Architecture Forum

Objective of Meeting

The objective of the meeting was to progress the work of the Architecture Forum.

Summary

The meeting began with the following administrative formalities:

• Review of the agenda
• Review of the Action, Issue, and Consent lists from the previous meeting (San Diego, February 5 2009)
• Forum status report (208 members at end of 1Q2009)
• Publications status
• TOGAF 9 status
• Marketing and product management update (included a discussion about TOGAF 9 uptake and metrics)

Project, workgroup, and standing committee reports followed. including:

• The South African White Papers Work Group
• The TOGAF Case Studies Project (including further discussion of TOGAF 9 uptake, CSFs, and metrics)
• The Architecture Forum Strategy Work Group (which also engendered considerable discussion)
• The Enterprise Architecture Definition Project
• The TOGAF Adoption Strategies Work Group
• The Certification Standing Committee
• The TOGAF Localization Standing Committee
• The TOG-TMF NGOSS/TOGAF Mapping Project
• The EAP Conference Work Group
• The Information Architecture Work Group

Finally, there were liaison reports from the SOA Working Group, the ArchiMate Forum, and the Business Architecture Working Group.

Outputs

The Forum approved continuation of the following projects and workgroups for the next quarter:

• The South African White Papers Work Group
• The TOGAF Case Studies Project
• The Architecture Forum Strategy Work Group
• The TOGAF Adoption Strategies Work Group
• The TOG-TMF NGOSS/TOGAF Mapping Project
• The EAP Conference Work Group
• The Information Architecture Work Group

The Forum approved the Target State Description from the Architecture Forum Strategy Work Group.

The Forum approved the rotating chairmanship of the TOGAF Localization Standing Committee.

The Forum approved the publication of the EAP Conference Work Group Stream Host Guidelines document.

The Forum approved a resolution to put the TOGAF Strategy document through a Forum review using the Company review procedure.

The Forum approved a resolution to form a TOGAF Management Standing Committee.

Next Steps

The Forum’s next face-to-face meeting will be held in Toronto in conjunction with The Open Group Conference, July 20-23 2009.

Links

• A full report is available from the Architecture Forum Members' website (members only)

• About the Architecture Forum (public)