Introduction to Enterprise architecture and the steps to perform an Enterpris...Prashanth Panduranga
This presentation was used to introduce Enterprise Architecture, Introduction to how to perform an Enterprise Architecture Assessment followed by TechSharp introduction.
Deliverables in the presentation is not clear, the slides represent what was shown as part of the demo.
List of deliverables:
Application Rationalization framework
Portfolio Analysis framework
Road Map
Current state analysis
Target State establishing process
System Context
System Landscape
Value analysis with Value Stream and Capability modelingCOMPETENSIS
The new Archimate 3.1 has improved the strategy layer with major modeling objects related to value analysis: value stream and capability.
These objects are linked and answer major questions :
- [VALUE STREAM] What value do we deliver to customers ? What value do we want to deliver to customers ? This is the enterprise business model.
- [CAPABILITY] What operational model do we need to deliver value ? The capability model describes the operational model required to deliver value to customers.
You cannot succeed to transform a business model, enterprise activities without considering Value Stream & Capability analysis. Technology considerations are necessary but not sufficient.
Feel free to contact if you wish to get more support with your transformation projet.
Business Analysis is the set of tasks and techniques to understand the structure, policies and operations of the organization. To know more watch the presentation.
Introduction to Enterprise architecture and the steps to perform an Enterpris...Prashanth Panduranga
This presentation was used to introduce Enterprise Architecture, Introduction to how to perform an Enterprise Architecture Assessment followed by TechSharp introduction.
Deliverables in the presentation is not clear, the slides represent what was shown as part of the demo.
List of deliverables:
Application Rationalization framework
Portfolio Analysis framework
Road Map
Current state analysis
Target State establishing process
System Context
System Landscape
Value analysis with Value Stream and Capability modelingCOMPETENSIS
The new Archimate 3.1 has improved the strategy layer with major modeling objects related to value analysis: value stream and capability.
These objects are linked and answer major questions :
- [VALUE STREAM] What value do we deliver to customers ? What value do we want to deliver to customers ? This is the enterprise business model.
- [CAPABILITY] What operational model do we need to deliver value ? The capability model describes the operational model required to deliver value to customers.
You cannot succeed to transform a business model, enterprise activities without considering Value Stream & Capability analysis. Technology considerations are necessary but not sufficient.
Feel free to contact if you wish to get more support with your transformation projet.
Business Analysis is the set of tasks and techniques to understand the structure, policies and operations of the organization. To know more watch the presentation.
The TOGAF® Architecture Development Method recommends that "an architecture description be encoded in a standard language". As the Open Group standard for enterprise modeling, Archimate is a strong candidate for this role. This presentation will explore how a diversified financial services company selected and is using Archimate for its TOGAF® implementation. The speaker will compare available enterprise modeling languages and explain why Archimate was selected, and will explain how his organization developed an enabling metamodel and diagram templates using a leading enterprise modeling tool. Methodology transition will also be covered, including how existing diagram types were mapped to TOGAF®, and how TOGAF® diagram content was mapped to Archimate.
Delivered at February 2011 Open Group San Diego Conference
Solution Architecture Centre Of ExcellenceAlan McSweeney
This is an extract from the book An Introduction to Solution Architecture (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1797567616) that discusses the topic of a Solution Architecture Centre Of Excellence.
The solution architecture function should aspire to be a Solution Architecture Centre Of Excellence (SACOE). This is concerned with developing a mature function that is highly-skilled at solution architecture and design and provides solution and consulting leadership to the organisation.
Developing an SACOE requires vision and resources of both the solution architecture function and information technology management.
The solution architecture function has the capability to develop both the business insight and solution and technology expertise to act as the business/technology authority and be the bridge between the business and technology domains of the organisation.
This presentation describes systematic, repeatable and co-ordinated approach to agile solution architecture and design. It is intended to describe a set of practical steps and activities embedded within a framework to allow an agile method to be adopted and used for solution design and delivery. This approach ensures consistency in the assessment of solution design options and in subsequent solution design and solution delivery activities. This process leads to the rapid design and delivery of realistic and achievable solutions that meet real solution consumer needs. The approach provides for effective solution decision-making. It generates options and results quickly and consistently. Implementing a framework such as this provides for the creation of a knowledgebase of previous solution design and delivery exercises that leads to an accumulated body of knowledge within the organisation.
This schema represents a general view of the demand management framework. Developed using lean, kanban, project management and software engineering concepts, this framework covers from the business to IT.
The ArchiMate Language for Enterprise and Solution ArchitectureIver Band
The ArchiMate standard provides:
* A language with concepts to describe architectures
* A framework to organize these concepts
* A graphical notation for these concepts
* Guidance on visualizations for different stakeholders
* An open standard maintained by The Open Group
This presentation illustrates the value of ArchiMate modeling with a Big Data case study.
Structured Approach to Solution ArchitectureAlan McSweeney
The role of solution architecture is to identify answer to a business problem and set of solution options and their components. There will be many potential solutions to a problem with varying degrees of suitability to the underlying business need. Solution options are derived from a combination of Solution Architecture Dimensions/Views which describe characteristics, features, qualities, requirements and Solution Design Factors, Limitations And Boundaries which delineate limitations. Use of structured approach can assist with solution design to create consistency. The TOGAF approach to enterprise architecture can be adapted to perform some of the analysis and design for elements of Solution Architecture Dimensions/Views.
Modeling Big Data with the ArchiMate 3.0 LanguageIver Band
Health care enterprises use big data methods and technologies to gain insights for improving the efficacy, efficiency, and accessibility of their services. Effective big data initiatives require shared understanding among diverse stakeholders of business challenges and the often complex architectures required to address them. Enterprise and solution architects can use the ArchiMate language to build this understanding with compelling visual models.
This presentation introduces the ArchiMate 3.0 language, and uses it to explore the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Big Data Reference Architecture (NBDRA), and to present a health care case study based on the NBDRA. Participants will learn how to use the ArchiMate 3.0 language, in alignment with the TOGAF framework, to propose, justify and plan big data initiatives, and to guide their successful implementation.
ArchiMate 3.0: A New Standard for ArchitectureIver Band
This keynote presentation from the July 2016 Open Group Austin Conference introduces the new version of the ArchiMate standard. ArchiMate 3.0 extends the language with various concepts that help enterprise architects tackle challenges in digital transformation and business change. This major new version introduces explicit support for capability-based planning, and improves linkage between business strategy and all architecture layers. ArchiMate 3.0 also enables modelers to describe the Internet of Things and the systems of the physical world, such as manufacturing and logistics. In addition, the new version supports more compact and intuitive visual models. This presentation includes examples that use these improvements and demonstrates how architects can benefit from them.
The ArchiSurance Case Study is a fictitious example developed to illustrate the use of
the ArchiMate® modeling language in the context of the TOGAF® framework. The
Case Study concerns the insurance company ArchiSurance, which has been formed as
the result of a merger of three previously independent companies. The Case Study
describes the baseline architecture of the company and then a number of change
scenarios.
This Case Study is required to be used as an example throughout accredited
ArchiMate training courses. However, it is not part of the definition of TOGAF. This
work supports The Open Group vision of Boundaryless Information Flow by
illustrating the combined use of the TOGAF and ArchiMate standards for consistent
representation of architectural information across diverse organizations, systems, and
initiatives.
Practical Enterprise Architecture in Medium-size Corporation using TOGAFMichael Sukachev
Overview on the Practical Enterprise Architecture approach using TOGAF ADM for architectures development, Zachman Framework as artifacts repository and Sparx EA as a modelling tool.
An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture Visual Modeling With The ArchiMate...Iver Band
A half-day introduction to the ArchiMate language, including core concepts, a visual Overview, and a case study. Introduces the entire language, including the Business, Application and Technology layers as well as the Motivation and implementation and Migration extensions. Ideal for enterprise and solution architects and other architecture contributors.
The case study uses the free Archi tool, and includes download instructions. Those interested in learning the language can attempt each case study exercise using Archi, and flip to the next slide to check their work.
Wilbert Kraan introduces Archimate and Enterprise Architecture modelling.
Presented at the first JISC Emerging Practices workshop (2012/03/29).
http://emergingpractices.jiscinvolve.org/wp/doing-ea-workshop/
The TOGAF® Architecture Development Method recommends that "an architecture description be encoded in a standard language". As the Open Group standard for enterprise modeling, Archimate is a strong candidate for this role. This presentation will explore how a diversified financial services company selected and is using Archimate for its TOGAF® implementation. The speaker will compare available enterprise modeling languages and explain why Archimate was selected, and will explain how his organization developed an enabling metamodel and diagram templates using a leading enterprise modeling tool. Methodology transition will also be covered, including how existing diagram types were mapped to TOGAF®, and how TOGAF® diagram content was mapped to Archimate.
Delivered at February 2011 Open Group San Diego Conference
Solution Architecture Centre Of ExcellenceAlan McSweeney
This is an extract from the book An Introduction to Solution Architecture (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1797567616) that discusses the topic of a Solution Architecture Centre Of Excellence.
The solution architecture function should aspire to be a Solution Architecture Centre Of Excellence (SACOE). This is concerned with developing a mature function that is highly-skilled at solution architecture and design and provides solution and consulting leadership to the organisation.
Developing an SACOE requires vision and resources of both the solution architecture function and information technology management.
The solution architecture function has the capability to develop both the business insight and solution and technology expertise to act as the business/technology authority and be the bridge between the business and technology domains of the organisation.
This presentation describes systematic, repeatable and co-ordinated approach to agile solution architecture and design. It is intended to describe a set of practical steps and activities embedded within a framework to allow an agile method to be adopted and used for solution design and delivery. This approach ensures consistency in the assessment of solution design options and in subsequent solution design and solution delivery activities. This process leads to the rapid design and delivery of realistic and achievable solutions that meet real solution consumer needs. The approach provides for effective solution decision-making. It generates options and results quickly and consistently. Implementing a framework such as this provides for the creation of a knowledgebase of previous solution design and delivery exercises that leads to an accumulated body of knowledge within the organisation.
This schema represents a general view of the demand management framework. Developed using lean, kanban, project management and software engineering concepts, this framework covers from the business to IT.
The ArchiMate Language for Enterprise and Solution ArchitectureIver Band
The ArchiMate standard provides:
* A language with concepts to describe architectures
* A framework to organize these concepts
* A graphical notation for these concepts
* Guidance on visualizations for different stakeholders
* An open standard maintained by The Open Group
This presentation illustrates the value of ArchiMate modeling with a Big Data case study.
Structured Approach to Solution ArchitectureAlan McSweeney
The role of solution architecture is to identify answer to a business problem and set of solution options and their components. There will be many potential solutions to a problem with varying degrees of suitability to the underlying business need. Solution options are derived from a combination of Solution Architecture Dimensions/Views which describe characteristics, features, qualities, requirements and Solution Design Factors, Limitations And Boundaries which delineate limitations. Use of structured approach can assist with solution design to create consistency. The TOGAF approach to enterprise architecture can be adapted to perform some of the analysis and design for elements of Solution Architecture Dimensions/Views.
Modeling Big Data with the ArchiMate 3.0 LanguageIver Band
Health care enterprises use big data methods and technologies to gain insights for improving the efficacy, efficiency, and accessibility of their services. Effective big data initiatives require shared understanding among diverse stakeholders of business challenges and the often complex architectures required to address them. Enterprise and solution architects can use the ArchiMate language to build this understanding with compelling visual models.
This presentation introduces the ArchiMate 3.0 language, and uses it to explore the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Big Data Reference Architecture (NBDRA), and to present a health care case study based on the NBDRA. Participants will learn how to use the ArchiMate 3.0 language, in alignment with the TOGAF framework, to propose, justify and plan big data initiatives, and to guide their successful implementation.
ArchiMate 3.0: A New Standard for ArchitectureIver Band
This keynote presentation from the July 2016 Open Group Austin Conference introduces the new version of the ArchiMate standard. ArchiMate 3.0 extends the language with various concepts that help enterprise architects tackle challenges in digital transformation and business change. This major new version introduces explicit support for capability-based planning, and improves linkage between business strategy and all architecture layers. ArchiMate 3.0 also enables modelers to describe the Internet of Things and the systems of the physical world, such as manufacturing and logistics. In addition, the new version supports more compact and intuitive visual models. This presentation includes examples that use these improvements and demonstrates how architects can benefit from them.
The ArchiSurance Case Study is a fictitious example developed to illustrate the use of
the ArchiMate® modeling language in the context of the TOGAF® framework. The
Case Study concerns the insurance company ArchiSurance, which has been formed as
the result of a merger of three previously independent companies. The Case Study
describes the baseline architecture of the company and then a number of change
scenarios.
This Case Study is required to be used as an example throughout accredited
ArchiMate training courses. However, it is not part of the definition of TOGAF. This
work supports The Open Group vision of Boundaryless Information Flow by
illustrating the combined use of the TOGAF and ArchiMate standards for consistent
representation of architectural information across diverse organizations, systems, and
initiatives.
Practical Enterprise Architecture in Medium-size Corporation using TOGAFMichael Sukachev
Overview on the Practical Enterprise Architecture approach using TOGAF ADM for architectures development, Zachman Framework as artifacts repository and Sparx EA as a modelling tool.
An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture Visual Modeling With The ArchiMate...Iver Band
A half-day introduction to the ArchiMate language, including core concepts, a visual Overview, and a case study. Introduces the entire language, including the Business, Application and Technology layers as well as the Motivation and implementation and Migration extensions. Ideal for enterprise and solution architects and other architecture contributors.
The case study uses the free Archi tool, and includes download instructions. Those interested in learning the language can attempt each case study exercise using Archi, and flip to the next slide to check their work.
Wilbert Kraan introduces Archimate and Enterprise Architecture modelling.
Presented at the first JISC Emerging Practices workshop (2012/03/29).
http://emergingpractices.jiscinvolve.org/wp/doing-ea-workshop/
Presentation given by Wilbert Kraan at the second JISC Emerging Practices workshop (2012/07/03). Provides a basic overview of ArchiMate.
http://emergingpractices.jiscinvolve.org/wp/doing-ea-workshop-2/
Foundations of enterprise architecture management and archi mateStefan Schindewolf
At the end of this lesson you should be able to
Describe what an enterprise is
Explain the purpose of an Enterprise Architecture
Define further key terms and concepts related to Enterprise Architecture
Describe how the TOGAF Standard and the ArchiMate modeling language are related
Use of ArchiMate at Colruyt Group (presentation by Brechtel Dero at the I.T. ...Patrick Van Renterghem
Presentation by Brechtel Dero at the I.T. Works/LoQutus meetup on July 1st, 2014 at Vlerick School Campus Gent. See http://www.meetup.com/The-big-pICTure-how-ICT-changes-business-and-society/events/181256842/ for full details on this event
What does “Business Architecture” mean? How do we create a Business Architecture? And critically how do we practically apply it to help inform strategic decisions and investments?
This talk will demonstrate the key points in creating a Business Architecture, the major artefacts and how to apply them.
Introduction : What is a Business architecture & why do we need one?
The Strategic Context: capturing and articulating business motivation
The value system and the business value chain
The Business Capability view
What is a Business Capability?: How do we describe a Capability?
Identifying strategically important Capabilities
Measuring Capability maturity and gaps
Views and viewpoints:
Business & Technology Pain points
Programme overlay: Are we investing in the right capabilities & applications to address them?
Architecture interconnects: Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture and the Strategic Roadmap
Creating traceability from IT decisions to business goals
Throughout a Case Study from Financial Services will be used to illustrate the approach
An Introduction to the ArchiMate 3.0 SpecificationIver Band
This White Paper provides an overview of the ArchiMate® 3.0 Specification, an Open Group Standard, including the role of the language in Enterprise Architecture, a description of its structure and content, and a summary of the new features of this major update.
The ArchiMate 3.0 Specification is a major update to the ArchiMate 2.1 Specification, and was published as an Open Group Standard in June 2016. New features included in Version 3.0 include elements for modeling the enterprise at a strategic level, such as capability, resource, and outcome. It also includes support to model the physical world of materials and equipment. Furthermore, the consistency and structure of the language have been improved, definitions have been aligned with other standards, and its usability has been enhanced in various other ways.
Enhancing Organizational Performance by Creating a Culture of Stewardship wit...Iver Band
Genesis Financial Solutions (GFS), a leading nonprime consumer credit platform, has created a culture of stewardship with LeanIX. Stewardship at GFS includes acquiring, creating, sustaining, enhancing, and retiring assets. Stewards are the primary decision-makers for their assigned assets. They collaborate with consumer lending and technology leaders to guide the evolution of business capabilities, applications, and IT components.
Chronic Absenteeism Rate Prediction: A Data Science Case StudyIver Band
This was my capstone project for the Coursera Advanced Data Science with IBM Specialization. It demonstrates all phases of a data science project, including modeling with a neural network and a decision tree ensemble using Keras and scikit-learn.
What Can We Do With The ArchiMate Language?Iver Band
Last year, the Open Group released version 3.0 of the ArchiMate® standard, which provides a language with concepts for describing enterprise and solution architectures, a framework for organizing these concepts, a graphical notation for these concepts, and recommendations for viewpoints, which are visualization templates that address the concerns of particular stakeholders. The standard is public and free for end users. It can be extended through specialization of its concepts and relationships, and is supported by an increasing number of tools, consultancies and training organizations.
We use a fictitious—but realistic—case study to describe what we can do with the ArchiMate language. Each of the sections in this article presents one or more views of an ArchiMate model that tells a story about the collection and analysis of Big Data to create business value. Big Data consists of datasets that cannot be handled efficiently with traditional centralized data architectures due to their extensive volume, variety, velocity and variability. These characteristics demand scalable architectures for efficient storage, manipulation and analysis.
Cloud architecture with the ArchiMate LanguageIver Band
Today's commercial cloud platforms enable the migration of on-premises architectures to environments that offer increased flexibility, resilience, and security. These platforms also offer innovative managed services that enable architects, designers and developers to focus on business logic and user experience rather than underlying infrastructure.
Enterprise Architects can use the ArchiMate language to guide the use of cloud platforms to meet business and technical goals. This presentation models an architecture based on a leading cloud platform. The model uses all layers and aspects of the ArchiMate language as well as its customization mechanisms, which express vendor-specific platform elements and relationships. It provides an appreciation of the depth and versatility of the ArchiMate 3.0 language, and an introduction to developing architectures that use commercial cloud platforms.
Modeling and Evolving a Web Portal with the TOGAF Framework and the ArchiMate...Iver Band
Today's enterprise web portals are complex beasts. Leading portals deliver fresh and relevant personalized experiences to multiple audiences, each with their own branding, content, and interactions. They aggregate content from multiple sources and present it using components, some of which are are reused across audiences. They make users productive by interacting with core transactional systems, and secure themselves with role-based access control. Web portals require careful management to ensure they deliver robust, personal, agile, and sustainable experiences in the face of continuous change.
The ArchiMate language is ideal for elucidating the structure and function of web portal applications and infrastructure, and linking them to the consumer experiences and internal operations they support. Modelers can also link critical business stakeholders, drivers, and goals to requirements for new investments, link these requirements to changes in applications and infrastructure that satisfy them, and show how these changes can be implemented over time.
Join practicing Enterprise Architect and ArchiMate Forum Vice Chair Iver Band and portal expert Ryan Kennedy to learn how to use the TOGAF Framework and the ArchiMate language to depict complex architectures and the changes they require.
Using the TOGAF® 9.1 Framework with the ArchiMate® 2.1 Modeling LanguageIver Band
This White Paper describes the TOGAF®
9.1 framework and the ArchiMate®
2.1 modeling language, showing at a high level how these two open standards from The Open Group can
be used together.
The main observations are:
The TOGAF framework and the ArchiMate language overlap in their use of viewpoints, and the concept of an underlying common repository of architectural artifacts and models; i.e., they have a firm common foundation.
The two standards complement each other with respect to the definition of an architecture development process and the definition of an Enterprise Architecture modeling language.
The ArchiMate 2.1 standard supports modeling of the architectures throughout the phases of the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM).
The combined use of the TOGAF framework with the ArchiMate modeling language can support better communication with stakeholders inside and outside organizations supporting The Open Group vision of Boundaryless Information Flow™.
Always-On Services for Consumer Web, Mobile and the Internet of ThingsIver Band
US healthcare payers must develop innovative consumer businesses while continuing their core business operations
This requires a bimodal IT architecture with an Adaptive Service Layer between consumer and core business applications
This layer must enable reliable, scalable and reusable services
These Always-On services must protect core business systems and data
Organizations must understand service usage to build successful consumer apps
An Adaptive Service Layer can consist of an API Platform, BaaS and ESB
The Read, Publish, and Subscribe patterns enable a broad range of services
The Pass-Through pattern gives existing services added reusability, visibility and security
An Enterprise Repository can facilitate service reuse
Standards-based Enterprise Architecture can persuasively link business strategies to specific IT investments
Effective Strategy Execution with Capability-Based Planning, Enterprise Arch...Iver Band
The difficulty of strategy execution should not be underestimated
Capability-based planning helps make strategy concrete
Enterprise architecture closes the remainder of this gap, and ensures alignment and coherence
Enterprise portfolio management allows managing large enterprise landscapes based on business value
ArchiMate models tie it all together, providing a clear line of sight from strategy definition to realization
Powerful tool support makes this a strong combination!
Thought Leader Interview: Atefeh Riazi on the Past, Present and Future of Met...Iver Band
Atefeh Riazi, currently Assistant Secretary-General and Chief Information Technology Officer at the United Nations, has also led IT at the advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather, the New York City Housing Authority, and the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), an agency of the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). This interview focuses on Ms. Riazi's work at the MTA leading the implementation of MetroCard, a fare collection system that serves 8.5 million daily commuters. MetroCard collects fares on bus and rail transit systems operated by the MTA and other government agencies serving New York City and surrounding counties in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Thought Leader Interview: Atefeh Riazi on the Past, Present and Future of Met...Iver Band
Atefeh Riazi, currently Assistant Secretary-General and Chief Information Technology Officer at the United Nations, has also led IT at the advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather, the New York City Housing Authority, and the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), an agency of the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). This interview focuses on Ms. Riazi's work at the MTA leading the implementation of MetroCard, a fare collection system that serves 8.5 million daily commuters. MetroCard collects fares on bus and rail transit systems operated by the MTA and other government agencies serving New York City and surrounding counties in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Modeling Enterprise Risk Management and Security with the ArchiMate LanguageIver Band
Enterprise Architects can use the ArchiMate® language to model Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and security concepts and relationships. This widely accepted open standard provides the modeling constructs to describe and interconnect business and technical architectures. Applying the ArchiMate language to represent risk and security concepts results in the ideal vehicle to consider these aspects in an integral way. The ArchiMate language fits well with other Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks and standards, such as the TOGAF® standard and the Zachman framework, as well as enterprise security management frameworks such as the Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA).
Through its Motivation extension, the ArchiMate language makes it possible to link control measures to security requirements, principles, and goals, as well as to the results of a risk analysis. On the other hand, ArchiMate models can be linked to design languages for business processes and IT solutions such as BPMN and UML. These linkages enable precise gathering of a set of broadly accepted risk and security concepts, analysis of their semantics, and consensus regarding the most important ones of the full scope of enterprise risk.
This White Paper, a joint project of The Open Group ArchiMate Forum and The Open Group Security Forum, demonstrates this approach and identifies opportunities for future work that would enhance it.
Guiding Agile Solution Delivery with the ArchiMate LanguageIver Band
Solution Architects can develop clear and actionable guidance for Agile development teams using the ArchiMate language. They can rapidly leverage Enterprise Architectures, and specify just the right amount of detail to constrain the solution while leveraging developers' expertise, initiative and creativity. As solutions are developed, architectural models can be enriched with additional implementation details, enabling Solution Architects to contribute high-quality baseline architectures and reusable building blocks to their enterprise repositories. This presentation prepares Enterprise and Solution Architects to lead Agile implementation of their architectures and roadmaps.
Enterprise Architecture with the Zachman Framework and the Archimate LanguageIver Band
The ArchiMate visual modeling language enables modelers to create views for all columns and rows of the Zachman Framework. This brief presentation shows how the language and framework can be used together for business, data, application and technology architecture.
Book Review: Making Technology Investments ProfitableIver Band
In “Making Technology Investments Profitable”,
management consultant Jack Keen diagnoses and treats
business and IT leaders that expect value but let it slip
away. “On-value” is the essential companion to “on-time”
and “on-budget”. Too often, leaders choose inferior
investments, assume that on-time and on-budget
programs1 are also on-value, and are forced to shut
down programs after they disrupt or disappoint their
intended beneficiaries.
From Capability-Based Planning to Competitive Advantage: Assembling Your Bus...Iver Band
Many organizations are investing in capability-based planning, portfolio management, architecture and agile development processes. While they derive value from each practice, many struggle with getting all of them to work together. In rapidly evolving industries such as healthcare, businesses need to change continuously. Instead of programs and projects, they need transformation value networks that adapt to dynamic organizational and external drivers.
This presentation will use a unified framework and method to define and relate the ingredients for continuous transformation. The presenters will also demonstrate the value of standards-based visual modeling for integrating, expressing and improving business transformation practices. Visual models will show how American and European healthcare payers are improving quality and efficiency in response to demographic, economic and regulatory pressures.
Learning Objectives:
• Understand how to integrate capability-based planning, portfolio management, architecture and agile development processes
• Identify and position key frameworks for capability-based planning, portfolio management, architecture and agile development processes
• Understand core concepts and key applications of the ArchiMate language for visual modeling, an Open Group standard
• Understand the basics of visually modeling business strategy and organizational transformation
• Become familiar with the objectives and methods for an example of business transformation
• Understand how and when to integrate strategic guidance into agile development processes
Thought Leader Interview: Dr. William Turner on the Software-Defined Future ...Iver Band
As the Vice President, Datacenter Architecture at Presidio,
William Turner, PhD has more than 20 years of hand-son,
full-project-cycle experience in strategizing, designing and
deploying large-scale Fortune 500 networks and security
solutions. His extensive background in banking, security,
and government has yielded several well regarded industry
standards and noted reference models.
Dr. Turner envisions and drives a future in which sophisticated software provisions and de-provisions IT infrastructure automatically in response to business needs. The specialized appliances enterprises traditionally rely upon will be replaced by industry-standard hardware playing necessary roles on demand.
EAPJ conducted this interview from the perspective of an infrastructure architect considering a software-defined future for the networking, hosting and storage underlying a
major upcoming application investment.
Thought Leader Interview: Allen Podraza on Records ManagementIver Band
Allen Podraza is a Certified Information Professional who believes that organizations benefit from developing a strategy for managing their information. He serves as the Director of Records Management & Archives for the American Medical Association in Chicago. He is an active member of a number of professional associations including the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), ARMA International and the Society of American Archivists (SAA), and has advised organizations on the development and administration of records management and archive programs. He also provides a wealth of “How To” advice though his blog, posts, and tweets.
This interview uses the Architecture Development Method (ADM) of The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF®) as a template for interviewing Allen Podraza. As shown in the figure below, the ADM cycle focuses successively on the establishment of an architecture capability, the development of an architecture, planning for the transition to the new architecture, and architecture governance. Allen has responded to this unusual interview format with expert advice relevant to all aspects of the architecture lifecycle.
Visualizing IT at the Department of Homeland Security with the ArchiMate® Vi...Iver Band
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Luke McCormack recently
submitted testimony to a US Senate Subcommittee. This case study, which is based on CIO
McCormack’s testimony, demonstrates how enterprise architects using the ArchiMate® language can
quickly capture business situations using viewpoints defined in the ArchiMate specification. These
viewpoints are templates for views that address particular sets of stakeholder concerns. This case study
contains views based on and named after standard templates.
This Case Study demonstrates the value of the ArchiMate® 2.1 modeling language for planning and expressing complex business transformation. The Case Study is about a fictitious manufacturer named ArchiMetal. Through high-level architecture modeling, the ArchiMate language illuminates the coherence between an organization, and its processes, applications, and infrastructure. This Case Study presents examples of ArchiMate models that can be elaborated as necessary for analysis, communication, decision support, and implementation.
This issue focuses on how EA can empower organizations to achieve their goals. EA and quality expert Mike Novak compares the TOGAF®1 framework for enterprise architecture with the Baldrige approach to organizational performance assessment and improvement, and shows how organizations could benefit from integrating the two paradigms. This is a great article for all those who have wondered about the relationship between EA and quality practices, or would like to learn more about either paradigm. The article assumes a bit of familiarity with the TOGAF standard, so novices should consult one of the references at the bottom of this page. This issue also features an interview with Mike Callahan, a senior partner in AgileLayer, a business architecture methodology, software and consulting provider. Mike Callahan introduces us to his area of expertise, and explains how business architects practice many of the methods Mike Novak describes in his TOGAF/Baldrige article.
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- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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