmo.html

Improving Enterprise Business Process Management Systems

pic1

http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/enterprise-patterns-strategy.html

9th IT Governance Ltd course meets demand for COBIT 5 Foundation qualification

 

EIN Presswire

http://www.einpresswire.com/article/146437013/9th-it-governance-ltd-course-meets-demand-for-cobit-5-foundation-qualification

COBIT and ITIL to meet SOX requirements

Top_Global_Prestigious_Best_Prestige_Trusted_Reputed_Delivery_ServiceManagers.org

http://www.servicemanagers.org/2012/09/cobit-and-itil-to-meet-sox-requirements.html

the many definitions of Enterprise Architecture

http://aelena.com/blog/2013/04/16/the-many-definitions-of-enterprise-architecture/

Not that there is a scarcity of definitions of Enteprise Architecture ( EA ). You can consider it to be a big depiction (snapshot) as represented by many artifacts, documents, process documentation (although I think this definition comes a bit short). You might say it is a definition (some sort of body of standards that define how processes are designed, built, data is shared – and managed – and projects undertaken according to the bigger picture strategy).

It can be a discipline too (it actually is, insofar as it also is a capacity), affecting also how processes are designed and built, but at a bigger level, from the point of view of the whole enterprise. Its capacity to built and automate processes and services efficiently, aligned to strategy and keeping the eyes on the business and the bottom line.

It seems very hard to convene on a single definition of the term, but probably the most complete and relevant is the one that puts EA in alignment and close to strategy. EA should be a tool that embodies the organization’s capacity for effectively and timely translating a well-defined corporate strategy into a target operating model, while, of course supporting the construction and implementation of that new operating model and its successive evolutions.

So, in relating Enterprise Architecture to Strategic Planning, we can see how they actually are inseparable allies. EA helps enterprises shape their future structure and processes in the face of the fast-changing environments in which they operate. More and more EA should also become relevant the importance of data as an asset (big data too) as the main enabler of decision making. EA should be a tool to help you refine and improve your strategic thinking.


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Note that of course, in the absence of sensible strategies, EA itself is not magical solution. Also bear in mind that EA is an ongoing effort (see the five C’s of EA).

It’s interesting to see other definitions of EA

  • MIT Center for Information Systems Research, 2004
    • “The enterprise architecture is the organizing logic for a firm’s core business processes and IT capabilities captured in a set of principles, policies, and technical choices to achieve the business standardization and integration requirements of the firm’s operating model.”
  • The Open Group
    • “Enterprise architecture is the capture of all behavior that goes on in an organization: the data that is processed, who does what, where everything is, and why everything is done. In a sentence, the who, what, why, when, where, and how of the business at every level from high-level corporate goals to the code of low-level programs that implement business processes used to achieve those goals.”
  • Gartner
    • The grand design or overall concept employed in creating a system, as in the architecture of a city or a customer information system; also “an abstraction or design of a system, its structure, components and how they interrelate”
    • A family of guidelines (concepts, policies, principles, rules, patterns, interfaces and standards) to use when building a new IT capability.
  • Wikipedia
    • “Enterprise architecture (EA) is the process of translating business vision and strategy into effective enterprise change by creating, communicating and improving the key requirements, principles and models that describe the enterprise’s future state and enable its evolution”

And yet, more definitions I found here.

This can lead to a lot of debating that can degerate on zealot flaming over which is the right  defintion. I think this blog entry on EA fundamentalism has quite a point and is an interesting read.

What EA is not, and many people still seem to confuse the things, is enterprise application. The term is probably meant to apply to “big” applications used all over the enterprise (or in significant part of it, or territory), and the confusion might span from the shared “enterprise” word, but EA is not mere IT, it’s not applications.

10 Key Skills Architects Must Have to Deliver Value

 

Cutter Consortium

http://www.cutter.com/content-and-analysis/resource-centers/enterprise-architecture/sample-our-research/ear0810.html

AGILE architecture vs. agile ARCHITECTURE

 

Inside Architecture

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nickmalik/archive/2013/04/05/agile-architecture-vs-agile-architecture.aspx

Building your Strategic Think-Tank

Hi

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12210081/CIO-Conf-FadiHindi-Oct15.pdf

EA    is    a    strategy    and    business-driven   
activity    that    supports    management   
planning    and    decision    making    by   
providing    coordinated    views    of    an   
entire    enterprise.   


EA    is    an    emerging    practice    devoted    to   
improving    the    performance    of   
enterprises    by    enabling    them    to    see   
themselves    in    terms    of    holistic    and   
integrated    view.   


By    developing    current    and    future   
versions    of    its    integrated    views,   
organizations    can    better    manage   
change    and    the    transition    to    the    target   
operating    environment.

Enterprise Architecture: Establishing a supporting Framework

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http://theknowledgeeconomy.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/enterprise-architecture-establishing-a-supporting-framework/

Mike Walker Has Joined Hewlett-Packard

http://www.mikethearchitect.com/2013/04/mike-walker-has-joined-hewlett-packard.html

My role as an Enterprise Architecture and Strategy Advisor is broken up into thirds:

  1. Strategy and Enterprise Architecture Advisor – A wide range of activities happen here. From ad-hoc engagements that last a half day to workshops that last multiple days such as strategic discussions, strategy and architecture review,  business capability analysis, architecture design session, enterprise blueprinting review or an EA health check.
  2. Enterprise Architecture Community Development – I will continue with blogging, whitepapers, speaking engagements and increased involvement into standards bodies. I will continue to provide thought leadership into the TOGAF standard along with getting plugged into other areas that are impactful to enterprise architects. You may even see a architect community spring up as well.
  3. Provide the Voice of the Customer Back to HP – A very smart move on HP’s part is this aspect to the role in which brings all the insights from the previous two areas back into the HP machine. This could range from simple process improvement to insights into market trends to product challenges.

EA job

Lead Enterprise Architect

Inno.com - Antwerp Area, Belgium

Job Description

  • Managing projects involving 3-5 team members in areas such as :
    • Definition of  an IT strategic roadmap
    • Designing and managing enterprise architecture transformation programs
    • Reengineering of IT processes
    • Building business cases to support investment decisions
    • Defining and leading organizational change within the IT organization
  • Managing as an independent advisor programs on behalf of the customer
  • Managing client relationships at C-level, including the identification and pursuit of new business opportunities
  • Taking the lead in identifying client issues and proposing the most appropriate approach for the analysis
  • Managing and coaching junior team members
  • Building compelling written findings, and presenting your opinions to a challenging client group
  • Summarizing your findings in a structured manner, both written and oral

Desired Skills & Experience

  • Master degree in management or a technical degree (ideally ICT related)
  • A minimum of 7 – 10 years of relevant experience, such as :
    • IT Consulting
    • IT Management role
    • Management of complex programs
  • Proven project management experience
  • Proven people management experience
  • Empathy and proven relationship building skills
  • Eager to lead and grow
  • Solid written and oral presentation skills
  • Flexibility to work in a dynamic and solution driven environment
  • Fluent in at least Dutch, French and English
  • Entrepreneurial spirit

http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=4877397&trk=eml-anet_dig-b_premjb-ttl-hdp&ut=1WGR1z91hQylI1

What's New in Architecture?

http://cisr.mit.edu/publications-and-tools/publication-search/architecture/

 

MIT Sloan School of Management

Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise architecture (EA) is the process of translating business vision and strategy into effective enterprise change by creating, communicating and improving the key requirements, principles and models that describe the enterprise's future state and enable its evolution.[1] wikipedia

 

http://enterprise--architecture.blogspot.ca/

miércoles, 17 de abril de 2013

Enterprise Architecture – Creating Order out of Chaos!!

blog-ea-structure

http://theknowledgeeconomy.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/enterprise-architecture-creating-order-out-of-chaos/

Business Architecture: The Business does not stop with Information Technology

 

Image

http://theknowledgeeconomy.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/business-architecture-the-business-does-not-stop-with-information-technology/

Is a business architecture reference model key to SOA projects?

http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/answer/Is-a-business-architecture-reference-model-key-to-SOA-projects

Seminario-Taller Arquitectura Empresarial y BPM y Gestión de proyectos

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http://www.unabvirtual.edu.co/index.php/noticias/40-noticias-generales/1045-seminario-taller-arquitectura-empresarial-y-bpm-segun-mejor-practica-togaf-9

Enterprise Architect (ADL, IEEE 1471, TOGAF)

 

A leading City Brokerage is seeking a new Senior Enterprise Architect (ADL, IEEE 1471, TOGAF) for their Senior Management Team in charge of improving their strategy and process for the whole of their global organisation. This major brokerage is becoming an exchange and with this change there are a number of changes that need to be made to the security and networking to make sure they meet the regulation requirements.

This leading Broker dealing in Treasury, Equities, Credit and Volatility also have an extensive Market Data division; hover they do not expect you to come from a finance background instead you will need to be a seasoned Enterprise Architect (ADL, IEEE 1471, TOGAF) who has the ability to produce Project Implementation Architecture and the experience of using Architecture Description Languages and the various architectural views/ frameworks.

This role for Enterprise Architect (ADL, IEEE 1471, TOGAF) will be a very challenging and exciting role for the right person who is able to understand and assess a large firm built though merger and acquisitions and to see the challenge as something they are able to bring process to.

The right Enterprise Architect (ADL, IEEE 1471, TOGAF) therefore have key attributes in the following areas:

  • Strong Communication Skills (essential)
  • Project Implementation Architecture (essential)
  • Architecture Description Languages DAOP-ADL, Wright, ADL (essential)
  • Architectural Frameworks UML, TOGAF, DODAF (essential)
  • Architectural Views - IEEE 1471 (functional/ logic/ development/ structural)
  • You do NOT need to come from a financial background.

This is primarily a communicative role where you will use your architectural ability to work on strategy and process moving forward. The successful Enterprise Architect (ADL, IEEE 1471, TOGAF) will have am analytical mind and will want to be in an environment where they can organise globally distributed systems.

Enterprise Architect (ADL, IEEE 1471, TOGAF)

http://jobview.monster.co.uk/Enterprise-Architect-ADL-IEEE-1471-TOGAF-Job-City-of-London-London-UK-121193791.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Jobs

Distinguish EA from Enterprise Wide Solution Architecture

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Distinguish-EA-from-Enterprise-Wide-36781.S.228483892?qid=db7c760d-b789-4330-acd6-eb3879e022fc&goback=.gmp_36781&_mSplash=1

Don’t Blink: Your Enterprise Architecture is Changing

 

http://www.information-management.com/blogs/dont-blink-your-enterprise-architecture-is-changing-10023928-1.html

 

 

EA job

https://www.goetzfried-ag.com/cms/en/job-offers/from-our-customers?job=70608&entry=rss

jeanne’s togaf foundation cert in 3 weeks experiences

logo-scott-jeanne

http://www.selikoff.net/2013/04/09/jeannes-togaf-foundation-cert-in-3-weeks-experiences/

Learn About TOGAF

 

SYS-CON Media

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2585851

Why Enterprise Architects should pay very close attention to their CEOs

 

http://blogs.gartner.com/mark_raskino/2013/04/11/why-enterprise-architects-should-pay-very-close-attention-to-their-ceos/

Marketects: Delivering Good Enterprise Architecture

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http://blog.cutter.com/2013/04/09/marketects-delivering-good-enterprise-architecture/

martes, 16 de abril de 2013

Events Streaming

http://new.livestream.com/opengroup

 

Livestream: Watch Internet TV - Live streaming Video from www.Livestream.com

Five Cs of Enterprise Architecture

 

BLOG - The 5 Cs of EA

http://theknowledgeeconomy.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/five-cs-of-enterprise-architecture/

Enterprise Architects and Portfolio Managers: Do We Need Both?

http://info.corso3.com/blog/bid/273361/Enterprise-Architects-and-Portfolio-Managers-Do-We-Need-Both

Cobit 5 for Govern and Manage the Enterprise IT

Top_Global_Prestigious_Best_Prestige_Trusted_Reputed_Delivery_ServiceManagers.org

http://www.servicemanagers.org/2012/12/cobit-5-for-governance-and-management.html

itSMF EA library documents

http://www.itsmf-library.org/library.php?keywords=enterprise+architecture&lib=&sorting=popular&frID=&dID=&langID=&fext=&x=-1001&y=-205

itSMF

itSMF International library

 

itSMF

http://www.itsmf-library.org/library.php?show=document&lID=319&osCsid=u2v8jio6jqi8p1m8h7opqupv65

Strategic User Experience

http://www.slideshare.net/leisa/strategic-ux-confab

Business Architecture and Enterprise Transformation

 

http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2605543

Enterprise architecture at its best with a TOGAF Certification

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http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/enterprise-architecture-its-best-togaf-certification?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Ten Predictions for Business Architecture in 2020

accelare_logo_tm-blog

http://thebusinessarchitect.accelare.com/2013/04/09/ten-predictions-for-business-architecture-in-2020/