Amit has worked on Enterprise-wide transformation programs through two decades. With a CDA and Methodologist background, Amit works independently as strategist, mentor, leader and auditor for EA, Engineering and Transformational Governance.

Among the small number of IBM-Rational-accredited instructors with distinction as mentor for IBM-Rational University and partners, Amit is a recognised authority on SDLC, and specifics of Requirements, Architecture, Visual Modelling, Analysis, Design and Program Governance disciplines.

Amit has written widely with over two dozen publications and proprietary works to his credit, including a co-authored book and an oft-quoted cover feature for The Rational Edge. He has been inventor/originator of ideas and techniques including visual modelling techniques and UML extensions, BI/DSS techniques and Dimensional Analysis, world's first ARC-compliant EA Maturity Assessment technique, and Beacon Architecture.

A member of BCS Effective Leadership (ELITE) group and NHS Faculty of Health Informatics, Amit is a recognised speaker, panellist and facilitator in professional events.

Presentation
Approach to Objectively Measuring EA Maturity of an Organization
This session, presented by designer and leader of the first ARC-compliant EA Maturity Appraisal, takes the audience through considerations involved in making Enterprise Architecture Maturity appraisals objective and providing appraisal results that can lead to staged improvement in the organisation appraised.

The session begins with definition and characterisation of EA, against which an enterprise can be evaluated. It then progresses through concepts of Maturity, Maturity Level, Process Area, Practice and Practice Implementation Indicator, leading to objective evidence-based approach to appraisal design, as stipulated in the ARC (Appraisal Requirements for CMMI) framework. The presentation covers key considerations in selection of appraisal team, appraisal design, appraisal execution and presentation of results.

The presentation demystifies concepts of Capability and Maturity Levels and deliberates on effective appraisal conclusion where the results are not an end in themselves but serve as stepping stone for staged improvement over time.

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