Building a Profession
Gar Mac Críosta

take a journey
of discovery

“...there were no more worlds left to conquer”

I’m faced with waves of technology and hype
Social Networking Utility Computing
Enterprise 2.0
Green IT
SLA
EA
Web 2.0 SaaS SOA Virtualisation
Utility ESB
OO
ITIL Cloud

I’m responsible but not in control

I felt like a fish
out of water

What am I?
What is an architect?

?

I found a tribe

my tribe

it’s time to self-assess

I tried the IASA self-assessment tool

i started to learn

Human Dynamics
Business Technology Strategy
Design Skills Quality Attributes
IT Environment
skills

• Foundation Skills
Enterprise Architecture
Information Infrastructure Software Business
Architecture Architecture Architecture Architecture
Foundation Body of Knowledge
Design
Human Dynamics
Quality Attributes
IT Environment
Business Technology Strategy

certify

Board Certification

Help
Information
Advocacy

Re-brand

IT Geek

becomes

Business Technology
Strategist

What is architecture?

The art and science of
designing and erecting buildings

The architecture of a
program or computing
system is the structure or
structures of the system

The art and science of
delivering valuable technology strategy

•Business Technology Strategists
•
•citizen
•we create•shareholder value
•customer
•we empower other roles
we own technology strategy

Business Technology Alignment

Specialisation

where are we?
developing established
organised qualified governed public statutory

You are IT Architecture!

Talk Business
Think Technology
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