TRACK: EA Frameworks & Tools
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 — 11.00 - 12.30

11:00 - 11:45 A Case for Creating Object Repositories for success of Enterprise Architecture In the context of enterprise architecture, TOGAF™ provides a robust framework and IEEE 1471 2000 provides the guidelines for the Practice of Architectural Descriptions for a software intensive system. Any enterprise on its quest to institute and use TOGAF EA framework and governance, needs to develop the artifacts to support the domains and views associated to the enterprise model as described in TOGAF Enterprise Continuum. The conceptual model of IEEE 1471 can be used to develop models from a set of reusable object repositories which act as Architecture Building Block (ABB) and follows the TOGAF Architecture Repository Structure. The reusability of objects in all model views (business, application, data and technology) ensure a coherent relationship between models associated to different viewpoints, as well as their relationship to Technical Reference Models (TRM) and Standards Information Base (SIB). A hierarchy of relationship can also be created to achieve an integrated systems architecture which easily allows the decomposition from enterprise mission up to the business functions encompassing all the enterprise domains and support structure of the domains and providing the architectural rational. This integrated EA repository can have various characteristics like version control, ownership, and life cycle management for all the artifacts. The object oriented design of the repositories, supported by a relational database, provides support for various queries and reporting mechanism. This helps in discovering and exposing the inter-relationship of the models and objects. Enterprise standards can be developed around the EA repositories to support standard look and feel and also comply with industry standards like UML, BPMN. Olaf Geyer, Consulting Practice Manager - Senior Manager, IDS-Scheer, US Olaf Geyer is a senior manager for the IDS Scheer consulting practice BPM, EA and SOA. In this role, he is directly responsible for the delivery of ARIS BPM consulting services in North America. He is also leading the roll-out and implementation of new ARIS Platform products such as ARIS IT Inventory and the BMC CMDB integration. With progressive management experience at IDS Scheer, Olaf has worked across a number of industry sectors including oil and gas, semi-conductors, electronics, mechanical engineering and public sector. He was involved in the conception and successful implementation of a number of architectures with the Sysco Corp., Kraft, Petro Canada, Kennametal, Shell EP, US Navy, US Army, US Air Force, US TRANSCOM, Dow Chemical and others. In his previous role, Olaf was Head of the Center of Excellence (CoE) for Enterprise Architecture Management and Business-driven SOA. There, he led the development and practical implementation of IDS Scheer’s methodology ARIS Value Engineering. Using his architecture and DoDAF knowledge, he was lead architect of the ARIS Defense Solution, a powerful solution for DoDAF and NAF architectures based on the ARIS Platform.

11:45 - 12:30 Survey on Enterprise Architecture ­ Current State of Practice Enterprise Architecture (EA) is gaining increasing importance in organizations these days. Rising business mergers and acquisitions, increasing economic crisis, unstable governance are some of the situations that lead to dynamic business environment. The major concern as indicated by top management in organizations is how to align IT with the business needs of the organization. This has led to the increasing adoption of EA practice in organizations. Yet the research regarding the measurement of value generated by EA is very limited (both in academic literature and industry whitepapers). This research is an attempt to address some of the questions related to EA value measurement, EA framework usage and it is in work-in-progress stage. Some of the main highlights of the research are as follows: Development of a survey instrument for EA experts with the support and participation from several leading EA industry associations and research firms: The Open Group, The Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects (AOGEA), The Association for Enterprise Integration (AFEI), The Industry Advisory Council (IAC) - Enterprise Architecture Shared Interest Group (SIG), The Object Management Group (OMG), The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), and Gartner. The survey has three primary areas related to the EA study: EA framework usage  EA value measurement  Demographic of people that lead EA functions  The survey was sent out on April 13th 2010 through the industry associations and also is being promoted by Gartner in their EA conferences.   Expect around 400-500 responses from all over the globe by May 8th 2010. Statistical analysis of the results to draw important implications. The results will be later shared with the EA community. Manasa Basavaraju, Graduate Student, College of Information Sciences & Technology, Pennsylvania State University, US Manasa is currently a graduate student working under Dr Brian Cameron at the College of Information Sciences & Technology at Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include Enterprise Architecture (EA) value measurement which includes developing a conceptual model using metrics driven approach, EA framework usage, Performance Management system, ERP, Business Process Management. She is currently involved in a project which has the support and collaboration of leading EA industry associations which examines the current state of EA value measurement and trends in EA framework usage in EA industry. Prior to joining IST, Manasa worked for Oracle Corp. as a Solutions Associate on Oracle Apps.

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