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, The Open Group IT Architecture Practitioner Conference, 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 contributes to the UML 2.0 specification and the Software Process Engineering Metamodel (SPEM) 2.0 specification. Chris is also the APG representative to The Open Group Architecture Forum and co-chairs the TOGAF/MDA process modeling effort. Chris also represents APG at the Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) project.

Presentation
Critical Success Factors for Sustainable Enterprise Architecture Tool Usage

In an institutionalized enterprise architecture program, there are many people working simultaneously on multiple projects, in various stages of the lifecycle, that are continually creating new work products and assets (and updating existing ones). Many organizations look to deploy a suite of tools to manage their enterprise architecture processes and assets, but often struggle with building the most effective environment. The speaker will discuss key success factors for sustainable tool usage, as well as lessons learned from real world experiences.

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