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Conference
Proceedings
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here
Summaries
are can be accessed by everyone, Access
to presentations is restricted to members of
The Open Group and conference attendees.
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 Role
and Rise of the IT Architect
- The IT architect – the new professional
- What is IT architecture?
- The art of IT architecture
- The business value of the IT architect
The
IT Architecture Profession
Requirements for Effective IT Architecture Practice
- Comparative enterprise architecture frameworks
- The basis of effective IT architecture tools
- Assessing IT architecture competence
Setting up and Running an IT Architecture Practice
- Establishing an internal architecture practice
- IT architecture as a business unit
- Introducing IT architecture to the enterprise
IT Architect Certification
- Architect certification efforts within the industry
- The Open Group IT Architect Certification program
- Certification and the development of the profession
IT Architecture – A Global Perspective
- The IT architecture profession in the United States
- The IT Architecture profession in China
- The IT Architecture profession in South Africa
- The IT Architecture profession in Australia
Other Conference Tracks
- Enterprise architecture integration and infrastructure
support
- IT architecture and business transformation
- The business case for IT architecture
- IT architecture case studies
- Enterprise architecture development
- Architecting Boundaryless Information Flow™
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Dublin:
Customs
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Keynote Speakers
- Minister of State, Tom Kitt,
T.D., Department of the
Taoiseach, Repubic of Ireland, with special responsibility for the Information
Society
- Colm Butler, Principal Officer of the Information Society
Policy Unit at the Department of the Taoiseach, Republic of Ireland
- Other speakers: see Program
About
the Conference
The IT Architect defines – ‘architects’ – solutions
to business problems through the reasoned application of
information technology. Those solutions are manifested as
architectures and can include systems, applications and process
components. They may also involve the application and integration
of a broad variety of products, technologies and services,
various systems and applications architectures, and diverse
hardware and software components.
Like a building architect, much of the IT Architect's work is focused on
the front end of the solution life-cycle: listening to clients, understanding
their business requirements and systematically forming incrementally more detailed
definitions of the structures of an information technology solution – an
architecture. The IT Architect may also be involved during the construction
of a solution as an advocate for the client, as the ultimate authority on the
architecture that was produced to address the client's business problem, and
to provide technical leadership and guidance to the construction team.
The Open Group's IT Architecture Practitioners Conference will
focus upon the need to define the role of the IT Architect which has arisen
in response to industry demands for expertise in a number of disciplines
involved in client-related professional engagements. It will examine the
core competencies that are required which enable the IT Architect to hold
the unique position of being able to view both the business need and the
solution implementation side of a problem. The conference will also seek
to define the bigger picture view which allows IT Architects to ensure that
solutions fit within the organization’s
business direction, comply with their IT standards, and support the enterprise
architecture.
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