In Boston the Architecture Forum hosted an extended Architecture Forum Workshop, from
the afternoon of Tuesday 20th July through Thursday 22nd July, in which the members of the
Forum progressed a number of key projects, and, in particular, initiated the TOGAF 9
development program.
The structure of the sessions was based around the following themes:
- The Enterprise, Culture and Stakeholders
- Architecture Creation
- Architecture Transformation
- Architecture Realisation
- Architecture Management
There were presentations from:
- Bank of Montreal,
- Lockheed Martin,
- Hewlett-Packard,
- Architecting-the-Enterprise,
- RealIRM,
- Metaplexity,
- Popkin,
- IBM and
- OMG
which enabled the delegates to start the inititiation process with strong thought
leadership and direction.
There were substantial sessions on the future of the Standards Information Base, the
Building Blocks Information Base, and Integration. The Forum gave its support for the
initiatives to develop these further under the TOGAF 9 development program.
The outlined plans for TOGAF 9 development were agreed, and the program leadership was
given the go-ahead to move to the next stage.
The Architecture Forum also voted to support the initiation of an IT Architect
Profession program led by HP and IBM.
Terry Blevins, in his last role as CIO of The Open Group, described the latest two
joint initiatives with the OMG and the Integration Consortium. The Architecture Forum
unanimously agreed that the initiatives will strengthen TOGAF 9, and that the planned
joint workshop with OMG and the Integration Consortium, to be held in November 2004 at the
OMG Convention, will provide significant input to TOGAF 9 development.
On Friday 23rd July, after completion of the main Architecture Forum Workshop, there
was a a very successful separate project meeting on the alignment of TOGAF and DODAF, with
leading experts from both fields seeking to establish the synergy and integration areas
between the two frameworks. A small working group was established to meet over the next
two months and report back to the Architecture Forum in October on progress and
recommendations.
Overall, it was a highly fruitful and successful week.
