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TOGAF Program Group Meeting
27-28th January 1999, Santa Clara
Launching the 1999 Program
The next meeting of the TOGAF Program Group will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, 27-28 January 1999, at The Open Group Members Meeting at Santa Clara. On this occasion, the Program Group meeting will be open to members only.
The meeting falls into two parts.
- Wednesday, January 27th, will be an informational plenary day, the main focus of which will be the draft 1999 Program Plan, which has been developed by the Program Group's Executive based on input from the Program Group at Singapore. The Group will receive a report on the achievements of the 1998 work program, and a presentation of the proposed program for 1999.
- The 1998 review will include a report on TOGAF Version 4, the new version of The Open group Architectural Framework, which went live on the Open Group public web server in December 1998.
- As part of the 1999 Program Plan presentation, the group will be invited to formally endorse the plan, and to contribute to the prioritization and programming of the individual 1999 work items.
- There will also be a report back from Christer Askerfjord, Program Group Co-Chair and representative on the Open Group Architecture Board, on the Architecture Board meeting immediately preceding the Members' Conference, at which the TOGAF Program Plan will have been reviewed, together with all the other work plans for 1999.
- Thursday, January 28th, will be a full-day practical workshop, in which the group will kick off the development of the 1999 program deliverables.
Wednesday 28th January 1999
09:00 Introductions and Program Background for New Attendees: For the benefit of members new to the TOGAF Program Group, John Spencer the TOGAF Program Manager will provide a brief introduction to the background and development of the program since its inception in 1994. John Spencer 09:15 Program Update: A review of the 1998 work program, including a report on the successful company review of TOGAF Version 4, the new version of the TOGAF document which went live on the Open Group public web server as scheduled in December 1998. John Spencer 09:45 Case Study: use of TOGAF in the UK National Health Service: Hugh Fisher, Vice-Chair of the Program Group, provides an insight into how the UK NHS Executive is proposing to use TOGAF internally in 1999. Hugh Fisher 10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 TOGAF 1999 Program Plan - Overview: An overview of the draft 1999 Program Plan, which has been developed by the Program Group's Executive, and is available for review ahead of the meeting. John Spencer 11:45 Architecture Board Report: A report back from Christer Askerfjord, Program Group Co-Chair and representative on the Open Group Architecture Board, on the Architecture Board meeting immediately preceding the Members' Conference, at which the TOGAF Program Plan will be reviewed, along with all the other work plans for 1999. Christer Askerfjord 12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Open Group Professional Services in Support of the TOGAF Program: A presentation by Chris Greenslade, Open Group Professional Services Manager, on potential professional services based on TOGAF. The aim is to provide the Program Group with information on the type of services that could be developed in 1999, and to gain feedback from the Group on the type and level of need in this area. Chris Greenslade 14:30 Program Plan Discussion and Approval: Terry Blevins, Program Group Co-Chair, will lead a detailed discussion of the individual work items and seek approval of an agreed work plan. Terry Blevins 15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Program Group Executive Meeting: The Executive of the Program Group will meet to consider the Program Group's feedback on the proposed 1999 Program Plan, and to plan the detailed agenda for the following day's Workshop in light of that feedback. Christer Askerfjord, Terry Blevins
Thursday 28th January 1999
This will be a practical Workshop on the 1999 program plan deliverables. The detailed agenda will be developed by the Program Group's Executive, taking on board the feedback from the Program Group meeting the previous day, but is expected to include some or all of the following:
- "New ADM" project
- IT DialTone support
- TOGAF Professional Services
- TOGAF Marketing Program
- "The Art of Architecture" Publication
- TOGAF User Forum
- Building Blocks Information Base
09:00 Workshop Session #1 10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Workshop Session #2 12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Workshop Session #3 15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Workshop Session #4
Last Update: January 19, 1999
Name: John Spencer
Email: j.spencer@opengroup.org
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