Architecture Forum

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

On the evening of Sunday, 28th January there will be an Open Tutorial: "An Introduction to TOGAF" by Dave Hornford of Hornford Associates, Canada

A key focus of the Architecture Forum at San Diego will be the public Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference, which takes place from Monday 29th through Wednesday 31st January.

On Wednesday 31st January from 6:30pm to 7:30pm there will be a members-only Board-Forums BoF. In this session, the Business Architecture Work Group will be seeking feedback on its one-pager Business Architecture definition

On Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd February there will be a members-only Architecture Forum meeting, in which the members of the Architecture Forum will progress a number of key work items; in particular:

TOGAF Product Management, including the TOGAF Development Process and review of output so far, embracing TOGAF9 and the future, survey planning and the TOGAF long term vision

TOGAF Experiences and Requirements. This is intended to be an interactive session where members can exchange their experiences of using TOGAF and what would make TOGAF even better for their enterprise

The SOA for TOGAF Practical Guide

Report backs from on-going project activities

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Special Pre-Conference Tutorial: An Introduction to TOGAF
Sunday 28th January 2007

Overview

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is a comprehensive framework and methodology which enables the design, evaluation and implementation of the right Architecture for an Enterprise. It has been evolved continuously within The Open Group’s Architecture Forum over the past twelve years, and its development has been guided by and based on the knowledge and experience of Open Group members who are practising Enterprise and IT Architects working for a wide range of enterprises throughout the world.

For the first eight years of its existence, The Open Group Architecture Forum focused primarily on the evolution of TOGAF as a framework for developing technical architectures that fully meet the business needs of an organization. That goal reached maturity with TOGAF Version 7. As of TOGAF Version 8, the Architecture Forum began to respond to new challenges, with the increasing realization within the industry of the importance of Enterprise Architecture in the development of information systems. IT users are now seeking a framework that helps to develop enterprise architectures to address all aspects of an organization's information services. They are also seeking skilled architectural practitioners and suitable tool sets that will support them.

This tutorial describes what the Architecture Forum has achieved so far in the development of the "Enterprise Edition" of TOGAF, Version 8, and shows how the Forum is responding to new challenges. Topics covered include: The Open Group Architecture Forum; the motivation for developing TOGAF; TOGAF components; the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM); other aspects of TOGAF; other activities of the Architecture Forum; plans for the future.

Sunday 28th January 2007

18:00

Special Pre-Conference Tutorial: An Introduction to TOGAF
Dave Hornford, Hornford Associates, Canada

19:30
Close of Tutorial

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The 11^th Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference - San Diego 2007
Monday 29th to Wednesday 31st January 2007

Overview

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

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