IT Architecture Practitioners' Conference
- Barcelona
Objective of Meeting
This highly practical three-day conference and series of workshops
addressed some of the key issues and challenges that face IT architects
today. This was a conference
organized by architecture practitioners, for architecture practitioners, and for those
directly involved in the management and oversight of IT Architecture. It was a conference
about best practice in IT Architecture today, with Open Group members and non-members alike
coming together to share insights and perspectives on how to improve the practice
and profession of IT Architecture.
The conference addressed the key issues and challenges that enterprise
IT architects and executives overseeing enterprise architecture face
today. Some of the foremost experts on IT and enterprise architecture came
together to discuss IT architecture as an emerging profession, to clarify
role of the IT architect, and to examine the competencies, expertise, and
experience that the IT architect needs to be able to effectively support
the enterprise.
The opening day plenary at Barcelona focused on the
increasingly pressing need to clearly define the nature and scope of
enterprise architecture, and the role of the IT architect in the EA
context.
All the sessions at Barcelona provided experience-based insight into the approaches and
methods that have proved most effective for developing architectures around the world, and
helped to clarify the limitations that exist in this emerging field.
The conference took a highly practical, hands-on approach, combining presentations and
discussions on best practices with interactive workshops, case study reviews, and
demonstrations of the latest tools.
The conference underlined the continuing role of The Open Group Architecture Forum in providing a
truly global forum in which IT architects from all sectors of the industry can come
together to discuss best practice in IT architecture, hone their skills,
find new ways to solve problems, share experiences, and learn from each other.
Summary
The agenda for this Architecture Practitioners' Conference covered 89
individual sessions, structured into 12 streams across up to 4 parallel
tracks.
The event provided a wealth of current case study and tutorial material,
summarized below.
The presentations referenced below are freely available only to
members of The Open Group and conference attendees. A Proceedings CD-ROM
(refer to T061)
containing all the presentations made available at the Barcelona IT
Architecture Practitioners Conference is available for purchase by members
and non-members.
Opening Plenary Track: The Profession and Practice of IT Architecture
The opening-day plenary track saw some superb presentations by leading
figures in the IT industry.
Welcome Address Allen Brown, President & CEO, The Open Group
The Practice and Profession of Business Architecture Walter Stahlecker, Industry Standards Program Office,
Hewlett-Packard Company
Ron Tolido, Chief Technology Officer - Northern Europe, Asia, Pacifi, Capgemini
TUTORIAL:
IT Governance - Tying Together EA, Compliance, and Portfolio Management
Disciplines for Business Transformation Success
Jonas Lamis, VP Product Marketing, Troux Technologies,
Inc.
Bridging the Gap between Business and IT: A Survey on the
Business Value of IT Systems
Mathias Ekstedt, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)
STREAM #11: Enterprise Architecture Deployment and Value
Realization
CASE STUDY:Health & Ageing Australia
Brad McCusker, Enterprise Architect, IBM Global Services (Australia)
CASE STUDY Antonio Rodriguez, Sales Manager, Telelogic (Spain)
Outputs
The presentations, tutorials, and workshops at the meeting, and the associated
discussions and panel sessions, all provided participants with a wealth of
experience-based insight into current best practice in IT architecture, from leading
experts and practitioners around the world.
Participants at this unique event were able to:
Participate in highly practical workshops and tutorials teaching best IT architecture
practices
Review case studies from organizations who have put theory into practice, and learn from
them what works and what doesn't
See demonstrations and presentations on leading tools supporting open architecture
methods
Network with leading architecture experts, vendors, and peers in the IT architecture
field
Next Steps
This Sixth IT Architecture Practitioners' Conference was a tremendous success,
confirming the global need for this unique event.
Are you interested in presenting or participating at Cape Town or at
other future IT Architecture
Practitioners' Conferences? If so, please contact John
Spencer, Director of The Open Group Architecture Forum.
Links
All the presentations are available to conference participants and
to members of The Open Group.
