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Architecture Forum

San Francisco, 4th - 7th February 2003

Agenda

In San Francisco the Architecture Forum will host or be involved in the following meetings:

• On the afternoon of Tuesday, 4th February it will support a joint meeting with The Open Group's Open Source Initiative
• On Wednesday 5th February it will host a public Architecture Briefing.
• From Thursday 6th through to Friday 7th February, there will be an Architecture Forum Workshop, in which the members of the Forum will discuss and finalize their 2003 work program.

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Open Source in the Enterprise
Tuesday 4th February 2003

An opportunity exists for The Open Group to create value in the domain of Open Source in the Enterprise. A proposal originating at The Open Group Members' Conference in Cannes in October, 2002 has gathered significant momentum. This meeting will present progress to date and serve both to motivate and attract contributors, and to keep The Open Group's activity focused on its areas of strength.

A number of areas for contribution in the space of Open Source and the Enterprise have appeared in discussions so far, including the following, which are of particular relevance to the Architecture Forum:

• How to deploy Open Source in the Enterprise. (Methods for selecting open source technologies, engaging with communities, managing the deployment over time.)
• How to make Open Source fit for Enterprise Architecture. (Sharing of business-driven requirements, relating Open Source and Building Blocks, the role of APIs, the value of certification, open source policy.)
• Sharing information about Open Source usage in the Enterprise. (Case studies, co-operations, how to survive politics)
• How to combine Open Source technologies and products to platforms. (Elevating the definition of "platform" from UNIX to a richer level, populating the Building Block Information Base with Open Source, version compatibility, interoperability)

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Public Architecture Briefing
Architecture In Practice
Wednesday 5th February 2003

Overview

This practical one-day Briefing will update you on the state of the art in open enterprise architecture frameworks, and features presentations on leading developments in the Architecture field from practitioners in both the customer and vendor communities.

In particular:

• You will receive a first public briefing on the new Enterprise Edition of TOGAF, The Open Group Architecture Framework.
• You will also receive a first public briefing on the new TOGAF 7 Certification program -- an important new certification program that enables the industry's architecture service providers and tools vendors to demonstrate how their products and services support the IT Architect using TOGAF Version 7.
• You will hear presentations on leading developments in the Architecture field from practitioners in both the customer and vendor communities.
• You will receive a briefing on collaboration between The Open Group and the OMG aimed at creating synergy between TOGAF and OMG's Model-Driven Architecture (MDA).
• You will network with leading architecture experts, vendors, and peers.

Who Should Attend?

• Enterprise Architects
• Senior Management responsible for IT and architecture governance
• Chief Information Officers
• Product Managers and Engineering Managers of architecture tools
• Systems Integrators
• Designers and managers of IT infrastructures
• Procurement professionals responsible for selecting IT products and services

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Architecture Forum Workshop (members only)
Thursday 6th to Friday 7th February 2003

The Architecture Workshop at San Francisco will enable the members of the Architecture Forum to review and finalize proposals for its 2003 work program plan.

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