Chris Armstrong, President of Armstrong Process Group, Inc., is an internationally recognized thought leader and expert in iterative software development, object-oriented analysis and design, architecture, the Unified Modeling Language, use case driven requirements, and process improvement.

Over the past twenty years, Chris has worked to bring modern software engineering best practices to practical application at many different private companies and government organizations all over the world. He has worked in many different industries including financial services, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, education, publishing, real estate, medical, and social services.

Chris has spoken at over 30 conferences over the last seven years including OMG workshops, Software Development Expo, Rational User Conference, and UML World. Chris has written a number of articles for various publications including Cutter IT Journal, Enterprise Development, and Rational Developer Network.

Chris is the technical representative for APG at the Object Management Group (OMG) and is currently contributing to the UML 2.0 specification and the Software Process Engineering Metamodel (SPEM) 2.0 specification. Chris is also a co-chair of the TOGAF/MDA process modeling effort.

Presentation
Traceability: The Key to Enterprise Architecture
The measure of the “goodness” of any particular enterprise architecture is how well it allows the organization to respond and adapt to change (such as change in markets, strategy, workflow, system requirements, technology platforms, trading partners, regulatory oversight). Therefore, one of the key capabilities that an enterprise architecture provides is the ability to understand and anticipate the impact of certain types of changes. The mechanism for implementing this capability is traceability. While traceability is important for requirements activities, there are many things before and after requirements that also require understanding traceability. The speaker will review the principles of an enterprise traceability strategy, how to describe it in the context of standards like TOGAF and MDA, how to implement it with tools, and lessons learned from real-world application.

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