 Presentation 1 — Tuesday Afternoon Plenary
Managing Complexity and Change
Enterprise Architecture is a much misunderstood subject by General Management and the Information Technology community alike. Enterprise Architecture has everything to do with managing Enterprise complexity and Enterprise change and relates to information technology only in so far as information technology may be one choice that an Enterprise can make with regard to Enterprise operations. The Framework for Enterprise Architecture, the "Zachman Framework" defines the set of descriptive representations that constitutes the knowledgebase required to manage Enterprises. This presentation will show, with examples, how these representations constitute the "raw material" for engineering the Enterprise for flexibility, integration, reusability, interoperability, alignment, etc.
- Enterprise Architecture - impact on Management
- Examples of descriptive representations of the Enterprise
Presentation 2 — Workshop 1B
"New" Zachman Framework
This workshop will focus on the recently published Zachman standards which clarify and update the language of the Framework. John will explain the discovery and significance of the classification system he observed in the manufacture of large complex products and the applicability of this to enterprises. He will illustrate the simplicity of the concepts in order to break down a large enterprise into manageable pieces.
John will show how the concentration on the deliverables allows many different methods and techniques to be applied without constraining the architect. He will then work through the significance of the refinements in the new standards.
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John A. Zachman is the originator of the "Framework for Enterprise Architecture" which has received broad acceptance around the world as an integrative framework, or "periodic table" of descriptive representations for Enterprises. Mr. Zachman is not only known for this work on Enterprise Architecture, but is also known for his early contributions to IBM's Information Strategy methodology (Business Systems Planning) as well as to their Executive team planning techniques (Intensive Planning).