Architecture Forum

In Miami The Open Group Architecture Forum will host or be involved in the following meetings:

On the evening of Sunday, 16th July there will be an Open Tutorial: "An Introduction to TOGAF" by Vish Viswanathan of CC&C Solutions

A key focus of the Architecture Forum at Miami will be the public IT Architecture Practitioners' Conference, which takes place from Monday 17th through Wednesday 19th July.

On the morning of Tuesday 18th there will be an Architecture Forum BoF: Product Management and TOGAF Market Research, in which Allen Brown, President and CEO of The Open Group, and Steve Nunn, The Open Group Chief Legal Counsel, will present proposals for implementation of a corporate Product Management function within The Open Group company. TOGAF is one of the key products that will come under the bailiwick of this new function, and all Architecture Forum members are encouraged to participate in this BoF.

NOTE: This BoF is a preview of a presentation to be made on the morning of Friday, 21st, and is for the benefit of those forum members who have to depart early before the close of the members meeting. All forum members are welcome, on the understanding that the presentation will be repeated on Friday 21st July.

On Thursday 20th and Friday 21st July there will be a members-only Forum Meeting, in which the members of the Architecture Forum will progress a number of key work items, including:

Consideration of new projects and committees;

TOGAF Version 9;

Work on architecture tools;

TOGAF market research;

Updates on on-going projects and liaisons.

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Special Pre-Conference Tutorial: An Introduction to TOGAF
Sunday 16th July 2006

Overview

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is a comprehensive framework and methodology which enables the design, evaluation and implementation of the right IT Architecture for an Enterprise.

TOGAF Enterprise Edition has been evolved within The Open Group’s Architecture Forum over a period of ten years. Its development has been guided by and based on the knowledge and experience of Open Group members who are practising IT Architects working for a wide range of enterprises throughout the world.

This tutorial describes what the Architecture Forum has achieved so far in the development of TOGAF, and shows how the Forum is responding to new challenges.

The tutorial answers the questions: What are the origins of TOGAF? What principles have been adopted in developing TOGAF? Of what does TOGAF consist? What is the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM)? In what other ways is the Architecture Forum supporting IT Architecture? What are the plans for the future?

Sunday 16th July 2006

18:00

Special Pre-Conference Tutorial: An Introduction to TOGAF
Vish Viswanathan, CC&C Solutions, Australia

19:30
Close of Tutorial

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The Eighth IT Architecture Practitioners' Conference - Miami 2006
Monday 17th to Wednesday 19th July 2006

Overview

This three-day Conference is aimed specifically at IT Architecture Practitioners and those directly involved in the management and oversight of IT Architecture. The event has its own agenda.

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