Architecture Forum Meeting Agendas - 3^rd and 4^th February

Architecture Forum General Meeting

Wednesday February 3^rd Agenda (9:00 - 12:30)

9:00 -- 9:15     Member Welcome (Dave Hornford, Architecture Forum Chair)

Welcome, Agenda Review & Goals 

Decision points: Approval of agenda

9:15 -- 9:30     Expectations from the Architecture Forum New Members

New members are invited to speak to their expectations of membership in the forum.

Decision points: None, Informational

9:30 -- 10:30     Actioning the Forum Strategy (Forum Chair: Dave Hornford)

Moving forward on the Forum Strategy Activity

1. Presentation of Work Group/Strategy Alignment

2. Discussion of Next Steps

Decision points: Next Steps

10:30 -- 11:00  Networking Break

11:00 --12:30   Business Value of EA & TOGAF (Discussion facilitated by TOGAF MSC Representative)

Objective:     

Provide a forum to discuss key issues facing the Architecture Profession Today 

• Discuss the business value of EA

• Considering 'What does a business leader expect from EA'?

• Discuss how TOGAF contributes to improving the business value of EA

Decision points: None, Informational

 12:30   Lunch -- Forum meeting resumes Thursday, Feb. 4th at 9 :00 a.m.

Architecture Forum General Meeting

Thursday February 4^th Agenda (9:00 -- 17:30)

 9:00 -- 9:10    Member Welcome (Dave Hornford, Architecture Forum Chair)

Introductions  

Real Time, Security Forum and SOA Working Group welcome to attend the Architecture Forum

Agenda Review  

Themes for Morning:     

Looking at specific areas of architecture work & considering how domain-specific architecture fits within the Enterprise Architecture  

Goal: Gain a better understanding of issues.   

Decision points: Approval of agenda    

9:15 -- 9:45    Presentation based on White Paper -- REAL TIME Issues (Ed Roberts, member Open Group Real Time Forum)

Based on a white paper that will be circulated before the meeting, key issues faced by RTES:   

Decision points: None, Informational

9:45 -- 10:10   Security Forum Needs (Mike Jerbic, Open Group Security Forum Chair)

What are the Security Forum's needs from TOGAF?

Objective:      

To provide Architecture Forum with an overview of security drivers and needs from the TOGAF specification      

Decision points: None, Informational   

10:10 -- 10:30  SOA Working Group Perspective (Chris Harding, SOA Working Group Forum Director)

Objectives:

To provide the Architecture Forum with an overview of SOA drivers and needs regarding Enterprise Architecture  

Decision points: None, Informational

10:30 -- 11:00  Networking Break       

 11:00 -- 12:30  Morning Summary (Summary facilitated by Sally Long, The Open Group RTES Forum Director)

What was heard?

What is the way forward?

Objectives:

To summarize key issues raised;

To identify where drivers need to be integrated into Architecture or other Forum Work Group activity;  

To identify where new projects might need to be established.

Decision points: None (Actions the responsibility of separate Forums)  

12:30 -- 14:00  Lunch  

14:00 -- 15:30   TOGAF Phase B Workshop (Facilitator Ed Harrington, member Open Group Architecture Forum)

Objective:

Extend common understanding of the state of the art    

Will include references to BAWG Work (Walter's Model), and selected examples understanding to spur conversation

Decision points: None

15:30 -- 16:00  Networking Break

16:00 -- 17:00  Deferred Working Group & Standing Committee Reports

1. TOGAF CSC (5 min)   

2. TOGAF/NGOSS Workgroup (5 min)       

3. TOGAF MSC (Incl Conference Work)    

4. TOGAF Maint (Conference Work)       

Decision Points:

Approval to procee

Arising Consent Items

17:00 -- 17:30  Actions Arising Wrap-up (Len Fehskens, Architecture Forum Director)

Review of Action Items Arising 

A walk though of all assigned actions and due by dates 

Review and Update of Issues List       

An opportunity to identify new issues to add to the list       

Review and Update of Consent List      

An opportunity to add key consent items from this meeting to the list  

Feedback on meeting format and effectiveness.  

Decision points: Confirm agreed actions arising, and items on the consent and issues list

17:30 End of Architecture Forum Meeting

Forum Meeting agenda will be posted at http://www.opengroup.org/architecture/1002seattle/

Meeting minutes will be posted to the Forum website at https://www.opengroup.org/projects/archmain/protected/

Working Group and Standing Committee Meetings

Below is a summary of other Forum Work Group meeting – please review the conference program for last minute changes and locations.

Details of Working Group and Standing Committee meetings are available at: http://www.opengroup.org/architecture/1002seattle/SeattleGroupMeetingsPlanner.html 

Work Group Schedule Highlights:

Monday 2 -- 5 PM TOGAF Management Steering Committee

Expects to be looking at 2 core topics

Interim guidance to the TOGAF Maintenance Working Group

Architecture of TOGAF

Tuesday 2 -- 5 PM        TOGAF 9 Maintenance Work Group

Expects to be looking at the change requests outstanding to TOGAF 9

Tuesday 2 -- 5 PM        Architecture Forum Strategy Steering Committee

Consideration of activities needed to execute Forum mission. These include:

Providing both broad and deep leadership to the architecture community on its path to becoming a profession

Validating, publishing, fostering and maintaining best practices for architecture

Developing, organizing, researching and publishing thought leaders and leadership in architecture

Tuesday 2 -- 5 PM        Architecture Forum Information Architecture Working Group

Wednesday 3 -- 5 PM      Certification Steering Committee (Tools)

Will be looking at a framework for Architecture Tools Certification

Wednesday 4 -- 5 PM      TOGAF Adoption Working Group

Reviewing Comments on draft Whitepaper