Use of the terms Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture is
increasingly popular, but also increasingly divergent. This points out
the need for clarity in order to create synergy and stability rather
than fashionable attention grabbing. The Open Group has started the
Business Architecture Working Group (BAWG) to address this theme and a
number of findings have come forward:
- It is important to first discuss and agree on a meaning and then select the name for it
- The suitability of current definitions for architecture must be checked in context with a holistic view of enterprise
In 2007 the BAWG published its paper defining and describing Enterprise
Architecture (EA) based on the full meaning of "enterprise", rather than
an extrapolation from scope of IT. While a dedicated working group on EA
has been set up, work on the understanding of "Enterprise Business
Architecture" continues in the BAWG.
This half-day session is intended to report on the work to date
including background information. It is then intended to engage the
participants and to select a few topics for in-depth discussion.
It should be clear that a half-day update with discussion on such a
comparatively immature topic will not lead to stable conclusions.
However the discussion could provide attendees a deeper look inside the
work of The Open Group and hopefully lead to continuation and results
that support architects in their quest to provide significant
contributions in the new holistic scope of Enterprise Architecture. |
